[1] Dieng received his first album credit on Brian Eno and Jon Hassell's 1980 Fourth World, Vol.
Other noteworthy credits include work with Yoko Ono (singer/composer/artist), Bill Laswell (producer/bassist/guitarist), William S. Burroughs (beatnik author), Haruomi Hosono, Bob Marley (reggae singer), and Ginger Baker.
In 1981 he performed at the Woodstock Jazz Festival, held in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Creative Music Studio.
[3] In his early years in the U.S., Dieng taught African drumming at the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, New York.
His debut solo album, Rhythmagick, was released in 1995 by Bill Laswell's record label Subharmonic.