[citation needed] Biyong and his siblings attended the Institut National Supérieur des Arts et de l'Action Culturelle in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

[2] At age 14 Biyong moved to England,[2] where he started working with various bands and recording demos influenced by musicians Prince Nico Mbarga, Sun Ra, Frank Zappa, William Onyeabor, King Crimson and many others.

[1] Fela Kuti's death in 1997 spurred Biyong's return to France,[1] where he formed fifteen-piece band Massak[3] — a Basaa (Cameroonian tongue and tribe) word that means music, trance and enjoyment through rhythms and sounds — to pay homage to the legendary musician and his Africa 70 and Egypt 80 ensembles.

[citation needed] Biyong told Songlines that at two Massak shows at The Jazz Cafe in London "the crowd literally went nuts.

[7] It was an album filled with highly original renditions of songs by Manu Dibango, Ornette Coleman and Sun Ra among others.

[1] The album had cameos by American Tenor Saxophonist Ben Abarbanel-Wolff, musical director for Afrobeat Academy and Ghanaian highlife legends Ebo Taylor and Pat Thomas.

In an interview, he described "the conscious decision to avoid using keyboards or synths, and experiment as much as possible with pedals and effects to create eerie and surprising sonic textures.