The Congotronics series first highlighted
the amazing vitality of modern Congolese music with the 2005 debut disc from
Konono No. 1, which created som...
jonny mugwump - 01.10.2008
Irrespective of the mind-bendingly evocative title and the fluid beauty of the sounds within its shamans-in-a-warehouse sleeve, we should be grateful ...
Joe Tangari - 29.08.2008
Kasai Allstars hail from the same traditional/electric Kinshasa music scene as the better-known Konono No. 1. Stylistically and sonically, they're an ...
Ben Thompson - 10.08.2008
It happens 41 seconds into the opening number. A bucolic array of likembes (the chiming thumb pianos that helped to make Konono No 1's first volume in...
Robin Denselow - 25.07.2008
Is this the longest album title ever It's certainly the longest by a Congolese band, though the Kasai Allstars deserve to be known for their hypnotic...