#congotronics — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #congotronics, aggregated by home.social.
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Jupiter & Okwess – Bengai Yo
https://amf.didiermary.fr/jupiter-okwess-bengai-yo/
Discovered in 2006 thanks to Jupiter’s Dance, a documentary about the new music scene in Kinshasa, and still one of its iconic – even heroic – members, Jupiter Bonkodji (Jupiter & Okwess) released his EP Troposphère 13 in 2016, produced with Damon Albarn and Warren Ellis, three years after his exuberant first album “Hotel Univers,” […]
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Short documentary on Kasai Allstars
https://amf.didiermary.fr/short-documentary-kasai-allstars/
Kasai Allstars, known from the Congotronics albums, before they were famous, in a short documentary… This is electrified traditional rhythms and music, with a Punk twist… More…
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Baloji Feat. Konono N°1 – Karibu Ya Bintou
https://amf.didiermary.fr/baloji-konono-n1-karibu-ya-bintou/
“Karibu Ya Bintou” comes from Baloji‘s album “Kinshasa Succursale.“
Video shot in the streets of Kinshasa.
Electric thumb piano (aka likembé) played by Konono N°1, the legendary Congolese band whose junkyard sonics and trademark “Congotronics” sound has had a major influence on the electronic and indie rock scenes. -
Kasai Allstars – The Large Bird, the Woman and the Baby
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kasai-allstars-large-bird-woman-baby-remix/
The Large Bird, the Woman and the Baby is the track picked by the band for their 3rd music video: they were inspired by the supernatural atmosphere which, they felt, is a great illustration to the song’s tale of magic.
The Kinshasa DRC collective pursues its productive streak: elected by numerous publications [...]
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KOKOKO!
https://amf.didiermary.fr/azo-toke-kokoko/
KOKOKO! is an offshoot of Fulu Miziki Kolektiv, with French producer Débruit. Electronic music direct from Congo, mixing standard instruments with homemade ones.
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Konono n°1 meets Batida – Nlele Kalusimbiko
https://amf.didiermary.fr/konono-n1-meets-batida-nlele-kalusimbiko/
Video for “Nlele Kalusimbiko” featuring AF Diaphra on vocals and Papa Juju on guitar, filmed in Portugal.
For this new album, the legendary Congolese band has joined forces with acclaimed Angolan/Portuguese artist Batida aka Pedro Coquenão. Along with producer Vincent Kenis, they convened in Batida’s garage-cum-studio in [...]
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Montparnasse Musique – Bonjour
https://amf.didiermary.fr/montparnasse-musique-bonjour/
The track “Bonjour” features Muambuyi and Mopero Mupemba from Kasai Allstars and is taken from Montparnasse Musique’s album Archeology.
Underground to overground. Forest to metropolis. North Africa and South Africa, meeting up, digging down, finding gold in the seams. Here, at the intersection of club floor and ritual, of electronics and [...]
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Konono n°1 playlist
https://amf.didiermary.fr/konono-congotronics/
Le style de Konono n°1, c’est tout un ensemble de rythmiques qui vous hypnotisent et vous amènent aux portes de la transe (pianos à pouces ou sanza/likembe, et percussions bricolés avec des morceaux de métal et des pièces de voitures recyclés) appuyées par […]
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Congotronics Playlist on Spotify
https://amf.didiermary.fr/congotronics-playlist/
Listen to Kasai Allstars, Konono N°1, Staff Benda Bilili and more in my Congotronics playlist on Spotify (if you still use this platform – there’s a bandcamp link below, too).
Konono n°1 was founded over 25 years ago by Mingiedi, a virtuoso of the likembé (the traditional instrument sometimes called “sanza” […]
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Masanka Sankayi – Il ne faut pas intervenir
https://amf.didiermary.fr/masanka-sankayi-faut-pas-intervenir/
This short video shows members of the band that would later be known as Kasai Allstars. What would become CongoPunk! Masanka Sankayi was a Congolese band, the result from fusion of Masanka and Orchestre Sankaï.
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Mbongwana Star – From Kinshasa
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mbongwana-star-kinshasa/
Following the split of Staff Benda Bilili in December 2012, the core of the group created Staff Mbongwana International.
If you remember the news, the band split, after some “problems” between their new “management” and the booking agency that took care of their tours since the band started. [...]
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Fulu Miziki (Kolektiv)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fulu-miziki-kolektiv/
The story of Fulu Miziki [music from the garbage] is sprawling and complex and constantly evolving, with various offshoots and band iterations.
The most innovative contemporary outfits, and some of the most surprising hybrid music you’re likely to hear.Two members left the band in 2016 to form KOKOKO! with French producer Débruit. […]
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Congotronics International – Where’s The One?
https://amf.didiermary.fr/congotronics-international-wheres-the-one/
Congotronics International est un “supergroupe” comprenant Deerhoof, Konono Nº1, Juana Molina, Kasai Allstars, Wildbirds & Peacedrums et Skeletons.
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🎶🎶 Montparnasse Musique – Bonjour
🔗 https://amf.didiermary.fr/montparnasse-musique-bonjour/
Bonjour features Muambuyi and Mopero Mupemba from Kasai Allstars and is taken from album Archeology.
Underground to overground. Forest to metropolis. North Africa and South Africa, meeting up, digging down, finding gold in the seams. Here, at the intersection of club floor and ritual, of electronics and ceremony, are worlds both ancient and modern. Otherworlds, where inhibitions fall away, dancers shakedown and trance takes you out there, and far away.
Featuring a hot list of Congolese musicians including singer/multi-instrumentalist Cubain Kabeya, singers Muambuyi and Mengu Waku and guitarist Mopero Mupemba, variously from Congotronics acts including Mbongwana Star, Konono Nº1 and Kasai Allstars.
Montparnasse Musique is Algerian-French producer Nadjib Ben Bella’s and South African DJ Aero Manyelo.
“Archeology finds the live rhythms of traditional and urban Africa meeting the programmed beats of modern Johannesburg.”Listen to Panter – Bandcamp (includes Bonjour)
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Kasai Allstars – The Large Bird, the Woman and the Baby
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kasai-allstars-large-bird-woman-baby-remix/
Khalab RemixThe Kinshasa DRC collective pursues its productive streak: elected by numerous publications as one of the top albums of 2021, their acclaimed 4th album (Black Ants Always Fly Together, One Bangle Makes No Sound) was recently followed by the Black Ants Remixes EP, in which six diverse and equally exciting artists revisited tracks from the album.Alongside reworks by Deerhoof, Ekiti Sound, Martin Meissonnier and Spooky-J & pq from Nihiloxica, the EP contains an eerie remix by Italian Afro-Futurist Khalab. This is the track picked by the band for their 3rd music video: they were inspired by the supernatural atmosphere which, they felt, is a great illustration to the song’s tale of magic.
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Filmed in 1989, this short video shows members of the band that would later become known as Kasai Allstars. CongoPunk!
#congos #congopunk #congotronics
https://amf.didiermary.fr/masanka-sankayi-faut-pas-intervenir/
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Electrified roots music from Congo with a “clear” Punk feeling…
Le style de Konono n°1, c’est tout un ensemble de rythmiques qui vous hypnotisent et vous amènent aux portes de la transe (pianos à pouces ou sanza/likembe, et percussions bricolés avec des morceaux de métal et des pièces de voitures recyclés) appuyées par des guitares et des basses électriques… pour former un mélange entre la tradition (Bazombo) et les distorsions des instruments “customisés”.
from KoToNTeeJ (2014)Le titre de leur album “Assume Crash Position“, enregistré à Kinshasa, est une traduction libre de “Konono”… Globalement, c’est “attachez vos ceintures, lorsque vous écoutez notre musique, et assumez…”