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| Disc: 1 |
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| 1. Masanka Sankayi & Kasai Allstars - Wa Muluendu |
| 2. Kasai Allstars - Koyile / Nyeka Nyeka |
| 3. Sobanza Mimanisa - Kiwembo |
| 4. Kasai Allstars - Kabuangoyi |
| 5. Kisanzi Congo - Soif conjugale |
| 6. Masanka Sankayi - Le laboureur |
| 7. Bolya We Ndenge - Bosamba Ndeke |
| 8. Basokin - Mulume |
| 9. Kasai Allstars - Tshileja |
| 10. Konono No1 - Live From Couleur Café |
| Disc: 2 |
| 1. Sobanza Mimanisa |
| 2. Kasai Allstars |
| 3. Bolya We Ndenge |
| 4. Basokin |
| 5. Tulu |
| 6. Konono No1 |
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Album Description
These bands all draw on traditional trance music, to which they have incorporated heavily-distorted sounds generated by DIY amplification of their instruments... just like Konono N°1, except that the instrumentation, timbres and rhythms used by these bands are relatively diverse: the trademark electrified thumb pianos and megaphones are joined by an array of distorted drums, swirling guitars and hypnotic balafons.
The Congotronics 2 album also includes a full-length (40 minute) DVD based on material filmed by Vincent Kenis while he recorded these bands in Kinshasa.
About the Artist
Kisanzi Congo: like Konono N° 1, come from the Bacongo province (specifically the Mbeko region) and their line-up is similar. But whereas Konono's likembes use raw power to carry their message, Kisanzi Congo rely more on virtuosity and adopt a freer form. We recorded them in 'Galerie des Trois Z' ( "Zaire - our country, our river, our currency"), a deserted shopping mall in the center of Kinshasa.
Sobanza Mimanisa: 'orchestra of light', are the resident band in Nganda Boboto, where we recorded this piece. There are only two melodic instruments here: a guitar - whose 'power chord' style is very unusual in Kinshasa - and a likembe which manages to play the bass and solo parts at the same time!
Basokin: ("the Basongye from Kinshasa") are from the Songye region, at the eastern fringe of Kasai. Their frontman Mputu Ebondo 'Mi Amor' is a well-known spokesman for the Songye and Kasaian community. On this particular session, recorded at Porte Noire, in the Matonge district, Basokin was reduced to its essential components: three singers, two percussion players and two guitarists.
Masanka Sankayi: dancers, singers and story-tellers Muyamba Nyunyi and Kabongo have been together since the Seventies. Muyamba the preacher is also an excellent bass likembe player. Unlike Konono's, his instrument is a 20" square box featuring half a likembe on each side and on which he sits in a foetus-like position. This piece was recorded at Porte Rouge, in the Matonge district.
Konono No.1: the amazing word-of-mouth buzz for their debut album for Crammed resulted in Congotronics 1 topping the best-sellers charts of independent retailers such as Stern's and Rough Trade. Unable to come to the UK because of a problem with visas their aborted support slot at the Tortoise gig at the Royal Festival Hall in London has been described as the greatest gig that never happened.
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It's absorbing, relaxing and takes you away from your surroundings or augments them in unexpected ways - try walking around London streets with this stuff going on in your earphones, it's a unique experience!
And as if the music itself wasn't enough to convince you, Crammed Discs have not only supplied the usual fold-out digipack with colour booklet, but excelled even their own high standards by supplying at no extra cost a 40-odd minute DVD featuring many of the bands performing tracks from the album - a great guide to the instruments to which you're listening and how they're played.
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