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Lumbuaku

by Konono Nº1

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Zeyisalangayizama 10:56
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Ditshe Tshiekutala 07:38
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Ku Hollande 09:35
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Mokanda Mbuta 09:04
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Kulekule 05:59
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Libala Mbanda / Konono Wawawa 11:17
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Ngudi Vakanda / Lufua-Luangdonga 10:25
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about

Terp Records ‎– AS-09

Konono No.1, Orchestre Tout Puissant Likembe, from Kinshasa, Congo, was founded more than 25 years ago by likembe (thumb-piano) virtuoso Mingiedi Mawangu. The band was one of the first groups to use electric amplified likembes. They built everything themselves. The pick-ups were made from hammered bits of car starter-motors, handwound with copper-wire; they made wooden microphones and jack-plugs from bits of copper-wire and branches. With a 25 watt amplifier on a car battery and the typical "lance voix" field speakers they play fast, powerful, distorted music with the energy and rawness of a punk band.
Konono No.1 plays music based on the tradition of the Bazombe, a tribe living on the border of Angola and Congo. Their style is also the basis of modern Congolese music like Zaiko Langa Langa. They have three likembes (solo, accompaniment, and bass), three drummers (congas [ngoma], cowbells, and a kind of hi-hat from metal plates), two singers, three women dancers and the mysteriously moving "president". It is a rough type of urban Congolese music. The lyrics are a bitter comment on the social situation in the Congo. This CD is a tribute to Konono No.1, to that first ever gig in Holland. It's a rough recording, recorded in stereo directly from the mixing-desk. But the music speaks for itself. PLAY LOUD!

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released April 27, 2017

Mingiedi Mawangu - likembe solo
Makuntima Mawangu - likembe 2e solo/accompaniment, vocals, percussion
Kabuika Nsekula - likembe bass, percussion
Menga Waku - vocals
Makananu Georges - vocals
Kuavita Nzimbu - bells, likembe accompaniment
Kungu Dodika - conga's (ngoma)
Arumba Lulendo - metal percussion
Nzuzi Mbuka - dance, vocals
Misamu Luti - dance
Ntumba Mankueno - dance
Buaku "Le President" Ngingulu - "dance"

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