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Album
Meets Batida
By Konono No.1
Label: Crammed Discs
Released: 2016
Track listing: Nlele Kalusimbiko; Yambadi Mama; Tokolanda; Bom Dia; Kinsumba;
Nzonzing Familia; Kuno America; Um Nzonzing.
Article: Album Review
Konono No.1: Meets Batida
by James Nadal
The city of Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the home of Konono No.1, a band which has taken the African likembé (thumb piano) from a folkloric instrument, into the electronic age. Back in the sixties, it's founder Mingiedi Mawangu figured out how to amplify the likembé, using salvaged car parts, and wired ...
