- Category: Music » African Music » Congolese
- Format: CD Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
- Release Date: July 26, 2005
- Label: Cramworld
- UPC: 5410377001923
- WAPI (Tower ID): 106430025
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #188333 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
- #196246 in African Music (See Top 100 African Music Bestsellers)
- #196543 in Congolese (See Top 100 Congolese Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Congotronics" by Konono No. 1 to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Congotronics"Browse more products related to "Konono No. 1"ReviewMojo (p.60) - Ranked #22 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2005" - "Play it loud 'til your ears bleed." ReviewAlternative Press (p.160) - "[A] kind of crudely supercharged traditional music that's every bit as punk as the Pogues." Title NoteIf necessity has proven to be the mother of invention, Konono No. 1--a group of Congolese street performers who utilize homemade electronic instruments--may have inadvertently birthed a new category of music: "Scrapheap Electro." While that tag could be taken as slightly pejorative, it's actually merely descriptive. CONGOTRONICS is the international debut of the long-running Kinsasha-based group whose musical modus operandi is rooted in a simple utilitarian need for amplification. Transforming junkyard flotsam such as magnets from disused car parts into microphones and loudspeakers, the rag-tag ensemble creates hypnotic, enthrallingly dissonant polyrhythms from seemingly humble means. On the spiraling "Kule Kule," a likembe (thumb piano) belts out coarse electronic overtones that sound like they could be from an Aphex Twin record. Meanwhile, the carnivalesque "Mama Liza," with its celebratory whistling and percussion, evokes a Brazilian samba school in full regalia. If You Enjoy "Congotronics (CD)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Congotronics (CD)" by Konono No. 1 (Artist)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Explore More Great Tower Sales & Specials
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