Month: October 2008

Kasai Allstars: In The 7th Moon, The Chief Turned Into A Swimming Fish And Ate The Head Of His Enemy By Magic

The Congotronics series first highlighted the amazing vitality of modern Congolese music with the 2005 debut disc from Konono No. 1, which created something utterly mesmerizing by adding modern amplification and electronic distortion to traditional instruments like the likembe thumb piano. The third Congotronics installment broadens the scope. Central Africa’s Democratic Republic Of The Congo is so huge it …