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Konono N°1
Folk / Alternative / Electronica

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Kinshasa,
Congo

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Last Login:  5/15/2008
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   Konono N°1: General Info
Member Since9/12/2006
Band Websitecrammed.be/konono
Band MembersListen to Konono N°1 and Bjork's New York show: just click here

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Konono and Björk, during the recording sessions for her new album.

Get Konono's brand-new "LIVE AT COULEUR CAFE" CD
8 tracks / 56 minutes of steaming performance recorded at the Couleur Café Festival
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Here's a link to the "Lufuala Ndonga" music video (off the Congotronics album):

To get Konono's "Congotronics" album:
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buy the CD:
or download it from Konono N°1..
InfluencesA dialogue with Konono N°1 founder Mawangu Mingiedi:
When did you start Konono N°1?
1965/1966 in Kinshasa.
When did you move to Kinshasa?
I was born in Angola in 1933 and moved to Kinshasa in 1949.
Have you always been a musician or did you have another job when you first moved to Kinshasa?
I was a taxi driver before i became a full time musician.
Are you married? Do you have children? How many?
I have about 20 children, and all the women left me when i did not have any money anymore (big laugh).
How long have you been playing the likembe?
I've always played the likembe, ever since i was a child in the 30s. At the time, they were made from the stems of palm leaves.
Why did you decide to build amplifiers for your instruments?
It's god the creator who inspired me to amplify the likembes.
What are the amplifiers made from?
I started with low frequency radios (6 volts) and i moved on to low frequency radios from cars (12 volts).
Sounds LikeAccording to the Western press ?
"Somewhere between the motorik Kraut-rock repetition of prime Can, a Brazilian carnival and pre-historic acid house (The Word, UK).
"A blend of traditional Bazombo folk with gritty sound distortions that would make Jimi Hendrix proud..." (Newsweek, USA).
"Sounds like no other type of African music... The sophisticated brutality of Konono N°1 leaves permanent traces in the conscience of the listener (Les Inrockuptibles, France).
"Simultaneously evocative of avant-garde rock and electro-acoustic experimentation... areas which are of course totally alien to the members of Konono" (Libération, France).
"They have as much connection with Einstürzende Neubauten as with Tabu Ley... (...) the frenzy and locomotion of prime '70s Miles or a Krautrock jam " (Village Voice).

According to Mingiedi ?
"I didn't know there was such a thing as electronic music. I don't borrow from anyone"

Konono N°1 also appear on Congotronics 2, an album (CD+DVD) featuring 6 other bands playing electro-traditional music:
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also available from Various Artists - Congotronics 2: Buzz'n'Rumble from the Urb'n'Jungle..
Record LabelCrammed Discs
Type of LabelIndie




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   About Konono N°1
The spectacular Congolese thumb-piano wizards and their overpowering, distorsion-fuelled traditional trance music. The bands home-made sound system, built from old car parts, megaphones and discarded amps creates an absolutely hypnotic sound, an uneasy marriage of tradition and technology, African rhythms with the texture of punk rock and relentless drive of electronic dance music.

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WADA MAMBO





May 16 2008 1:37 AM

Thanks for the add!
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May 15 2008 9:04 PM

Thanks for the add!
love your music!
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May 15 2008 1:08 AM

Hey what's up just passing by to show some love on your page have a good week n keep in touch.Peace!!!
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May 14 2008 7:52 AM

hello

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May 12 2008 2:51 PM

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May 1 2008 7:11 AM

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May 1 2008 6:55 AM

Hi Konono N°1 thanks for the add.
I hope to see your gig in Rome!
Naoto Yamagishi





Apr 30 2008 7:46 AM

Thanks for the add!
arigatou.

I like your music!

naoto
Vera





Apr 29 2008 7:49 PM

thank's for add
keep you touch
hugs of Brasil
Vera
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Apr 29 2008 10:50 AM

amazing band...
i have the congotronics lp and split w/ the dead c..
listen to them all the time.
WuNDer WomAN





Apr 29 2008 10:41 AM

thanks for the add....absolutely awesome grooves!!!

thanks!!!
Googy Jux





Apr 26 2008 9:08 AM

Bo zonga lisusu ko beta musique na Washington D.C. Ba nzembo ya bino ezali vraiment makasi. Yako binisa bisso lisusu.
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Apr 22 2008 12:13 AM

Merci pour l'add Konono!
Enchanté de me retrouver au centre de l'Afrique!
A bientôt
Victor
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Apr 21 2008 7:13 PM

Gracias por el add !!! the music is very nice !!!!!Abrazos desde Rio de Janeiro Brasil,America del Sur.
wd9





Apr 21 2008 4:44 PM

hello !!!!!!!
your music is nice !!!!!!!
pure music
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Apr 21 2008 1:50 PM

Thanks for stopping by!
Much respect...
Laz
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Apr 21 2008 12:51 PM

Thanks for the add!
Much respect from Italy
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Apr 21 2008 12:38 PM

bonjour et merci
greetings and thank u
8)
Hideyuki Katsumata





Apr 21 2008 12:27 PM

THANKS MY DEAR!!!!!!
DACE & DRANK!!!
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Apr 21 2008 11:50 AM

THANX!!!
Sara Monstrueuse





Apr 21 2008 11:19 AM

Salut Konono N°1 !!

Great tunes, awesome !! Two things:

1) Is there any chance you come to Mexico City sometime soon ? I would be the greatest thing ever !!

2) Where can I get your CD over here ? It's been rather difficult !

Well, thanks for the add and best regards.


Sarai
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Apr 18 2008 6:20 AM

Jouez-vous aux Eurockéenes ? je ne vois pas votre nom et pourtant vous l'annoncez sur votre site ?
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Apr 17 2008 12:41 PM

love you guys. alot!
Jade





Apr 16 2008 8:44 AM

hoping you can like this album
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AuréLiuS





Apr 15 2008 2:05 PM

Salut Konono;
..grand respect pour votre musique;
& merci ::!!::
Mayd Hubb





Apr 12 2008 7:25 AM

NEW ALBUM ON MY PAGE,
Peace and respect.
MAZACOTE & LA SONORA CUBANA





Apr 12 2008 4:06 AM

que bola!

mucho exito a mis hermanos de Congo y Belgica
:-)
Jade





Apr 9 2008 11:55 AM

hoping you can like this album
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Apr 7 2008 2:53 AM

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