If the UK Far West has never been so warm, rhythmic and exciting, the credit goes to Tropical Pressure, which, during the last two years has gathered at the westernmost tip of England some of the most original and refreshing acts and sounds coming from Africa, the Caribbean and Latin...
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Bristol, we are coming for you! Thanks to our friends, Area Boys, Rhythm Passport has the pleasure to co-promote an exciting free entry event. On the 14th of July, Sorie Kondi and Chief Boima, known together as Kondi Band, will bring their Afro-electro sound to No.1 Harbourside offering you the best...
14/07/2017 - 15/07/2017 9:00 pm - 2:00 am Kondi Band (Sierra Leone/NYC) No.1 Harbourside, Bristol
It is no surprise that Sorie Kondi chose to name himself after the instrument he plays: the African thumb piano, kondi. He is at one with it and when he plays, he owns the stage. It is also no surprise that after hearing ‘Without Money No Family’, Brasil-based DJ Chief...
The Kondi Band is the result of the coming together of Sierra Leonian blind kondi (thumb piano) player and singer Sorie Kondi and Rio-based electronic producer Chief Boima, himself part Sierra Leonian. When Chief Boima stumbled upon Sorie’s ‘Without Money No Family’ video, he made a remix of it, which...
23/04/2016 - 24/04/2016 7:00 pm - 1:00 am AFRI-KOKOA presents 'THE KONDI BAND' (Sierra Leone/STRUT RECORDS) The Forge, London
