Kokoko! are a completely thrilling band, born like a phoenix from the flames in make-shift jams and studios, playing together for the first time at a multi-arts block party in the Ngwaka neighbourhood in Kinshasa, the capital city of the DMC. The result: a fiery fusion of electro sounds, African...
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We know that Notting Hill Carnival is upon us and you only have thoughts about that. But, there’s another exciting community-driven event happening on the same long weekend. On Saturday 25th August, Rich Mix will go fully Congolese with the London Soukous Festival. Organised by ACASN Ent, a non-profit organisation...
The sun is shining as people from all corners of the globe – including artists from six continents and fifty countries – come together for this year’s eclectic celebration of world music and dance culture. Families, friends and couples of all ages erect tents, blow up mattresses and boil water...
Eastern African music wouldn’t be the same without Les Mangelepa. The ‘Orchestre’, which originated in East-Congo in the mid-1970s and moved to Nairobi afterwards, helped to shape and give a decisive boost to the Golden Age of Kenyan music, becoming a protagonist of the lingala scene. Their captivating and easily...
Preview of the album: Track List: 1. The Mouse Outfit – Bring Me Down (feat. Ellis Meade) [TMO Records; from Jagged Tooth Crook] 00.00 – 04:01 2. AKUA NARU feat. Eric Benét – Made It [SPV Recordings; from The Blackest Joy] 04:02 – 07:47 3. La Dame Blanche – Olvidate...
From the first jazz-solo drum rhythms of David Lessie that opened the show, to the cyclical afro-lead from John Kelly’s guitar, every beat of each song resonated throughout the grooving crowd, and certainly through band leader Mulele Matondo, who I’m sure jived to every single note of the show, constantly...
Kinshasa’s calling! On Thursday, Haile Music and Rich Mix will host a quintessential Congolese music night, presenting Kongo Dia Ntotila on the Shoreditch venue’s stage. The London-based band, formed by Kinshasa-born Mulele Matondo (vocals and bass) and David Lessie (drums), plus British John Kelly (guitar), Will Scott and Mike Soper (trumpets),...
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Preview of the album: Track List: 1. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 feat. Carlos Santana – Black Times (Strut Records) 00:00 – 04:51 2. Antibalas – Hook & Crook (Daptone Records) 04:52 – 13:39 3. Boogát feat. Niña Dioz – Tanto Tattoo (Maisonette Music) 13:40 – 16:10 4. Ninos du...
