Release Date: 15 November 2019
Label: Crammed Discs
Packaging Type: Box Set
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 876623008057
Genres: World Music  Africa  
Release Date: 15 November 2019
Label: Crammed Discs
Packaging Type: Box Set
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 876623008057
Genres: World Music  Africa  
Description
This twofold album comprises 80 minutes worth of previously-unreleased original recordings from Konono N°1, Sankayi, Orchestre Bambala, Orchestre Bana Luya made during 1978, as well as brand-new reconstructions made by Martin Meissonnier, the highly-respected French producer who worked with the likes of Fela Kuti, Haruomi Hosono and many more.
The album comes as a vinyl LP with the Martin Meissonnier reconstructions, while the previously-unreleased recordings from 1978 appear on a CD which is enclosed in the vinyl cover.
Back in 1978, Bernard Treton recorded four 'tradi-modern' bands in Kinshasa. These sessions spawned the "Zaïre: Musiques Urbaines à Kinshasa" album (released in 1986 by the Ocora label), a record which, for the first time, presented to Western audiences the electrifying music which was later to be known as "Congotronics".
Tracklisting
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Nihiloxica
Aquaserge
Suba
Veronique Vincent, Aksak Maboul & The Honeymoon Killers
Taraf de Haidouks
Nova Materia
Acid Arab
Aksak Maboul