Various Artists: Tradi-Mods vs Rockers, Alternative Takes on Congotronics – review

(Crammed)Five years ago, the Kinshasa-based band Konono No 1 released their Congotronics album, with extraordinary results. They used DIY instruments, some made from junkyard scrap, mixed highly amplified, wildly distorted traditional likembe thumb-pianos with furious percussion, but suddenly found themselves compared to anyone from Can and Lee Perry to the Velvet Underground, and won an unexpected cult following among fans of electronica, rock and dance styles. Further Congotronics releases, in...

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