Name: Fongola
Brand: KOKOKO!

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

TRANS417CD

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Colour

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Digipack.

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-07-05

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5400863013622

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

TRANS417XRT

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yellow

[r13834426]

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Download code: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive: Yes

Extended format: Yes

1200

5400863013646

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: Yes / Signed copies: No / yellow

TRANS417X

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Standard Version.

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5400863013639

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / red

Artist

KOKOKO! 

Genre GB

African

Label GB

Transgressive

Albums of the Year - 2019

From the Democratic Republic of Congo it’s carnival pop riding high on synths, percussion and DIY punk attitude.

Kinshasa DRC formed Kokoko! are a collective of musicians, inventors and artists and include producer Debruit as well as featuring their own dancers (of course!). This is their debut album.

Hypnotic with jarring yet complementary unfolding melodies like petals unpeeling to release grooving riffs and jiving dancing tunes and vocal refrains. Hard to pinpoint instruments flair up with almost metallic tinges. Vocals drift in and out, call and response, chant, sing in unison and play counterpoint games with each other. This is carnival pop dancing and moving with an irresistible driving force with the mesmerising allure of kosmische and the irrepressibleness of punk. Synth and percussion meltdowns augment infectious dancing rhythms. Afrobeat handclap percussive disco paradise. If ever a band needed their own dancers it’s this one.