Name: Konono No 1 Meets Batida
Brand: Konono No 1

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

cram261lp

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2016-04-01

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Supplier GB

Proper

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2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

cram261

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

Artist

Konono No 1

Genre GB

African

Label GB

Crammed Discs

For this album, the legendary Congolese band Konono N°1 has joined forces with acclaimed Angolan / Portuguese artist Batida aka Pedro Coquenão. Along with producer Vincent Kenis, they convened in Batida's garage-cum-studio in Lisbon with a series of collaborators and friends of Batida's, reflecting the city's vibrant, cosmopolitan music life: guitarist Papa Juju (the leader of Lisbon's foremost Afro-fusion band Terrakota), vocalist Selma Uamusse (one of the best young African singers currently residing in Portugal) and MC AF Diaphra, a distinguished slam poet and an artist/producer in his own right. Konono N°1 are based in Kinshasa, DRC, but originate from the Bakongo ethnic group, which lives in a region straddling the border between the Congo and Angola. Hence certain similarities between Konono's rhythms and some types of Angolan music from which Batida has drawn inspiration for his albums and shows. Blending the worlds of electronics beats and organic grooves was a challenge to which the parties have risen beautifully to create this exciting, unheard-of new strain of Afro-electro music. The album was jointly produced by Vincent Kenis and Pedro Coquenao.

Konono No 1 Meets Batida

Music GB