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Well, maybe the Carnival does creep up here and there from time to time. A friend I met at x-Fest swears this sounds just like a gameboy: http://www.crammed.be/konono/index.htm live line-up: Mawangu Mingiedi : likembe Mawangu Makuntima : likembe Dodika Kungu : bass likembe Lulendo Arumba : percussion Nzimbu Kuavita : tam tam Kanda Mateta : percussion André Kiala, Luti Misamu ,Mankueno Ntumba, Lubuya Ngalula, Miezi Mankala : dancers 20/01/03 TOUT PUISSANT KONONO N°1 This band is one of the main exponents of a spectacular style of music which has developed in the suburbs of Kinshasa (DR Congo). The Congolese call it " tradi-modern ", in other words : electrified traditional music. These are musicians who left the bush to settle in the capital and who, in order to go on keep fulfilling their social role and make themselves heard by the ancestors (and, more concretely, by their fellow citizens) despite the high level of urban noise, have had to resort to DIY amplification of their instruments, and to megaphones (conical speakers). This makeshift electrification has provoked a radical mutation of their sound, as it has introduced distorsions which they have integrated to their style. KONONO N°1 was founded over 25 years ago by Mingiedi , a virtuoso of the likembé (a traditional instrument sometimes called "sanza" or "thumb piano", consisting of metal rods attached to a resonator). The band's line-up includes three electric likembés (bass, medium and treble), equipped with hand-made microphones built from magnets salvaged from old car parts, and plugged into amplifiers. There's also a rhythm section which uses traditional as well as makeshift percussion (pans, pots and car parts), three singers, three dancers and a sound system featuring these famous megaphones. The musicians come from an area which sits right across the border between Congo and Angola. Their repertoire draws largely on Bazombo trance music , but they've had to incorporate the originally-unwanted distorsions of their sound system. This has made them develop a unique style which, from a sonic viewpoint, has accidentally connected them with the aesthetics of the most experimental forms of rock and electronic music , as much through their sounds than through their sheer volume (they play in front of a wall of speakers) and their merciless grooves . The first album by Konono N°1 is currently being recorded by Vincent Kenis (definitely the right person for the job: he is a great connoisseur of Congolese music, he has produced albums by Zap Mama, Taraf de Haïdouks & Koçani Orkestar, and has also been playing a key part in the sonic design of many albums of electronic music on Crammed/SSR). This new album should be released by Crammed Discs before the Summer of 2003. Konono N°1 will be doing a short tour between Jan 26 and Feb 15, in France, Belgium and Holland (where they'll be playing alongside avant-rock band THE EX ). 26/01 Cité de la Musique Paris (F) 05/02 Vera Groningen (NL) 06/02 Patronaat Haarlem (NL) 07/02 Worm Rotterdam (NL) 08/02 4AD Diksmuide (B) 09/02 Occi Amsterdam (NL) 28/02 Willemeen Arnhem (NL) 01/03 Ekko Utrecht (NL) 02/03 Paradiso Amsterdam (NL) Mingiedi, leader and likembe virtuoso left: mixing desk - right: microphone made of carved wood drums electric ikembes left to right : bass, solo, accompaniment On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 04:50 AM, integer@www.god-emil.dk wrote: > Humans are unable to share that which they know until they can put it > into > high level symbolic form. More importantly humans are very poor at > updating > what they know because they have no efficient delete key. <...> # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net