| Konono No 1 / Konono No 1 Meets Batida |
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| Album: | Konono No 1 Meets Batida | Collection: | Out for Review | |
| Artist: | Konono No 1 | Added: | Jun 2016 | |
| Label: | Crammed Discs | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2016-06-19 | Pull Date: | 2016-08-21 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Aug 21 | Aug 7 | Jul 10 | Jul 3 | Jun 26 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 29, 2020: | Some Songs Without Words Um Nzonzing | 4. | Aug 05, 2016: | The Anti-Guppo Boar Machine Nlele Kalusimbiko | |
| 2. | Aug 20, 2016: | Music Casserole Kinsumba | 5. | Jul 09, 2016: | Music Casserole Nlele Kalusimbiko | |
| 3. | Aug 06, 2016: | Music Casserole Yambadi Mama | 6. | Jun 29, 2016: | Minimum Message Length Nlele Kalusimbiko |
| Album Review |
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| BravoMarco Reviewed 2016-06-15 | ||
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Konono N1 Konono No1 Meets Batida Reviewed by BravoMarco (Crammed Discs) Splendid collaboration between DRC’s Konono No1 & Angolan/Portuguese artist Batida. Intense beats mixing it up with sounds & styles ranging from slam poetry, Afro-fusion, electro & plenty of other influences to keep us all happy. No skimping on the track times either. Like: Mbongwana Star, Staff Benda Bilili, Kasai Allstars All good: Loving 1,4,6,8 No detectable FCC’s 1) Nlele Kalusimbiko (8.43) High energy to start. Beating pulse drives this along with nice female chorus in contrast to the male fast spoken word. 2) Yambadi Mama(6.22) Tribal jazzed up beats all mixed with that tell tale Congolese sound. 3) Tokolanda (9.35) Mid paced Afro pop for the first 4 minutes & then it goes into a deeper trance – Almost 2 songs in one. 4) Bom Dia (4.22) Call & response with hypnotic hand clapping. Big beats are added. 5) Kinsumba (6.43) A mellow driving force keeps this going. Gets the mix master treatment. 6) Nzonzing Familia (11.33) Batida producing powerful stuff. Strong rhythms in conjunction with the words. 7) Kuna America (8.10) Spirited energy. Again, could be a few tracks in one. 8) Um Nzonzing (5.34) Head swaying repetition with infectious words. 9) Nlele Kalusimbiko (Radio Edit) (4.15) As the first track, just 4 minutes shorter – Where’s the fun in that? | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Nlele Kalusimbiko | 5. | Kinsumba | |||
| 2. | Yambadi Mama | 6. | Nzonzing Familia | |||
| 3. | Tokolanda | 7. | Kuna America | |||
| 4. | Bom Dia | 8. | Um Nzonzing | |||
| 9. | Nlele Kalusimbiko (Radio Edit) | |||||