| Konono No. 1 / Assume Crash Position |
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| Album: | Assume Crash Position | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Konono No. 1 | Added: | Jul 2010 | |
| Label: | Crammed Discs | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2010-07-25 | Pull Date: | 2010-09-26 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Sep 26 | Sep 19 | Sep 12 | Sep 5 | Aug 22 | Aug 15 | Aug 8 | Aug 1 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 19, 2018: | At the Cafe Bohemian Fula Fula | 4. | Oct 25, 2014: | The KZSU Alumni Weekend Bonanza Wumbanzanga | |
| 2. | May 17, 2017: | At the Cafe Bohemian Fula Fula | 5. | Sep 25, 2010: | Music Casserole Konono Wa Wa Wa | |
| 3. | Nov 16, 2016: | At the Cafe Bohemian Mana Na Bana | 6. | Sep 21, 2010: | At the Cafe Bohemian Wumbanzanga |
| Album Review |
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| Decca Reviewed 2010-07-22 | ||
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Congolese party music with trance overtones. Featuring amplified thumb pianos, bass, and cool call/response vocals. The percussion takes the lead and winds through loping rhythms and high-energy arrangements. I liked every track, play it all. 1. An uptempo wiggle, fun, fiery, lots of style. 2. Upbeat invitation to dance…only 1:59, sadly. Can go right into #3. 3. Fast party, like a carnival Samba but African, fast vocals too. 4. Midtempo at first, then fast and driving. So cool. 5. Whistles and percussion like that carnival sound again, upbeat. 6. Sweet and driving thumb pianos & percussion. Fast energy. 7. Fast and warm w/cool vocals that get into a crazy mbira groove. 8. Midtempo, great duet of mbira & vocals. Relaxed, quiet, cool! | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Wumbanzanga | 5. | Fula Fula | |||
| 2. | Thin Legs | 6. | Gulyome | |||
| 3. | Mana Na Bana | 7. | Konono Wa Wa Wa | |||
| 4. | Makembe | 8. | Nakobala Lisusu Te |