The kids in this new vid from Buraka Som Sistema floor me - they’re ridiculous! They be double jointed everywhere! M.I.A. is all up in it too and it looks a bit like her video for “Boyz”… But this has Sabrosa and Sabrosa slaaaaaaaays!!!!!!!
Konono No. 1 shot to international stardom like a comet once Bjork revealed their eccentric sounds on Volta. Well, I guess the fame of touring with Bjork didn’t go to their heads because they kept themselves busy recording a new album of their own! FLY describes their experimental music this way:
Playing on scrap metal percussion and spiky metal thumb pianos, they pound out exuberant and rhythmic beats that are distorted through amplifiers made from old car parts. They have taken the traditional music of Congolese Bazombi tribe and electrified it, creating a sound that is both futuristic and primeval.
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