Various Artists - Kinshasa 1978: Originals and Reconstructions (Crammed Discs)
Add Date: 11/12/2019
FCC: Clean
Formats: NACC Electronic, NACC World
Artist Information: Back in 1978, Bernard Treton recorded four 'tradi-modern' bands in Kinshasa: Konono N°1, Orchestre Bana Luya, Sankayi, and Orchestre Bambala. These sessions spawned the Zaïre: Musiques Urbaines à Kinshasa album (released in 1986 by the Ocora label), a record which, for the first time, presented to Western audiences the electrifying music which was later to be known as "Congotronics".
This new, twofold album comprises 80 minutes worth of previously-unreleased original recordings made during these 1978 sessions, as well as brand-new reconstructions made by Martin Meissonnier, the highly-respected French producer who worked with the likes of Fela Kuti, Haruomi Hosono & many more, and who has recently resumed his DJ activities.