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Sometimes it's called likembe in the Congo or sansa.
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Led by likembe player Augustin Mingiedi, son of founder Mawangu Mingiedi, the group performed for almost 90 minutes.
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The likembe (similar to the mbira or kalimba) that gives the band its signature resonating, nuanced, jingling melody is hand crafted from items salvaged from a junkyard.
Dustin Reid: Konono No 1's DIY Spirit Fills Prospect Park And Le Poisson Rouge (VIDEO, SLIDESHOW) Dustin Reid 2010
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Led by likembe player Augustin Mingiedi, son of founder Mawangu Mingiedi, the group performed for almost 90 minutes.
Konono No. 1 brings sounds of trance on junkyard instruments to Black Cat 2010
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Guests on 3: Mbuyamba Nyunyi (bass likembe), Kabongo Tshisense and Kalenga Ditu (likembe), courtesy of Kasai Allstars on 4: Felix Manuaku 'Pepe Felly' & Vincent Kenis (guitars) on 1, 3 & 7: Nzila Mabasukisa (guitar)
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Those gloriously extended full band tracks take off like never before - but also, for the first time, we hear Konono stripped right back to their essence: the album's final song, "Nakobala Lisusu Te", features just the band's founder and master, Mingiedi (now in his late-seventies) and his likembe.
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For most, the style itself -- traditional Congolese music dominated by thumb piano, or likembe -- must have been something of a hypnotic revelation, but what really screwed with their heads were the homemade amps and pickups, and the wicked, gorgeous distortion that resulted.
Play | The Rhapsody Editorial Music Blog Sarah Bardeen 2009
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"Mbua-A-Matumba," one of two extended story-songs, builds to a meticulously arranged climax, vocal counter-rhythms and likembe marbling patiently around one another; a similar, even drummier explosion occurs on the ecstatic "Drowning Goat (Mbuji-Mayi)."
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"Mbua-A-Matumba," one of two extended story-songs, builds to a meticulously arranged climax, vocal counter-rhythms and likembe marbling patiently around one another; a similar, even drummier explosion occurs on the ecstatic "Drowning Goat (Mbuji-Mayi)."
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"Mbua-A-Matumba," one of two extended story-songs, builds to a meticulously arranged climax, vocal counter-rhythms and likembe marbling patiently around one another; a similar, even drummier explosion occurs on the ecstatic "Drowning Goat (Mbuji-Mayi)."
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