{"id":794,"date":"2007-12-06T00:01:55","date_gmt":"2007-12-05T23:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maurograziani.org\/wordpress\/archives\/794"},"modified":"2025-08-22T18:12:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:12:35","slug":"congotronics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maurograziani.org\/wordpress\/archives\/794","title":{"rendered":"Congotronics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crammed.be\/konono\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Konono N\u00b01<\/a> was founded over 25 years ago by Mingiedi, a virtuoso of the likemb\u00e9 (a traditional instrument sometimes called &#8220;sanza&#8221; or &#8220;thumb piano&#8221;, consisting of metal rods attached to a resonator). The band&#8217;s line-up includes three electric likemb\u00e9s (bass, medium and treble), equipped with hand-made microphones built from magnets salvaged from old car parts, and plugged into amplifiers. There&#8217;s also a rhythm section which uses traditional as well as makeshift percussion (pans, pots and car parts), three singers, three dancers and a sound system featuring these famous megaphones.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crammed.be\/index.php?id=37&amp;rel_id=124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Konono N\u00b01 is the first volume of Crammed&#8217;s new series Congotronics<\/a>, which is devoted to electrified traditional music from the Congo.<br \/>\nOut now: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crammed.be\/index.php?id=37&amp;rel_id=254\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congotronics vol.2<\/a>, entitled Buzz and Rumble in the Urban Jungle, is a CD+DVD featuring no less than six different Kinshasa bands. (audio excerpts below)<br \/>\n______________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anche nelle attivit\u00e0 creative l&#8217;Africa costruisce riciclando la spazzatura del primo mondo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crammed.be\/konono\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Konono N\u00b01<\/a> \u00e8 una band formata da musicisti provenienti dall&#8217;area di confine fra Congo e Angola. Il loro repertorio attinge largamente alla Bazombo trance music, ma, grazie anche ai loro impianti autocostruiti, hanno sviluppato un stile che, dal punto di vista fonico, sfiora il rock sperimentale e la musica elettronica.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nella foto a sinistra, per esempio, potete vedere un mixer e un microfono costruiti a mano e quasi totalmente in legno.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In quella a destra, invece, una serie di ikemb\u00e9 elettrificati (uno strumento tradizionale noto anche come sanza e conosciuto da noi nella versione caraibica con il nome di kalimba) nelle versioni bassa, solista e accompagnamento (da sin. a des.).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">C&#8217;\u00e8 da scommettere che fra poco, diventeranno di moda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dopo il <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crammed.be\/index.php?id=37&amp;rel_id=124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">primo CD di Konono N\u00b01<\/a>, ora <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crammed.be\/index.php?id=37&amp;rel_id=254\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">esce il secondo<\/a>, in formato CD+DVD nella serie Congotronics dell&#8217;etichetta Crammed\/SSR. \u00c8 una compilation di 6 bands e si intitola Buzz and Rumble in the Urban Jungle.<br \/>\n_________________<\/p>\n<p>Estratti audio \/ Audio excerpts<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crammed.be\/craworld\/mp3\/02701.mp3\">Konono N\u00b01 &#8211; Lufuala Ndonga<\/a> (mp3)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crammed.be\/craworld\/realaudio\/congotronics\/masa.ram\">Masanka Sankayi<\/a> (RealAudio)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crammed.be\/craworld\/realaudio\/congotronics\/mulume.ram\">Basokin<\/a> (RealAudio)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Konono N\u00b01 - &quot;Lufuala Ndonga&quot;\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Los0qjV9Ecg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-posts\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Konono N\u00b01 was founded over 25 years ago by Mingiedi, a virtuoso of the likemb\u00e9 (a traditional instrument sometimes called &#8220;sanza&#8221; or &#8220;thumb piano&#8221;, consisting of metal rods attached to a resonator). 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