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I urge everyone who hasn't to check out Konono No.1. They're closest to traditional Bozombo or trance music. They're from Kinshasa, Congo, and have merged their Bozombo sound to an immense, dated Dutch sound rig that massively distorts their traditional likembe tones (thumb piano). Pulsating, wildly polyrhythmic dance music with an unintentionally experimental bent stemming from their dated, handmade equipment and intoxicating repetitions (they've been compared to Can in that regard). Wonderful, wonderful band, I couldn't help but dance and dance and dance when I saw them live. Seeing them again this spring, hopefully.

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Check them out at:

http://www.crammed.be/konono/

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I urge everyone who hasn't to check out Konono No.1. They're closest to traditional Bozombo or trance music. They're from Kinshasa, Congo, and have merged their Bozombo sound to an immense, dated Dutch sound rig that massively distorts their traditional likembe tones (thumb piano). Pulsating, wildly polyrhythmic dance music with an unintentionally experimental bent stemming from their dated, handmade equipment and intoxicating repetitions (they've been compared to Can in that regard). Wonderful, wonderful band, I couldn't help but dance and dance and dance when I saw them live. Seeing them again this spring, hopefully.

Check them out at:

http://www.crammed.be/konono/

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i'm a big fan of the funkier side of bollywood soundtracks - did this mix a bit ago from a big stack i found on a bootmarket

http://www.mediafire.com/?dh4ob23zfo47uiz

mostly tracks voiced by asha bhosle (of 'brimful of asha' fame), latta mangeshkar and mohammed rafi.

for african music, hi-life & afrobeat from the 70s & 80s are what swings for me - anything by fela kuti obviously, but also king sunny ade, gasper lawal & dele abiodun are worth checking out. the 'nigeria 70' comps on strut records are all brilliant.

this comp of 70s nigerian psych-rock is a revelation too...

http://zoltarsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/10/va-nigeria-rock-special-psychedelic.html

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if you like crazy guitars, group doueh is the shit

i love pretty much everything amadou et mariam have done, but esp sou ni tile... just lovely songs and arrangements no matter what country / language (in this case mali / french).

orchestra baobob kind of splits the middle - inspired playing, good arrangements and that afro-cuban steez you know and love from the senegalese

btw, not too into the world music label, it's really christgau / 80s token "other." many many shitty 80s records

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