Konono Nº1
- 风格
- #非洲流行
- 地区
- Congo 刚果
艺人介绍
by Michael G. Nastos
Konono N°1 combines the spirit of traditional African music with the junk instrument concept and the progressive electronic aspect of modern times. The group's full name is L'orchestre Folklorique T.P. Konono N°1 De Mingiedi, T.P. being translated as all powerful. It is also a tribute to the band of the legendary Congolese musician Franco, which was called T.P. OK Jazz. The band was founded by Mawangu Mingiedi, a member of the Zombo or Bazombo ethnic group, whose homeland is located near the Congo border with Angola. Mingiedi was born in Angola in 1933 and moved to Kinshasa in the former Zaire in 1949, and was a longtime taxi and truck driver trying to support a large family of children. He started the band as Orchestre Tout Puissant Likembe Konono N°1 in the mid-to-late 70s. Originally they adapted Zombo ritual music played by an ensemble of horns made from elephant tusks. But they switched their signature instruments to the likembe, also titled the mbira, kalimba or sanza, commonly known as the metal reed thumb piano. Their first recording was on the compilation Zaire: Musiques Urbaines A Kinshasa. The first album by Konono N°1 was recorded and produced by Vincent Kenis, who also worked with Zap Mama, Taraf de Haïdouks and Koçani Orkestar. The band began to amplify the likembe's, starting with low frequency six volt radios, then 12 volt radios from cars. Their sound system is built from hand made microphones, old car parts, megaphones and discarded amps, and they use junked auto pieces, pots and pans as percussion instruments. Now the premier music ambassadors from Congo and suburban Kinshasa, their distortion laden beat and trance music has set a standard for modern world music. Their debut American release is Congotronics on the Crammed Discs label, and they are one of many similar bands from their homeland on the compilation Congotronics 2; Buzzn'Rumble From The Urb'n'Jungle. The Dutch rock band The Ex covered one of their songs, and the group collaborated with Björk on the song "Earth Intruders" from her studio album, Volta.
最新简评（共11条）
- @穆静(我还没想好要写什么...)：人聲一出來驚人 這不是我偶爾會哼的樣子嗎！音樂的血液啊 神奇的很
- @灰(生命已经过期)：
- @7(虽然也没怎么照顾虾仔，但...)：三个艺人页应该整合一下
- @金蛇郎君小夫哥(泥豪啊同志！)：取消了……哎 lizbai ( Cross.) 2018-05-11 16:37 好惆怅 来自iPhone客户端
- @ありがとう(お休み)：乐团最初并不叫“Konono”，“Konono”这个名字是乐迷根据他们演出时合唱的一个刚果词语“kukonana”（意思是当人因饥寒交迫、衣不蔽体而颤抖）叫起来的，大家开始称呼他们为“唱’Konono’的家伙们”。很快，“Konono”的称号就传遍了金沙萨的大街小巷。但乐团的走红也引来了很多模仿他们的拇指琴组合，金沙萨街头一时鱼龙混杂，为了确认地位，乐队毫不客气地变成了Konono N°1。——【明日音乐节】
- @GaGaaaah(@Revolution9...)：没想到…… hobbitmaster (不听会死) 2018-03-26 11:26 来了 来自iPhone客户端 ありがとう (お休み) 2018-04-07 00:32 hobbitmaster说： 会去吗？ 来自android客户端 hobbitmaster (不听会死) 2018-04-07 02:12 ありがとう说： 是 来自iPhone客户端
- @肾有无：太先锋，太好听！