Thursday, March 24, 2005  

Fat Cat has put out a Konono No. 1 / Dead C split 12-inch. The Konono cuts are special versions of Congotronics tracks mixed by producer Vincent Kenis. (Read the e-mail he sent me about the history of Konono No. 1 and the recording of Congotronics.)

Konono No. 1 will be touring Europe in May with Tortoise, before doing a bunch of shows alone in June and July.

Boom Kat on the Konono / Dead C 12-inch.

Review of the 12-inch at Losing Today (have to scroll).

Congotronics reviews:
The Guardian
Stylus
Telegraph
Aquarius Records
Eleven Shadows
Paris Voice (have to scroll down)
Pitchfork
Jeff Chang

Now you can buy digital downloads of Congotronics from eMusic and Calabash Music.

Review of Lubuaku in SF Weekly.


Samuel Fosso, Tati Autoportraits, Le Chef, 1997, from Africa Remix

The BBC's page on Britain's massive "Africa 05" celebration features tons of great links and streaming audio.

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