- Audio CD (Mar 20 2012)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Crammed Disc Us
- ASIN: B003CI0F8E
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #45,244 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Wumbanzanga |
| 2. Thin Legs |
| 3. Mama Na Bana |
| 4. Makembe |
| 5. Fula Fula |
| 6. Guiyome |
| 7. Konono Wa Wa Wa |
| 8. Nakobala Lisusu Te |
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4.0 out of 5 stars
21st Century Schizoid Men, May 31 2011
By Stephen Foster - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Assume Crash Position (Audio CD)
[If you don't yet know TP Konono No. 1, this album is not for you. You want Congotronics, do you EVER.]I was a bit worried about this release, thinking that their recent whirlwind tour of Europe and the US, and their collaboration with Herbie Hancock, Bjork et al might have gone to their heads, and they might have "sold out."
No such fear at all, unfortunately. If anything, they've retrenched and created a (somewhat) more traditional album. Many of the songs at least start out sounding like more-or-less standard African music: calls, responses, normal-sounding instrumentation.
They're good at it, but if you're like me, you came here for more of the unique thing these guys invented, their rule-wrecking, joy 'n giggle-producing percussive noise ANIMAL that is their big rude black foot in the door of 21st Century music. When the standard-sounding singing goes on here for a bit too long, you might get impatient for the percussive animal to break out.
Well, don't worry: it shows up regularly. There's lots of percussive joy here, and the real gem is the 12-minute "Konono Wa Wa Wa": you liked them before but thought you knew their limits? Hah! The first 6:45 is fairly standard, but then all Hell breaks loose exactly as God ordained it.
Most of the tracks start out fairly standard, but then get properly chaotic as they go on. The real exception is Nakobala Lususo Te, the last track, which is a quiet, acoustic study by the band's founder on the likembé. Listen and get a few hints of exactly where this delightful, insane music originated. But then put on "Konono Wa Wa Wa" again with the volume turned to eleven, on repeat...
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