: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: KOKOKO! : Album.......: Fongola : : Label.......: Royal Mountain Records .. .:.. . Genre.......: Ethnic : Catnr.......: RMR-114-2 . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2019-08-09 Str.date....: 2019-07-05 Quality.....: 275kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://kokokomusic.bandcamp.com ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. Likolo 4:01 2. Azo Toke 3:58 3. Buka Dansa 4:21 4. IdentitΘ 4:10 5. Malembe 3:55 6. L.O.V.E. 2:56 7. Tongos'a 3:48 8. Zala Mayele 4:59 9. Singa 3:06 10. Kitoko 4:42 11. Tokoliana 3:46 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 43:42 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 90.73 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: You can trace the seeds of Fongola back to so many different :, : places. It began in Kinshasa, in the Ngwaka neighbourhood where : :' DIY experimental musical instruments are made, and the Lingwala ': ,: neighbourhood where Makara Bianko sings every night on :, : electronic loops with his dancers and where the band first met. : :' We spent our tours across Europe dreaming about what we wanted ': ,: to tell the world. It was recorded in makeshift studios we built :, : out of ping pong tables and mattresses in Kinshasa and Brussels. : :' Finally, I spent months putting it all together in Abattoir, ': ,: Anderlecht like a giant electronic puzzle with pieces that donÆt :, : fit and no blueprint.ö - DΘbruit : :' ': ,: Signed with independent label Transgressive (Flume, SOPHIE, :, : LetÆs Eat Grandma), KOKOKO!Æs distorted polyrhythms and : :' spontaneous lo-fi sounds provide a chaotic soundtrack to their ': ,: home country. When most people think of culture in the :, : Democratic Republic of Congo, itÆs The Rumble in The Jungle : :' fight of Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman and the accompanying ': ,: Soul Power concert with James Brown in the 70s, Mobutu in his :, : abacost and leopard print hat, les sapeurs in their elegant : :' tailoring, and the king of Congolese rumba Papa Wemba. A faded ': ,: vintage postcard. KOKOKO! represent the antithesis of tradition, :, : and their debut album Fongola - which translates to ôthe keyö - : :' is a torrid, anarchic, youthful journey smashing a new path ': ,: through modern life in AfricaÆs third most populous city. :, : : :' ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 1 9 \/