Kasai Allstars

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Quick As White 07:10 Tools
Kafuulu Balu 06:08 Tools
Yangye, The Evil Leopard 06:08 Tools
Beyond The 7th Moon 05:29 Tools
Mukuba 08:12 Tools
The Chief's Enthronement / Oyaye 08:12 Tools
Tshitua Fuila Mbuloba 05:13 Tools
Mpombo Yetu 08:02 Tools
Drowning Goat (Mbuji-Mayi) 06:35 Tools
Mbua-A-Matumba 10:46 Tools
Analengo 08:19 Tools
Salute To Kalombo 08:18 Tools
Down And Out 08:18 Tools
He Who Makes Bush Fires For Others 08:18 Tools
Kabuangoyi 09:35 Tools
As They Walked Into The Forest On A Sunday, They Encountered Apes Dressed As Humans 09:35 Tools
In Praise Of Homeboys 05:05 Tools
Thus Spoke The Ancestors 09:35 Tools
Beware The Fetish 09:35 Tools
Tshileja 05:05 Tools
A Good Husband 05:05 Tools
The Dead Don't Dance 05:05 Tools
Koyile / Nyeka Nyeka 07:17 Tools
Koyile|Nyeka Nyeka (world) 07:15 Tools
Kabuangoyi (world) 09:33 Tools
Koyile/Nyeka Nyeka 07:17 Tools
Koyile|Nyeka Nyeka 07:17 Tools
Tshalemba 07:17 Tools
Kapinga Yamba 07:17 Tools
Lobelela 07:17 Tools
The Ploughman (Le Laboureur) 07:17 Tools
The Ploughman (Le Laboureur) [feat. Congotronics vs Rockers] 07:17 Tools
Bilonda 07:17 Tools
Mabela 07:17 Tools
Kabuangoyi (feat. Mutumilayi) 09:35 Tools
Kabuangoyi Feat. Muambuyi 10:43 Tools
Quick As White - Clap! Clap! remix 07:17 Tools
Koyile / Nyeka Nyeka Feat. Tandjolo 07:41 Tools
Wa Muluendu 04:00 Tools
Koyile - Nyeka Nyeka 04:00 Tools
Drowning Goat - Daedelus remix 07:17 Tools
Nyeka Nyeka (feat. Tandjolo - Koyile) 07:17 Tools
Travels Broaden The Mind 07:17 Tools
Koyile/ Nyeka Nyeka [Feat.Tandjolo] 07:17 Tools
Drowning Goat (Daedelus remix) 02:51 Tools
Kabuangoyi [feat. Muambuyi] 07:17 Tools
Hoy Supe Que Viajas 05:01 Tools
Enter the Chief 03:10 Tools
Hunting On The Moon 02:51 Tools
Koyile - Nyeka Nyeka (feat. Mutumilayi) 03:10 Tools
Quick As White (Clap! Clap! Remix) 07:17 Tools
Travel Broadens the Mind 03:19 Tools
The Chief's Enthronement 03:19 Tools
Mukuba Special 10:37 Tools
Nyeka Nyeka 07:17 Tools
Quick As White - RAMZi remix 03:19 Tools
Land Dispute 07:17 Tools
Quick as White (vs. Animal Collective) 03:20 Tools
Travel Broadens the Mind (vs. Deerhoof) 03:19 Tools
Félicité One - High Wolf remix 03:19 Tools
Drowning Goat (Mbuji Mayi) 10:46 Tools
Quick As White (RAMZi remix) 07:17 Tools
The Chief's Enthronement/Oyaye 10:46 Tools
In Praise Of Homeboys - Africaine 808 remix 03:19 Tools
Kabuangoyi (feat. Muambuyi) 10:46 Tools
The Chief's Enthronement : Oyaye 03:19 Tools
Salute To Kalombo - Ekiti Sound System remix 07:17 Tools
Hunting on the Moon (vs. Lonely Drifter Karen) 10:46 Tools
As They Walked Into The Forest On A Sunday, They Encountered 07:17 Tools
Koyile-Nyeka Nyeka 07:17 Tools
Félicité One (High Wolf Remix) 07:17 Tools
Drowning goat (Esa remix) 07:17 Tools
The Chief's Enthronement_Oyaye 08:12 Tools
Kabuangoyi - Kasai Allstars Featuring Muambuyi 07:17 Tools
Land Dispute (vs. Aksak Maboul) 07:17 Tools
Enter the Chief (vs. Woom) 07:17 Tools
Hoy Supe Que Viajas (vs. Juana Molina) 07:17 Tools
The Ploughman 07:17 Tools
Drowning Goat - Esa remix 08:12 Tools
In Praise Of Homeboys (Africaine 808 Remix) 07:17 Tools
Mukuba Special (vs. Shackleton) 07:17 Tools
Tshitua Fuila Mbuloba (Loopido remix) 08:12 Tools
Nyeka Nyeka (vs. Jolie Holland and Joel Hamilton) 07:17 Tools
The Incident at Mbuji-Mayi 08:12 Tools
03- Kafuula Balu 08:12 Tools
Salute To Kalombo (Ekiti Sound System Remix) 08:12 Tools
Félicité Two (Mo4n4 Remix) 08:12 Tools
02- Mukuba 08:12 Tools
04- Beyond The 7th Moon 08:12 Tools
01- Quick As White 08:12 Tools
Mpofu (The Blind Man) 08:12 Tools
Félicité Two - Mo4n4 remix 08:12 Tools
Félicité Three - RAMZi remix 08:12 Tools
Tshitua Fuila Mbuloba - Loopido remix 08:12 Tools
06- Mpombo Yetu 08:12 Tools
Félicité three (Ramzi remix) 08:12 Tools
Koyile / Nyeka Nyeka (feat. Tandjolo) 08:12 Tools
07- Tshita Fula Mbuloba 08:12 Tools
Kabuangoyi - Kasai Allstars feat. Muambuyi 08:12 Tools
The Ploughman (Le Laboureur) (feat. Congotronics vs Rockers) 08:12 Tools
The Incident at Mbuji-Mayi (vs. Bass Clef) 08:12 Tools
Kabuangoyi Feat. Muambuyi - Kasai Allstars 09:35 Tools
Koyile / Nyeka Nyeka Feat. Tandjolo - Kasai Allstars 07:17 Tools
Nyeka Nyeka - Rework 07:17 Tools
QUICK AS WHITE (CLAP CLAP REMIX) 07:17 Tools
Koyile Nyeka Nyeka 07:17 Tools
Koyile/Nyeka Nyeka (feat. Tandjolo) 07:17 Tools
Félicité One 07:17 Tools
The Chief's Enthronement /Oyaye 07:17 Tools
Yange, The Evil Leopard 07:17 Tools
Koyile---Nyeka Nyeka 07:17 Tools
Salute to Kalombo (Glastonbury 2015) 07:17 Tools
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Kasai Allstars is a collective revolving around 25 musicians, all based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The collective was formed by members of the following five bands: Lusombe Madimba, Tandjolo, Dibua Dietu, Basokin, and Masanka Sankayi. Its members originate from five different ethnic groups: the Luba, the Songye, the Lulua, the Tetela and the Luntu. Some of these groups have endured conflicting relationships over the centuries, they each have their own culture, their own language and their own musical traditions, which were always thought to be incompatible until these musicians decided to pool their resources and form a "superband". Kasai Allstars' music is powerful and sophisticated, driving and raw. It blends acoustic instruments with electric guitars, distortion-laden thumb pianos (with DIY amplification) and soulful vocals. Compared to Konono N°1 (whose minimal and effective sound has been massively adopted by the international electronica, world music and alternative rock scenes), Kasai Allstars use a broader array of instruments & textures, and wilder, more complex polyrhythms. They often sound like some kind of retro-futurist primeval rock band ("This is rock sucked back to the continent of its birth to be granted a glorious resurrection", wrote UK magazine The Word.) They draw their songs from festive and ritual music played in the bush before being banned by the Europeans, who considered the highly erotic dances and the pagan trance ceremonies as "satanic". While the cultural aspect of their work is important to them, the members of the Kasai Allstars collective are first and foremost musicians and performers, who decided to try and throw their respective traditions, styles, languages and instruments into a common musical sandbox. This process (which means that they often have to invent new parts, and adapt certain musical patterns for instruments that normally don't play them), as well as the band's interaction with modern amplification and production techniques (through their collaboration with the producer of the album, Vincent Kenis), all give an exciting and very creative angle to the project. Kasai Allstars have released two albums so far, "In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned Into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His Enemy by Magic" (2008) and "Beware The Fetish" (2014). It's a reviewer cliché to claim that you never heard anything like it. For once, it's actually true (The Times, UK) …the sound of distortion zombies coming down the road to kill us all. It's relentless… wonderful… (Pop Matters, USA) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.