Konono N°1
"These are musicians who left the bush
to settle in the capital and who,
in order to go on keep fulfilling
their social role and make themselves
heard by the ancestors (and, more concretely,
by their fellow citizens)
despite the high level of urban noise,
have had to resort to DIY amplification
of their instruments,
and to megaphones (conical speakers).
This makeshift electrification
has provoked a radical mutation of their sound,
as it has introduced distorsions
which they have integrated to their style"
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