The Orchestre Tout Puissant Likembé Konono no 1, led by Mawangu Mingiedi, who founded the group 25 years ago in his birthplace of Congo, is a bridge between tradition and modernity. The musicians play likembés or thumb pianos, with adapted microphones hand-made from magnets salvaged from abandoned cars and other instruments made from pieces of scrap, giving a new dimension to the traditional trance music of the Bazombo ethnic group. The result is surprising - it is a sound that is undoubtedly African in its rhythm and textures, but curiously close to punk and western electronica. Their raw and sophisticated sound has led them to work with artists of the standing of Timbaland and Björk. A one-off!

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