The Congo Acoustic

Mose Fan Fan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 1, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Triple Earth
• ASIN: B00000J7RC
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #774,780 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Solo B'nite

2. Kuala Rumba

3. Mama Yeye

4. Sikulu

5. Bana Ba Congo

6. Lwambo

7. Somato

8. Malimba

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Luminous, vibrant, life-affirming, July 9, 1999

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Bryan Pfaffenberger "B. Pfaffenberger" (Chartlottesville, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Congo Acoustic (Audio CD)

If you've never had the joy of hearing African popular music before, this is a wonderful place to start. Kinshasha (Congo) guitarist Mose Se Sengo lays down a delicious, exquisite hour of music that... well, if it doesn't bring a smile and make you start thinking, "let's dance," you're not fully alive. If you can manage to reflect a bit when you're not just grooving to this wonderful music, you'll start thinking about the incredible encomium of cultures that produced it... the interlocking, incredible cross-rhythms of African drumming, the feedback from the harmonious encounters with Portuguese folk song and Carribean calypso, the electronics that creep in despite the CD's acoustic orientation... delicious, wonderful. The recording is luminous, and conveys the ambience of small club in which you're a specially invited guest. You won't hear soaring, ego-oriented solos or attention-getting vocals; instead, you'll hear an interleaved, communal rhythmic collective statement that works on you and slowly overwhelms you, teaching you that the small variations in the vocals and rhythms attest to a personal and spiritual statement that goes far beyond egoistic music -- oh heck, listen to this CD!!!!!!!! This ROCKS. And it is very beautiful.