congotronics: gettin down one time

I thought this was pretty cool when Alanna sent it my way tonight. it’s a clip of this Kongolese ‘electro’ band. The official genre seems to be congotronics, which is think is one of the coolest sounding genres to come out as of late. Although this sounds like traditional central african music, i think what gives it a electro edge is the fact that they’ve wired the traditional instruments like the sanza and fingered the shit out of it.

Alanna as also sent me this short clip of lil african kids getting down at what looks to be a dance gathering. Looks way more fun than what i’m doing right now…which is watching usual suspects and typing this up for you guys to read. so enjoi!