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- Summary: The second album from the Congolese band with four paraplegic members sees the addition of a new drummer and lead guitarist.
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- Record Label: Crammed Discs
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Sep 5, 2012Though capable lead vocalist Ricky Likabu and startling high tenor Theo Nzonza don't soar on record the way they do live, both lift audibly out of the wheeled conveyances from which a gang of polio survivors articulated their humanity and launched their inspired hustle.
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Sep 4, 2012What is provided here [is] superb playing and a peerless collective spirit, along with a clear and nuanced production that is never intrusive.
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Sep 6, 2012It is innovative but still rooted in a firm roots tradition. It is socially committed but not predictably or boringly so.
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Sep 4, 2012While this is in one sense African music like they don't make it any more, there's nothing precious or retro about it: its energy feels entirely modern.
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Sep 4, 2012Bouger Le Monde offers a celebration of life.
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Sep 4, 2012This second outing presents a richer, more percussive sound, albeit one still shot through with the zinging pyrotechnics of tin-can guitar.
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Sep 7, 2012Staff Benda Bilili sing songs of strife and redemption. Yet when the mixture of French and various Congolese languages breaks into sing-along "la la la"s on Ne Me Quitte Pas it becomes as pure a life-affirming rush as the best pop music in any language.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Feb 13, 2013
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