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In The 7th Moon, The Chief Turned Into A Swimming Fish And Ate The Head Of His Enemy By Magic - Kasai Allstars
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  • Summary: The latest album for the supergroup of 25 musicians from the Democratic Republic of the Congo features both traditional and contemporary instruments.

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  1. Positive: 15 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 16
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  1. The Boston Phoenix
    100
    The music is neither bastardized nor precious, just a riveting reflection of the ongoing allure and paradox that is the Congo.
  2. The A.V. Club
    91
    The result is even more appealing than Konono, drawing on likembes, the buzzing and drum-like tam tam, electric guitars, and half a dozen vocalists to create hypnotic, rich, complex polyrhythmic wonders.
  3. PopMatters
    60
    In their multi-ethnic make-up, the face-painted, twenty-something strong Allstars chant a slightly more devolved game than fellow marimba manglers Konono No.1, but the cumulative effect is similar, a sustained concussion of sound, a kind of sonic vertigo that subverts the cliché of Congo as perpetual victim.

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