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- Record Label: Crammed Discs
- Release Date: Apr 30, 2021
- Summary: The latest full-length release from the Congolese collective was produced by guitarist Mopero Mupemba.
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- Record Label: Crammed Discs
- Genre(s): International, African Traditions, African Folk, Central African, Congolese, Finger-Picked Guitar, Mbira
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May 28, 2021Black Ants makes for a vastly different listening experience: exciting, angular, and brilliantly inventive. This album sees the Kasai Allstars tap into a new dimension of vitality and points to refreshing new possibilities for the Congotronics series.
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UncutMay 28, 2021From the hypnotic opener “Kasai Munene” to the upbeat closer “Allstars All Around” with its spiralling soukous guitars, this is celebratory music-making at its most joyously instinctual. [Jul 2021, p.27]
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May 28, 2021As ever, the band's music finds common ground in varying styles and coheres into a singular whole, coming together with a purpose to uplift and celebrate.
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MojoMay 28, 2021The gigantic lokombe (slit drum) and buzz drums no longer shock in the way they used to, although the synths suggest one route forward, and the guitars and harmonies look to South Africa for inspiration. [Jul 2021, p.88]