ABOUT THIS ITEM

Collectors vinyl boxset from Crammed Discs, the Brussels label that has been releasing the internationally celebrated Congotronics series of albums documenting the incredible electrified traditional music of Congolese acts including Konono N°1, Staff Benda Bilili and Kasai Allstars.

The boxset contains all 5 Congotronics albums, an exclusive 7” featuring a collaboration between Kasai Allstars and US psych-rock-folk adventurers Akron/Family, a specially-designed book featuring photography from Kinshasa and a re-usable Congotronics USB pen drive with videos & mp3s.

Contents:
• Konono No 1 LP "Congotronics".
• "Congotronics 2 - Buzz'n'Rumble From The Urb'n'Jungle" LP (feat. five different Kinshasa bands).
• Kasai Allstars Vinyl LP "In The 7th Moon, The Chief Turned Into A Swimming Fish And Ate The Head Of His Enemy By Magic".
• Staff Benda Bilili Vinyl LP "Très Très Fort".
• The brand-new Konono No 1 double vinyl LP "Assume Crash Position"
• A Congotronics book with exclusive photos from Kinshasa, Congo.
• A customized, re-usable 2Gb USB pen drive containing nine videos, and MP3s (in 320 kbps) of all five albums.
• 7" vinyl with two exclusive tracks by Kasai Allstars, one featuring a collaboration with Akron/Family.
• a numbered certificate of authenticity

Each vinyl (180 gr) comes in an original sleeve, and an inner sleeve of a different colour, reproducing the Congotronics fabric with a design resembling that of the fabrics used for dresses and robes in the Congo, based on the Congotronics logo.

This is a strictly limited pressing.