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The runaway success of the Konono N°1 album has given worldwide exposure to the strange and spectacular electro-traditional mixtures which are being concocted in the suburbs of Kinshasa, Congo. Hot on the footsteps of "Congotronics 1", here comes a fresh selection of even more amazing sounds, courtesy of no less than six electro-traditional bands from Kinshasa, which have all been especially recorded and produced by Crammed's Vincent Kenis. These bands all draw on traditional African trance music, to which they have incorporated heavily-distorted sounds generated by DIY amplification of their instruments... just like Konono N°1, except that the instrumentation, timbres and rhythms used by these bands are relatively diverse: the trademark electrified thumb pianos and megaphones are joined by an array of distorted drums, swirling guitars and hypnotic balafons. The "Congotronics 2" album also includes a full-length (40 minute) DVD based on material filmed by Vincent Kenis while he recorded these bands in Kinshasa.

Tracklisting
Disc: 1
1. Wa Muluendu - Kasai Allstars, Mutumilayi, Masanka Sankayi
2. Koyile / Nyeka Nyeka - Kasai Allstars, Tandjolo
3. Kiwembo - Sobanza Mimanisa
4. Kabuangoyi - Kasai Allstars, Muambuyi
5. Soif Conjugale - Kisanzi Congo
6. Laboureur - Masanka Sankayi, Kabongo Tshisensa
7. Bosamba Ndeke - Bolia We Nedenge
8. Mulume - Basokin, Mi Amore 9. TP Couleur Café - Konono No.1

Disc: 2 (DVD)
Nzombo - Basokin, Bolia, Kasai Allstars, Konono No.1, Sobanza Mimanisa, Masanka Sankayi, Tulu