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Mbongwana Star, whose debut full-length album, From Kinshasa, was released last month via World Circuit, is featured on PRI's The World. "The music from the Congolese band Mbongwana Star sounds like nothing else," says host Marco Werman. You can hear why in his interview with the album's Irish-born Parisian producer, Doctor L, here.

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Newly formed Congolese seven-piece band Mbongwana Star, whose debut full-length album, From Kinshasa, was released last month via World Circuit, distributed in North America by Nonesuch Records, is featured on PRI's The World. "The music from the Congolese band Mbongwana Star sounds like nothing else," says host Marco Werman. You can hear why in his interview with the album's Irish-born Parisian producer, Doctor L, posted below.

From Kinshasa features members of a new generation of Kinshasa musicians embodying the concept of "mbongwana," or "change." Along with Doctor L, the band fuses traditional Congolese rhythms with European post-punk bass and busted electronics from recycled and reconstructed instruments miked and distorted in unexpected ways.

To pick up a copy of From Kinshasa, head to iTunes or the Nonesuch Store in North America (and in the World Circuit Shop outside North America).

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  • Friday, June 12, 2015
    Listen: Mbongwana Star Featured on PRI's The World

    Newly formed Congolese seven-piece band Mbongwana Star, whose debut full-length album, From Kinshasa, was released last month via World Circuit, distributed in North America by Nonesuch Records, is featured on PRI's The World. "The music from the Congolese band Mbongwana Star sounds like nothing else," says host Marco Werman. You can hear why in his interview with the album's Irish-born Parisian producer, Doctor L, posted below.

    From Kinshasa features members of a new generation of Kinshasa musicians embodying the concept of "mbongwana," or "change." Along with Doctor L, the band fuses traditional Congolese rhythms with European post-punk bass and busted electronics from recycled and reconstructed instruments miked and distorted in unexpected ways.

    To pick up a copy of From Kinshasa, head to iTunes or the Nonesuch Store in North America (and in the World Circuit Shop outside North America).

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