Back in July a group of producers brought together by Damon Albarn set out for the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, with the aim of producing an album in collaboration with local Conoglese musicians. They spent five days recording and working with groups and artistis such as Jupiter and the Okwess International and Bebson and this week Warp Records announced further details on the finished product, ‘Kinshasa One Two’.
The album will be released at the beginning of October and in the meantime, you can listen to three of the DRC Music (as the international collective is known) tracks via Soundcloud (full tracklist after the break). All the profits from the DRC Music project will go to the local performers and to support Oxfam’s work in the DRC.
Rhythm and Roots 