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De Palenque à Matongé

by Dizzy Mandjeku & Alé Kumá

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“This album is called From Palenque to Matongé, the latter being both the musical wellspring in Kinshasa and the vibrant African quarter of the Ixelles district in Brussels. But the key to it, the vibrant peak of the triangle, is Palenque, an extraordinary village not far from Cartagena, the beautiful but notorious slave-trade centre on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. But From Palenque to Matongé is ultimately about a collective who’ve formed a common vision drawing on three continents. The guitars sparkle, the sax punches, the marimba bubbles, the percussion and bass create the dance groove and the vocals bring a sunny warmth. It’s super infectious. This
is about a diaspora community that has come together to create something totally contemporary but fired by historical connections. What is actually a long and difficult journey between Palenque and the two Matongés is realised in an instant on this record. And what it says is remember your roots, stay true to them, celebrate and enjoy them. We hope you will too.”
Simon Broughton (Songlines Magazine)

credits

released May 3, 2019

Dizzy Mandjeku - guitar
Leonardo Gomez Jattin- bass
Nidia Gongora - vocals
Paola Marquez -vocals
Malage de Lugendo -vocals
Josée Esengo Muza - vocals
César Medina -saxophones
Toms Ntale - guitar
La Wey Segura - marimba, percussion
Emeris - percussion
Saidou Ilbouda - drums

All backing vocals by Paola Marquez, Nidia Gongora, Josee Esengo Musa, Malage de Lugendo, César Medina , La Wey Segura, Emeris Solis and Saidou Iboudo except A Pila' El Arro

Recorded by Guy Morley and Joel Grignard at Rubens Studio, Brussels.
Except for A pila' El Arro, recorded in centro Atico studios by Jefferson Rosas
All tracks mixed by Jefferson Rosas in Bogota
Except for Bolingo, Nasinalapi Ndayi and De Matongé a Palenque mixed by Toms Ntale at Savana Sound.
Mastered by Franck Merritt at the Carvery, London

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Uniting Colombian and Congolese musicians, De Palenque à Matongé revives and reinterprets the historical connection between two musical traditions that have travelled back and forth between the New World and the African motherland.

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