On the playlist 21/MAY/2018…

Going back to some African roots here and believe it or not my childhood. I remember as a kid growing up in Zambia sneaking to the back of an outdoor beergarden in Luanshya with some friends on Saturday afternoons and rocking to the music on a small hill. It was a mix of traditional African music with a disco beat going on - think early 70s Afrobeat. So, when I discovered the Congotronics series I had to get some of that. On the playlist today is Congotronics 2: Buzz 'n' Rumble from the Urb 'n' Jungle. Congotronics is a series of recordings of local bands from Central Africa that are playing traditional music with very lo-fi electrification to it. So think traditional african music with blown out sepakers and buzzing amps. I love the lo-fi African vibe!

An added bit or trivia on this one as well. The title refers to a famous boxing match held in Kinshasa in 1974 between Goerge Foreman and Muhammad Ali called the "Rumble In The Jungle". I remember going over to a friends house to watch it as we didn't have a TV. We did a sleep over as the fight came on a bit late. I still keep in touch with that friend and he is a cardiologist based in Bristol.