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Konono No.1 ist eine Band, die vor mehr als 40 Jahren im Grenzgebiet zwischen Kongo und Angola von dem Likembe-Virtuosen Mawungu Mingiedi gegründet wurde. Traditionelle Bazombo Trance Musik wird mit dem elektronisch verzerrten Sound unkonventioneller Instrumente zusammengeführt. Weltweit gefeiert und erfolgreich – u.a. durch künstlerische Zusammenarbeiten mit Björk und Herbie Hancock - haben sie zur Verbreitung einer musikalischen Stilrichtung beigetragen: Congotronics. Repetitive, komplexe Rhythmen treffen auf Chantgesänge und Likembes. Autoteile werden zu Instrumenten umfunktioniert und Megafone ins Soundsystem integriert. Unter Vertrag bei dem belgischen Welt-Elektronik-Label \'Crammed Discs\' ist 2010 das zweite Album \'Assume Crash Position\' erschienen. Am 17. Februar werden die Tänzer, Sänger und Musiker von Konono No.1 an Bord der MS Stubnitz spielen.

Einlass: ab 20 Uhr

Konzertbeginn: 20:30 Uhr

Eintritt: 15€ AK, 12€ VVK

Tickets bei der Theaterkasse Schumann erhältlich oder online im Vorverkauf unter https://www.tixforgigs.com/site/Pages/Shop/ShowEvent.aspx?ID=11273

Weitere Details zur Veranstaltung unter https://www.facebook.com/events/1554273368162664/

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Konono No. 1 was founded over 40 years ago by Mingiedi, a virtuoso of
the likembe (the traditional instrument sometimes called \'sanza\' or
\'thumb piano\', consisting of metal rods attached to a resonator). The
band\'s line-up includes three electric likembés (bass, medium and
treble), equipped with hand-made microphones built from magnets salvaged
from old car parts, and plugged into amplifiers. There\'s also a rhythm
section which uses traditional as well as makeshift percussion (pans,
pots and car parts) and a peculiar sound system including megaphones
dating from the colonial period, which they call \'lance-voix\'
(\'voice-throwers\').

The members of Konono No. 1 come from an area which sits right across
the border between Congo and Angola. Their repertoire draws largely on
Bazombo trance music, to which they\'ve had to incorporate the
originally-unwanted distortions of their sound system.

Worldwide reactions to their debut album Congotronics 1 were
exceptional, and remarkably won the band massive favour in the dance and
alternative rock scenes as well as in world music circles: they picked
up a Grammy nomination for Live At Couleur Café and played to thousands
at festivals such as Sonar, Coachella and The Big Chill. Meanwhile an
army of celebrity admirers gathered, including Radiohead\'s Thom Yorke
(who played a Konono track on BBC Radio One), Beck, Björk (whose
album Volta featured a guest Konono performance), and Herbie Hancock, to
whose \'Imagine Project\' they also contributed. Konono No. 1 have been
remixed by Mark Ernestus, Micachu & The Shapes, Burnt Friedman and
Optimo, among many others.