{"id":958,"date":"2005-06-06T10:08:18","date_gmt":"2005-06-05T23:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsdigital.net\/fatplanet\/?p=958"},"modified":"2021-01-31T05:12:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T05:12:49","slug":"konono-no-1-indigenous-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/2005\/06\/06\/konono-no-1-indigenous-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"KONONO NO.1, INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE"},"content":{"rendered":"

KONONO NO.1<\/strong>\u00a0[CONGO]
\nditshe tshiekutala<\/strong>\u00a0mp3<\/a>
\nthere’s been plenty written about\u00a0konono no.1<\/strong>\u00a0around the blogshere for the last six months, and – when clearing out my bookmarks – i realised that i should have really posted this free mp3 some time back. if you’re not already aware of why\u00a0konono no.1<\/strong>\u00a0are gaining so much critical praise – it’s simple. they are one of the most original groups operating in africa today, mainly due to their use of the electrified \/ amplified traditional instruments – a style known in congo as ‘tradi-modern’. boiled down, it’s old school analogue electronic music – thumb pianos, megaphones, pots & pans, old car parts etc, all amplified to the point of almost absurd distortion. if any modern euro-electro pioneer was making this, we’d be hailing them a genius – yet,\u00a0konono no.1<\/strong>\u00a0have being doing their own DIY thing for nearly 25 years. it’s a classic tale – probably an archetype of some kind – where the westerners stumble across the indigenous people, doing their own thing for decades and doing it far better than those damn westerners could ever imagine. there’s a movie in there somewhere…\u00a0crammed discs<\/a>\u00a0have released an album, entitled ‘congrotronics’,\u00a0fat cat<\/a>\u00a0have dropped a split 7″ and finally there’s a\u00a0live album<\/a>, ‘lubuaku’ from which the above mp3 is taken.
\nINDIGENOUS RESISTANCE<\/strong>\u00a0[CANADA]
\neagle screaming red sky alight\u00a0<\/strong>mp3<\/a>
\nthrough the eyes of one who paints with earth<\/strong>\u00a0mp3<\/a>
\nthe\u00a0indigenous resistance<\/strong>\u00a0label is run by an organisation called\u00a0the fire this time<\/strong>\u00a0with the aim of exploring “issues and examples of indigenous resistance and indigenous reality that normally don’t receive attention will be highlighted through our releases”. how that practically manifests itself is simple –\u00a0the fire this time<\/strong>\u00a0records indigenous artists, adds his own original production and contributions from like-minded artists, and distributes the results freely with the help and co-operation of original artists – a concept cheerily titled ‘ freedub’. that philosphy is manifested in the above tracks – the first has a long and convoluted\u00a0history<\/a>\u00a0and is based around lyrics composed by performer \/ poet\u00a0jessie kleeman<\/strong>\u00a0from greenland (highlighting the country’s indigenous history), vocals performed by\u00a0christine d\u00a0<\/strong>and music by\u00a0asian dub foundation<\/strong>‘s\u00a0dr das<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0adrian sherwood.\u00a0<\/strong> das also contributes bass to most of the mp3s found on the IR site, and the collaboration continues with\u00a0the fire this time<\/strong>\u00a0working on the track ‘powerlines’ from the new\u00a0adf<\/strong>album, ‘tank’. the second mp3 features a contribution from\u00a0michael frant<\/strong>i from\u00a0spearhead<\/strong>. more info & mp3s on this project can be found at\u00a0firethistime.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KONONO NO.1\u00a0[CONGO] ditshe tshiekutala\u00a0mp3 there’s been plenty written about\u00a0konono no.1\u00a0around the blogshere for the last six months, and – when clearing out my bookmarks – i realised that i should have really posted this free mp3 some time back. if you’re not already aware of why\u00a0konono no.1\u00a0are gaining so much critical praise – it’s simple. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[445,918,995],"class_list":["post-958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fat-planet","tag-fat-planet-blog","tag-indigenous-resistance","tag-konono-no-1","missing-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15598,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958\/revisions\/15598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}