Mille Morceau, by DJ Finale

Mille Morceau

by DJ Finale

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ruins I love rumba and Congotronics type music from the DRC, as well as Fulu Miziki and Rey Sapienz, so this wonderful album is a treasure. A stripped down electronics exploration of so much of why I love music from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Everything from soukous to traditional drum music to industrial is represented in some form or another.

Shocked to be the first commenting here, this is a magical album.

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1.	Padou Basss 30 01:59	buy track
2.	Likambo 02:27	buy track
3.	Pitschu Debou 03:20	buy track
4.	Padou Mixe 04:17	buy track
5.	Tobandi 02:45	buy track
6.	Savoir Vivre 03:06	buy track
7.	Touta Touta 02:06	buy track
8.	Kelekeke 03:17	buy track
9.	Padou Aass Mixe 02:27	buy track
10.	Marche Mixe 02:12	buy track
11.	Mille Morceau 02:10	buy track
12.	Mabemabe 02:17	buy track
13.	Tututoto Ngroungrou 02:59	buy track
14.	Moi Jesais 02:59	buy track

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Video for Pitschu Debou: youtu.be/k8HgFBDsAyo

A member of of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Fulu Miziki band, the long-running eco activist collective forging experimental rhythmic music from repurposed trash, Kinshasa's DJ Finale dives into his country's history to brainstorm a dauntless hybrid dance sound. Kinshasa has long been a hotspot of musical fusion and innovation, and Finale builds on the popular template of soukous, or kwassa kwassa - a sound that developed in the mid-20th century from the rhythms of Cuban rumba and flexible emotionality of jazz.

While soukous was initially performed with traditional instruments, Finale takes a minimal electronic approach, melting familiar rhythms into other Congolese trad-moderne styles like n'dombolo. 'Basss 30' bolts a brittle swinging beat over white noise bursts and acidic synth sounds; 'Pitschu Debou' features Fulu Miziki's Deboul on vocals, and folds soukous guitar riffs into a stark neo-trap frame; 'Tobandi' is raw and industrial, like Muslimgauze but aimed at the late night/early morning club set, with dangerous blasts of whirring electronics and jerky Congolese rhythms.

"Mille Morceau" is a thoughtful mitigation of the Democratic Republic of Congo's past and present. It celebrates Kinshasa's rich history, while remaining proud of an energetic, youthful contemporary scene that's ready to look far beyond the borders.

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released April 21, 2023

Mastered By Declared Sound
Artwork by Bodys Isek Kingelez
Graphic Layout by Kid Gringo

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