Date
Tuesday 21 June 2016 at 8:00pm
Location
The Lantern
Bristol,
United Kingdom
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Description
Mbongwana Star is a band from Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Of the seven members of the band, two of them (Coco Ngabali and Theo Nzonza) were among the founding members of Staff Benda Bilili. The band is signed to the World Circuit label, on which they released their debut album, From Kinshasa, in 2015. The album received “universal acclaim” from critics, according to Metacritic.
The Congolese seven-piece hit The Lantern after the release of their widely praised 2015 debut album, From Kinshasa. Their fusion of traditional Congolese rhythms with a big fistful of European post-punk bass is “Afrobeat with a solid steel casing” (Fact Magazine).
Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult.
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