Kinshasa 1978 Vinyl LP New 2019

1. Il ne faut pas intervenir (Martin Meissonnier reconstruction)
2. Roots of K (Martin Meissonnier reconstruction)
3. Animation Kifuti (Martin Meissonnier reconstruction)
4. Animation (Martin Meissonnier reconstruction)
5. Kin 78 One
6. Kin 78 Two
7. Kin 78 Three
8. Kin 78 Four

This twofold album comprises 80 minutes worth of previously-unreleased original recordings from Konono N°1, Sankayi, Orchestre Bambala, Orchestre Bana Luya made during 1978, as well as brand-new reconstructions made by Martin Meissonnier, the highly-respected French producer who worked with the likes of Fela Kuti, Haruomi Hosono and many more.

The album comes as a vinyl LP with the Martin Meissonnier reconstructions, while the previously-unreleased recordings from 1978 appear on a CD which is enclosed in the vinyl cover.

Back in 1978, Bernard Treton recorded four 'tradi-modern' bands in Kinshasa. These sessions spawned the "Zaïre: Musiques Urbaines à Kinshasa" album (released in 1986 by the Ocora label), a record which, for the first time, presented to Western audiences the electrifying music which was later to be known as "Congotronics".