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Staff Benda Bilili
Staff Benda Bilili are a group of Congolese street musicians. They live around the grounds of the zoo in Kinshasa, and play music which is rooted in rumba, with elements of old-school rhythm'n'blues and reggae. The core of the band consists of four senior singers/guitarist, who are all disabled (they suffered from poliomyelitis when they were young) and move around in spectacularly customized tricycles. They are backed by a younger rhythm section consisting of ex-sheges, abandoned street kids who were taken under the protection of the older members of the band. The soloist is an 18 year-old boy who plays astounding electric guitar-like solos on a one-stringed lute he designed and built himself out of a tin can.
Staff Benda Bilili are a group of Congolese street musicians. They live around the grounds of the zoo in Kinshasa, and play music which is rooted in rumba, with elements of old-school rhythm'n'blues and reggae. The core of the band consists of four senior singers/guitarist, who are all disabled (they suffered from poliomyelitis when they were young) and move around in spectacularly customized tricycles. They are backed by a younger rhythm section consisting of ex-sheges, abandoned street kids who were taken under the protection of the older members of the band. The soloist is an 18 year-old boy who plays astounding electric guitar-like solos on a one-stringed lute he designed and built himself out of a tin can.
WOMADelaide
Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:37:01
VENUE: Botanic Park Plane Tree Drive, Adelaide, Australia 5000
WOMADelaide 2012 will be held from Friday 09 - Monday 12 March outdoors in Adelaide's beautiful Botanic Park.
Staff Benda Bilili
Fri, 11 May 2012 20:30:00
VENUE: Salle Jacques Brel 164, boulevard Gallieni, Fontenay-sous-Bois, France 94120
Staff Benda Bilili
Fri, 18 May 2012 20:30:00
VENUE: De Oosterpoort Trompsingel 27, Groningen, Netherlands 9724 DA
Achter Staff Benda Bilili schuilt het bijzondere verhaal van een groep Congolese straatmuzikanten, waaronder een aantal invaliden dat zich voortbeweegt in opvallende driewielers. In 2009 nam de groep met behulp van een laptop, een paar microfoons, een stoot afgetapte elektriciteit en een bijeengeharkt junkyard-instrumentarium, het album ‘Très très fort’ op. De plaat, vol Congolese rumba, soukous en originele Afrikaanse dansmuziek met een onontkoombare swing, werd een kleine sensatie in wereldmuziekkringen. Volgens VPRO's 3VOOR12 is hun debuutplaat een van de beste van 2009 en doen ze niet onder voor Buena Vista Social Club. Ook de eerste concerten in Europa én in april in een uitverkochte Oosterpoort werden met gejuich ontvangen.
Les Nuits Botanique 2012: Staff Benda Bilili
Sun, 20 May 2012 14:37:01
VENUE: Cirque Royal / Koninklijk Circus Rue de l'Enseignement, 81, Brussels, Belgium 1000
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- african
- africa
- world music
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