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ARTIST
VUMBI DEKULA
TITLE
Congo Guitar
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
HIVE MIND RECORDS
CATALOG #
HMRLP 025LP
HMRLP 025LP
GENRE
WORLD
RELEASE DATE
1/19/2024
Hive Mind and Sing A Song Fighter present their first collaborative release, the amazing solo guitar album from legendary Congolese guitarist
Kahanga Dekula
aka "
Vumbi
." Swedish producer
Karl-Jonas Winqvist
(founder of Sing-A-Song Fighter and member of Senegalese/Swedish act
Wau Wau Collectif
) has been a longtime fan of Vumbi Dekula's artistry which led to him releasing
The Dekula Band
's debut album
Opika
in 2019 with the Dekula Band. While watching the band perform was always a blast, says Karl Jonas, his desire to hear Vumbi play on his own, without the thunderous drums, wailing saxophones and chanting vocals grew in his mind, "Because, in a way, Vumbi's guitar playing is like an orchestra on its own. And the idea of just concentrating on all the amazing riffs and beautiful, uplifting melodies was just so appealing." Karl-Jonas proposed the idea of producing a solo album to Vumbi, and within a week the production process began. Recorded in two days during lockdown at the Helter Skelter Studios in Stockholm, Karl and Vumbi allowed the music to guide them. Vumbi was inspired to play second guitar adding some harmonies and melodies here and there, and on the final track ("UN Forces Get Out of the DR of Congo") he introduced a banjo into the world of
Congo Guitar
. Karl Jonas started up his old rhythm box machine to some of the songs to see how Vumbi and his playing would react to it. Elsewhere, wordless backing vocals from Karl-Jonas and
Emma Nordenstam
were added to "Maamajacy," bass melodica by Karl-Jonas appears on "Weekend," and a little piano tinkering from Emma adds some sparkle to "Zuku." But clearly, Vumbi's virtuoso playing remains the star of
Congo Guitar
.
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