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Since emerging from the Democratic Republic of the Congo last year, Kinshasa collective Kokoko! has been filling dance floors across the world with a kinetic, polyrhythmic style that mirrors the chaos and energy of their home country.
The seven-piece outfit was assembled by French futurist producer Débruit, whose projects have included in-depth collaborations with artists from Istanbul and Sudan. In Kokoko! you’ll find him standing in the back, blending subtle synths and loops as a kind of grout for the group’s aggressively DIY sound.
“Buka Dansa” -- translated equally fittingly as “dance till it breaks” or “break the dance” -- is the latest dispatch from the group’s gripping debut album, rife with low bass hums, spark-like rhythms, and trance-inducing chants. Its video, premiering onbelow, sees bandleader Dido Oweke waking up at home in Kinshasa, consumed by fantasies of success, support and hype that otherwise elude day-to-day life in the rough neighborhood that surrounds him.
The viewer is subsequently invited into Oweke’s daydream escape, beckoned to follow him into the party of his dreams. Once there, amidst the ecstatic rhythms, you’ll find yourself hard-pressed to leave.
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