Congo Funk! - Sound Madness From The Shores Of The Mighty Congo River
(Kinshasa/Brazzaville 1969-1982)

The making of Congo Funk!, our long-awaited journey to the musical heart of the
African continent, took the Analog Africa Team on two journeys to Kinshasa and
one to Brazzaville. Selected meticulously from around 2000 songs and boiled
down to 14, this compilation aims to showcase the many facets of the funky,
hypnotic and schizophrenic tunes emanating from the two Congolese capitals
nestled on the banks of the Congo River.

On its south shore, the city of Kinshasa - capital of Democratic Republic of the
Congo, the country formerly known as Zaïre - is often seen as Africa's musical
Mecca, the city that spawned such immortal bands as African Jazz, O.K. Jazz
and African Fiesta, and the place to which aspiring musicians from throughout
the continent would go to make a name for themselves.
But the city of Brazzaville on the north shore of the river - capital of the Congo
Republic - played an equally important role in spreading Congolese sounds
continentally. In addition to producing legendary bands such as Les Bantous
de la Capital, it was the powerful transmitters of Radio Brazzaville that allowed
the unmistakable groove of Congolese Rumba to be heard as far away as Nairobi,
Yaoundé, Luanda and Lusaka thus turning the electric guitar into the continent's
most important instrument!