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SIMBA VIBRATION - CONGO LELO

PRESENTED BY Xenija

Since 1994, though, Congolese musician Seraphin Makangila has found St.Petersburg fertile ground for what he calls "Afro-Positive" sound. The initial idea of forming a band grew out of a student gathering 18 years ago. Makangila and his friends formed group intending to provide music for St.Petersburg's African emigrants only. But the band was soon welcomed in the city's underground punk and folk scene. Since 1993-2003 Seraphin is the irreplaceable participant of famous Russian group Markscheider Kunst". In 2003 Makagila formed Simba Vibration to bring forward the edgier aspects of what he describes as "the new 70's sound and philosophy of Zairan youth, heard in the music of Zaiko Langa Langa, Papa Wemba, Lita Bembo and Pepe Kale. A key to this sound is the frenetic guitar associated with much of post 70's Zairan Congo music with its joyous lilt of highlife rhythm. Adding to these signatures of West African music, Makagila's voice carries more Eastern Africa influences, including echoes of Burundi Rwanda and Tanzania. Makagila attributes his Pan-African orientation to childhood family trips to East Africa's Great Lakes where he says "hearing and seeing the melodies of the different dialect, way of performance, extravagant costumes and dances marked me for life".


Группа Simba Vibration не старается воспроизвести какой-то конкретный стиль, хотя в ее исполнении можно услышать сукус, афро-румбу, регги и танцевальный глубоко трогательный афробит. Музыка «Симбы» — результат взаимодействия разных культур внутри самой позитивной и космополитичной группы Питера. Это оригинальный сплав самых разных музыкальных традиций: конголезских, ямайских, кубинских, финских; песни на пяти языках — лингала, суахили, французском, английском и русском.
Это музыка для людей с горячим африканским сердцем и русской душой!

http://www.myspace.com/simbavibration

Video and Photography : Nastasia Maslennikova, Eva Kuligina
Sound : Seva Gakkel, Mark Titov
Editing : Nastasia Maslennikova, Eva Kuligina
Production Assistant : Alexandre Senin
Producer : Seva Gakkel

Brought to you in association with SOFYA SKAYA MEZZANINE
and ERARTA MUSEUM AND GALLERIES OF CONTEMPORARY ART

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