Lady Aicha & Pisko Crane’s Original Fulu Miziki of Kinshasa

20 years since the band started, they’re not only legends of the city, but now international stars.

“I listened to this at work and it I forgot how shitty my job is for the entire length of the album,” wrote one listener in the Bandcamp comments. Well, if you’ve got a shitty job too, just watch the video for “Kraut” and it should work in seconds.

Shitty is also the place where members of Lady Aicha & Pisko Crane’s Original Fulu Miziki of Kinshasa grew up – the slums of Kinshasa. After 20 years since the band started, they’re not only legends of the city, but now international stars like older pioneers from Staff Benda Bilili or Konono Nº1.

The line-up of the band keeps changing, like in the case of many great collectives in Africa, but their spirit remains high.

Stream “N’Djila Wa Mudujimu” on Bandcamp.

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