Various - Congo FunkThe 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

while the other half is made of productions from all over the globe

Avadhut Kasinadhuni (India / Romania) on tabla and Mohamad Zatari (Syria) on oud

We had trouble getting them well distributed widely at the time but people still picked up on the sound

and prompted innumerable feverish attempts at track IDs

The label has been pretty much a mirror of my personal life

The sound is powerful and the rhythm is always supported by the choral and structured "For Your Sweet Information" by the fantastic P

with the night as the backdrop that is not able to light it up its inner depths

he masterfully evolved his style across various musical genres

accidental alignment with the zeitgeist

being available solely at those events

Imagine being a jazz musician with a focus on the concert harp

of the classic song written by Micky More & Andy Tee with Angela Johnson on vocals