Name: Effacer Le Tableau
Brand: Staff Benda Bilili

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375 Media

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Release date

2019-12-13

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5183462

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3596973716729

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Staff Benda Bilili

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Note A Bene

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Staff Benda Bilili is a group of paraplegic street musicians from Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They play music rooted in soukous, with elements of old-school rhythm and blues and reggae. The band consists of four senior singers/guitarists who move around on customized tricycles due to their poliomyelitis condition. They are supported by a younger rhythm section made up of abandoned street children taken under their protection. Additionally, an 18-year-old boy plays electrified solos on a one-stringed lute he designed from a tin can.
Their name, translated from Lingala, means "look beyond appearances."

The Brand-New Studio Album Of The Sensational Phenomenon Of Kinshasa. Led by some paraplegic singer / guitarists and backed by an all-acoustic rhythm section pounding out tight grooves, this fascinating band was the praise of all medias when Europe discovered them back in 2009.Staff Benda Bilili craft songs of a rare beauty and of an extraordinary power, based on funky, rumba or even reggae grooves, magnified by some bluesy crooner voices. After 8 years of silence, the tremendous African combo is back with their third album, always very very strong!

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