Name: Bouger Le Monde
Brand: Staff Benda Bilili

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CRDC81.2

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Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2015-05-29

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

876623006565

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Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Staff Benda Bilili

Genre US

African

Label US

Crammed

<p>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.</p>
<p>Their name, translated from Lingala, means "look beyond appearances."</p>

2012 release from the acclaimed group of street musicians from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This album contains a collection of 11 superb songs, and benefits from the musical transformations which gradually took place during Staff Benda Bilili's 350+ shows: The band are louder and rock more, their level of musicianship has further risen, and the addition of three new members brings richer textures and added excitement to the arrangements: drummer Montana had joined the band right after the recording of the first album, lead guitarist Amalphi is a new recruit, and young percussionist Randy (who played with the Staff when he was a kid, and later vanished for a couple of years) is back in force.

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