Mbongwana Star: breaking out of Kinshasa

On their brilliant debut album From Kinshasa, two former members of Staff Benda Bilili have teamed up with Irish producer Liam Farrell to create a heady mix of frantic rhythms, psychedelia and weaving soukous guitar lines that rip up any preconceptions of Congolese musicIf you were ever trying to get your head around the chaotically creative scene that exists on Rue Kato, in the heart of the DRC’s capital Kinshasa, then a good place to start would be with the Congo Astronaut. Wearing a futuris