ATELIER KAMIKAZI, Loketo
- Artist
- ATELIER KAMIKAZI
- Title
- Loketo
- Label
- Seismographic Recordings Germany
- Catalogue number
- SR005
- Format
- Vinyl
- Genre
- Hip hop/r&b
- Release date
- 2025-05-27
- Price
- £32.99
- Availability
- In stock, only 5 left
As on their first EP “Mokili Na Poche” on Seismographic Records, Atelier Kamikazi’s collaborative lyrics are dedicated to their spectrum of life as street kids. They struggle with the exhausting and dangerous beauty of life in Kinshasa by encouraging themselves and promising never to give up. Neither in the face of lying politics, nor in the face of a religion whose representative they call “Priest Cat’s Heart”, nor in the face of that great power to which they dedicate several songs, the drug called “Bomb”, made from car catalyst deposits mixed with a wild cocktail of ingredients. They warn against using this drug to see “the nakedness of the turtle”, because the only thing that could really be seen would be the ridiculousness of those consuming the drug. They counter that they are on a mission to conquer the future with their weapons: the weapons of speech, their knowledge and Loketo, the hip swing of dance. Credits: All tracks: Beat: Benjamin Lebeau Text: Atelier KAMIKAZI Composition: Cedrick Tshimbalanga Producer: Cedrick Tshimbalanga Except for Bombé – Beats: Kady Kayanga Except for 9 Frontieres & Bombé – Composition: Atelier KAMIKAZI Except for Bolumbu Ya Koba – Words: Junior Mayamba (Des Affaires) Nani Akosi Yo & Luzingu & Yaka To Bina & Kinshasa La Belle (studio & acoustic): Vocals: Adonis Mangongo (Delta), Bernard (Nourrisson), Kevine (Mille Bach), Aristote (Sirine), Honoré (WhatsApp) Okomisi Yango Ngayi & Zonga Moto: Vocals: Bernard (Nourrisson), Kevine (Mille Bach), Aristote (Sirine), Honoré (WhatsApp) Bombé: Vocals: Chadrack (Kobalade), Junior Mayamba (Des Affires) 9 Frontieres: Vocals: Junior Mayamba (Des Affaires), George Mavakala (Big Man) Bolumbu Ya Koba: Vocals: Junior Mayamba (Des Affaires) Yo Loyenge: Vocals: Junior Mayamba (Des Affaires), George Mavakala (Big Man), Bafana (Présidente) Vinyl Production: Martin Georgi, Cornelia Lund, Holger Lund. Design: Julia Raschke. Mastering: Norman Nitzsche (Calyx Mastering, Berlin). SR 005 2025 A cooperation between Seismographic Records and fluctuating images. https://seismorecords.bandcamp.com/ https://www.fluctuating-images.de/
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