Kin'gongolo Kiniata

Kin'Gongolo Kiniata is the new generation of musicians from Kinshasa.

Nourished by the sounds of the city, the group translates the hectic life of the streets into their music. They make their own instruments with recycled objects and explore sound textures to produce experimental Afro-pop with a punk energy between electro and Congolese rhythms.

The lyrics in Ingala (one of the most spoken languages in the Congo) touch on various themes of hope and perseverance. A tribute to the itinerant workers, a song against the war in the Congo, an encouragement to the youth of Kinshasa...
During the period of power outages in the Congo, the traveling oil sellers brought people what they needed to make candles. The sound of the boxes they were carrying around was "kingongolo, kingongolo, kingongolo...".