Various Artists - Kinshasa 1978 (2019)

This twofold album comprises 80 minutes worth of previously-unreleased original recordings from Konono N°1, Sankayi, Orchestre Bambala, Orchestre Bana Luya made during 1978, as well as brand-new reconstructions made by Martin Meissonnier, the highly-respected French producer who worked with the likes of Fela Kuti, Haruomi Hosono and many more.
The album comes as a vinyl LP with the Martin Meissonnier reconstructions, while the previously-unreleased recordings from 1978 appear on a CD which is enclosed in the vinyl cover.

Back in 1978, Bernard Treton recorded four 'tradi-modern' bands in Kinshasa. These sessions spawned the "Zaïre: Musiques Urbaines à Kinshasa" album (released in 1986 by the Ocora label), a record which, for the first time, presented to Western audiences the electrifying music which was later to be known as "Congotronics".

Tracklist:
01. Sankayi - Il ne faut pas intervenir (Martin Meissonnier reconstruction) (15:47)
02. Konono Nº1 - Roots of K (Martin Meissonnier reconstruction) (6:20)
03. Orchestre Bambala - Animation Kifuti (Martin Meissonnier reconstruction) (7:28)
04. Orchestre Bana Luya - Animation (Martin Meissonnier reconstruction) (15:33)
05. Konono Nº1 - Kin 78 One (28:05)
06. Orchestre Bana Luya - Kin 78 Two (15:03)
07. Orchestre Bambala - Kin 78 Three (12:06)
08. Sankayi - Kin 78 Four (22:25)