- The Karindula Sessions: Tradi-Modern Sounds from Southeast Congo – review
(Crammed Discs)Vincent Kenis is a musical explorer. In the 90s he travelled across the Balkans, recording the now-celebrated Romanian Gypsy band Taraf de Haidouks, and in recent years he has spent much of his time in the Democratic Republic of Congo, living in areas where most Europeans never venture and helping bring global success to those rousing bands Konono No 1 and Staff Benda Bilili (who were getting nowhere until he produced their album Très Très Fort). For his latest project, he travelled to Lubumbashi in the south-east province of Katanga, to record a street festival where four young bands were playing the often frantic and hypnotic local music, karindula. It's based around a typically Congolese DIY instrument also known as the karindula, a giant banjo made from an oil barrel covered in a goat skin, with four strings and an empty bag of powdered milk attached between the strings and the neck to produce a buzzing tone. Shifting, often rapid-fire riffs are accompanied by percussion and chanting vocals, and the result is furious, trance-like dance music that never lets up. The best song, BBK's Mbelelambelela, lasts for half an hour.Rating: 3/5World musicDemocratic Republic of the CongoFestivalsRobin Denselowguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
（クラムドディスク）ヴィンセントKenisは、音楽の探検家です
- Good news about my cancer treatment
. . . but bad news comes with itI finished the radiotherapy chunk of my breast cancer treatment last week. Cause, of course, for relief and celebration. Unfortunately, I'm feeling particularly sorry for myself. Next, it's hormone treatment, with tamoxifen, the most widely prescribed cancer pill in the world. Given the drug's ubiquity, its workings are little advertised. It brings on early menopause, and makes women realise that, though they are more likely than not to survive the illness, it will leave them fundamentally changed for ever. Sheeesh. Heavy.Breast cancerCancerHealth & wellbeingDeborah Orrguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
- Talvin Singh and Niladri Kumar: Together
(World Village)This is an intriguing meeting of two virtuosos who have each set out to shake up the Asian music scene. The tabla percussionist, producer, composer and electronica exponent Talvin Singh won a Mercury prize more than a decade ago, and has worked with everyone from Madonna to Massive Attack, while Niladri Kumar is a classically trained sitar player who also invented the zitar, a mix of sitar and guitar. Together is a series of often free-wheeling instrumental pieces in which the duo explore common influences that range from rock to Indian classical styles, and the result is a stylish album that would make great film music – and I don't mean that as an insult. The tracks range from Play, a playful percussion piece that's just a minute and a half long, through to the lengthy Threads, a mostly gentle sitar piece helped along by tabla and percussion. Then there's River, which sounds like an Indian rock anthem, featuring Kumar's zitar, a wash of electronica and more fine tabla playing. There are further examples of Singh's exhilarating percussion work on the elegant title track, built around an almost Celtic melody, and there's a furious work-out on the finale, Joy. They should sound even better playing live; their tour starts next week.Rating: 3/5World musicIndiaRobin Denselowguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
（世界の村）これは、アジア各国の音楽シーンを揺るがすに着手持つ2つの巨匠の魅力的な会議になります
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