BIZIMUNGU DIEUDONNE - Inzovu Y'Imirindi LP

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BIZIMUNGU DIEUDONNE - Inzovu Y'Imirindi LPIn the late 1980s, singer Bizimungu Dieudonne, his wife Agnes Uwimbabazi, and a backing band of family and friends self released a visionary cassette, featuring stuttering electric guitars, loping bass lines, and call and response vocals. Their combo of 80s studio wizardry rooted in traditional Rwandan praise songs resulted in hypnotic, extended jams unlike anything else released in East Africa at the time. The lyrics praised the beauty of the

with a portable 4-track

all the while never losing the groove

which continued until slavery was finally outlawed in 1888

guiding listeners through hallucinatory dimensions

Operating with the rock motifs of guitars

They leave in their wake a multitude of crushed generic and feeble contemporaries

It was commissioned for the 400th anniversary of Mannheim

Though playing the instrument has traditionally been restricted to those who belong to the hunters’ brotherhood

it is repeatedly clear in the texts that changes are possible through one's own behavior and the will for the better prevails

Nina Nastasia recorded the album that would finally document her well-seeded career as a local singer-songwriter in New York City

RÅPUNK documents the Swedish raw punk scene between 1981 and 1989

and I wish more labels would deliver the goods in such a nice package