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STAFF BENDA BILILI
Roots Music / Blues / Folk Rock

"We're all handicapped people, ain't we?"




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Member Since2/27/2008
Band Websitestaffbendabilili.com
Band MembersLeon "Ricky" Likabu, Coco Gambalé, Kibin Kabeya, Théo Coude, Waroma "Santu Papa", Roger Landu, Paulin "Cavalier", Junana Tanga Suele, Zadis....

STAFF BENDA BILILI have earned the 2009 WOMEX Artist Award !... (while their label Crammed Discs gets the 2009 Top Label Award)!

The debut album by STAFF BENDA BILILI out now on Crammed Discs!:


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Staff Benda Bilili au zoo de Kinshasa
envoyé par belleKinoise
Record LabelCrammed Discs / Belle Kinoise
Type of LabelIndie


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   About STAFF BENDA BILILI
Staff Benda Bilili are like nothing you have ever seen or heard before. A group of paraplegic street musicians who live in and around the grounds of the zoo in Kinshasa, Congo, they make music of astonishing power and beauty. The band's mesmerising rumba-rooted grooves, overlaid with vibrant vocals, remind you at times of Cuban nonchalance, at other times of the Godfather of Soul himself. You can hear echoes of old-school rhythm and blues, then reggae, then no-holds barred funk. Four senior singer/guitarists sitting on spectacularly customized tricycles, occasionally dancing on the floor of the stage, arms raised in joyful supplication, are the core of the band, backed by a younger, all-acoustic, rhythm section pounding out tight beats. Over the top of this are weird, infectious guitar-like solos performed by young Roger Landu, (an ex-street kid the band took under their wing), who plays a one-string electric lute he designed and built himself out of a tin can.

The lyrics of the Staff Benda Bilili are wise, ironical advice to the people who live in the streets. In Lingala, "Benda Billi" means "look beyond appearances".

Entitled "Très Très Fort" ('Very Very Strong'... or 'Very Very Loud'), their first album was produced by Vincent Kenis (already responsible for introducing and producing Konono N°1, Kasaï Allstars and the Congotronics series). The songs were recorded out in the open, mainly in the zoological garden near centre ville. The album is being released in Feb/March 2009.

The physical version of the album contains video bonuses directed by Belle Kinoise aka Florent de la Tullaye and Renaud Barret, who discovered the band while they were filming their "Jupiter's Dance" documentary in Kinshasa. Florent and Renaud have been documenting the story of the band since 2004, and are working on a feature-length film devoted to the life of Staff Benda Bilili, from the sidewalks of Kinshasa to their (upcoming) first concerts in Europe.

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STAFF BENDA BILILI's Friends Comments
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KWISITAL ONE LOVE ॐ

KWISITAL ONE  LOVE ॐ



May 25 2010 10:44 PM

Bonjour Wonderful ones!!! and thank you again!!!!!
Voici la vidéo de cette merveilleuse soirée.
A bientôt
NA LINGUI YO
ONE LOVE
Chris


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHKk01cvd8o

Concert au Pavillon Les Cinémas du Monde
A l'occasion du 63e Festival du Film de Cannes
♥ A magical night
A beautiful lesson of LIFE ...HOPE and MUSIC♥
MERCI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Pipo

PIpo Donoso



May 21 2010 7:17 PM

Hola buenas noches y gracias
Saludos.
Bina Band

Bina Band



May 21 2010 7:17 PM

Thanks !
Greetings from Zambia & Finland,
Bina Nkwazi & Bina Band
eliane

eliane



May 21 2010 7:17 PM

Thank You !
I Love Your Music.
My Job : for Handicap.
Bravo !!!
alsican

alsican



May 21 2010 7:17 PM

Bravo.....votre histoire est magnifique, votre musique donne du bonheur!

Très heureux de me retrouver parmi vos amis.



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Bien à vous,

Philip ALSICAN
artiste peintre
SYNOX

SYNOX



May 21 2010 7:17 PM

Thanks for the add!
Really good vibrations :)
Peace

Synox
myr

myr



May 21 2010 7:17 PM

Hope to see you in Barcelona!!!!!!!!!!!!
a Jigsaw

a Jigsaw



May 21 2010 7:17 PM

Hi...
Hope you like our music...
Thanks for the friendship...
Hope we meet you soon...
Maybe on the road...
We are on Tour across Europe...
All the best for you...
Cheers from Portugal...
a Jigsaw...
Malouz

Malouz



May 21 2010 7:17 PM

merci pour l'ajout et aussi pour la leçon que vous donnez au monde entier
PRISME

PRISME



May 21 2010 7:17 PM

Thanks for the friendship. You are all very special! Looking forward to watch the movie :-)
All the best from PRISME/Denmark
Olémo !

Philippe Cadiot



Apr 11 2010 1:27 PM

Merci !
Art déco mozaïc Séverine

Séverine Mozaïc



Apr 11 2010 1:27 PM

HelloOOoOOooOOOoooOOooOOoo !!!
Happy easter....ciao !!
Laxtons Superb

Laxtons Superb



Apr 11 2010 1:27 PM

Thanks for the friendship!
Art déco mozaïc Séverine

Séverine Mozaïc



Apr 11 2010 1:27 PM

A little hello !!
Good day.....ciaooo
jean-marie ventrice

jean-marie ventrice



Apr 11 2010 1:27 PM

très belle musique, merci pour l'amitié
DANIELE&SToP!!!

DANIELE&SToP!!!



Apr 11 2010 1:27 PM

great staff benda bilili. cheers from milano.
CHARLOTTE

CHARLOTTE



Mar 21 2010 10:02 PM

THANKS - SOUL FUNK DANCE YOU ARE :D
Dan Sigo

Dan Sigo



Mar 21 2010 10:02 PM

Fantastic
Alessandro Arcuri

Alessandro Arcuri



Mar 21 2010 10:02 PM

Hi there! You are really something!!!
LE PRINTEMPS DE BOURGES

LE PRINTEMPS DE BOURGES



Feb 14 2010 5:09 PM

Staff Benda Bilili the 17th April for The Rock'N'Beat Party II at Printemps de Bourges Festival.
See you there!
Mark Cunliffe - Dandelion Radio

Mark Cunliffe - Dandelion Radio



Feb 14 2010 5:08 PM

Hey
Your track “Marguerite” features on my show on Dandelion Radio....
....the show broadcasts for the whole of February as part of a schedule of DJ shows....
:-)
www.dandelionradio.com - The online radio station inspired by John Peel
Sekhmet and the Goddesses

Sekhmet and the Goddesses



Feb 14 2010 5:07 PM

GREAT STUFF;)
cafebabel.com

cafebabel.com



Feb 14 2010 5:07 PM

Dear Staff Benda Bilili,

We're a European citizen media published in Paris and Warsaw, online in six different languages simultaneously. We thoroughly enjoyed your show in Paris - read it here below in English and watch this space for the article in French, German, Polish, Spanish and Italian!

http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/32298/staff-benda-bilili-street-congo-music-
disability.html

We hope to see you again soon!
www.cafebabel.co.uk

Thomas Ottogalli

Thomas Ottogalli



Feb 14 2010 5:06 PM

Hi STAFF BENDA BILILI,
Thanks for the add.

Salut STAFF BENDA BILILI,
Merci pour l'add.

Thomas Ottogalli
"GROOVE powered | BLUES fired | ROCK driven"
Art déco mozaïc Séverine

Séverine Mozaïc



Feb 14 2010 5:06 PM

Happy New Year 2010 !!!
With a lot of good things :o)
Ciaooo
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