DRC Music

DRC Music
DRC Music
Origin	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Genres	Trip hop; worldbeat; Congolese; Afrobeats; electronica;
Occupation(s)	Record producers, songwriters
Years active	2011–2012
Labels	Warp, Oxfam
Associated acts	Gorillaz, Blur, The Good, the Bad & the Queen, Rocket Juice & the Moon, Deltron 3030, Django Django, The xx, Africa Express, Noel Gallagher
Website	www.drcmusic.org/
Members	Damon Albarn; Dan the Automator; Richard Russell; Rodaidh McDonald; Jneiro Jarel; Actress; Marc Antoine; Alwest; Remi Kabaka Jr.; Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs; Kwes.

DRC Music is a Congolese record producing and songwriting team, composed of producers Damon Albarn, Dan the Automator, XL Recordings managers Richard Russell & Rodaidh McDonald, Jneiro Jarel, DJ Darren Cunningham aka Actress, Marc Antoine, Alwest, Remi Kabaka Jr., Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and Kwes. The group are responsible for the Oxfam charity album Kinshasa One Two.[1]

Background

The group's debut album was recorded in Kinshasa, Congo, within five out of nine days spent there during July 2011.[1]

The album was intended to shine a light on contemporary Congolese musicians, featuring more than 50 local performers, notably Nelly Liyemge, Jupiter Bokondji & Okwess International, and Bokatola System.

The album was released digitally by Warp Records on 3 October 2011, followed by a CD edition in digipak and a deluxe vinyl edition plus three bonus tracks later on 7 November 2011,[2] with album artwork by Aitor Throup and Hardy Blechman.

Respective works

Damon Albarn - Blur, Gorillaz, The Good, the Bad & the Queen, Rocket Juice & the Moon
Dan the Automator - Deltron 3030, Pillowfight
Richard Russell - Gil Scott-Heron, Bobby Womack, Everything is Recorded
Rodaidh McDonald - Vampire Weekend, The xx, Sampha, Giggs
Jneiro Jarel - JJ DOOM, Willie Isz, Dr. Who Dat?
Actress - Actress, Werkdiscs, Inga Copeland
Marc Antoine - Dave Koz, Chris Botti, Jeff Lorber, Jeffrey Osborne, David Benoit, Larry Carlton
Alwest - session player
Remi Kabaka Jr. - Gorillaz
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Dillon Francis
Kwes - Bobby Womack, Micachu, Speech Debelle, Ghostpoet, DELS

Discography

Kinshasa One Two - (2011)

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References

"Actress interview: Clubbing in the Congo | Juno Plus". Junodownload.com. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
"Blur News – Damon launches DRC Music (updated) – Aug 1, 2011". Vblurpage.com. Retrieved 11 August 2013.

External links

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[Coultate-1] "Actress interview: Clubbing in the Congo | Juno Plus". Junodownload.com. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2013.

[2] "Blur News – Damon launches DRC Music (updated) – Aug 1, 2011". Vblurpage.com. Retrieved 11 August 2013.