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Bassist and founder @kdnsound , @d3vilsofmoko guitarist, composer, and front man at @matondologyriot

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School of Rumba is the Westerners' initiation, like a graduation for the mindele in the band. Haha. This is their mastery of the musical language of Congolese Rumba. It's not easy to play but...
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It's easy to dance to! Welcome to the School of Rumba.
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#KongoJazz #AfroJazz #CongoMusic #LiveBand #FestivalVibes
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Thanks to @cut2.creative for video.
Live from @chaiwallahs @greenmanfest 2026
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Full video on our YouTube channel 🔥🔥

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This summer thanks to the good people at @chaiwallahs we audio-captured a great festival set at @kendalcalling for you to enjoy any time of year... 54 minutes of pure live fire, featuring almost all new tunes from our forthcoming album *MOVING FIRE*, plus some old favourites extended and evolved to new levels of groove... hello *360°*!
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Available on @bandcamp - fRee / nAmE yOuR pRiCe
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Bring the festival to your front room, invite some friends, have a party, or just dance solo like no one can see 😉
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Wherever they go they bring a raucously joyful party with them."
Max Reinhardt, BBC Radio 3
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"pure life-affirming spiritual uplift!"
Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music
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"one hell of a triumphant noise...
it will enrich your life"
Roland Monger, Listen With Monger
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#bandcampfriday #newmusic #liveband #afrojazz #mathrobeat

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AFRO-LATIN FIESTA 𓇊 Kongo Get Down 𓇊 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘢, 𝘚𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳 & 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘰-𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴

❃ KONGO DIA NTOTILA - Congolese rumba, sebene guitar, jazz & African rhythmic traditions, with polyrhythmic guitars, grooving bass, soaring brass & infectious harmonies.

❋ LUZMIRA ZERPA - Venezuelan folklore meets Afrobeat, blues, jazz, electronic & psychedelic sounds, exploring the meeting point between Latin American & African traditions.

❃ U5 MUSIC COLLECTIVE - Afro-centric rhythms, diasporic storytelling, dub, hip-hop & live electronics, bringing ancestral sounds into a contemporary, futuristic mix.

❋ Plus French/Ivorian DJ @moussa.fofana.ldn, one half of DJ duo Mamoussa.

➸➸ Friday 25th September ✦ 8.30pm - 2am ✦ Tickets in Bio

𝙁𝙊𝙊𝘿 ✦ Our Middle Eastern Kitchen 𝙕𝙀𝙍 open ✦
Tues- Sat: from 𝟱 𝙥𝙢
Sun: from 𝟭𝟮 𝙥𝙢

𝘿𝙍𝙄𝙉𝙆𝙎 ★ HAPPY HOUR: 5 - 7pm ★
Cocktails & Craft Beer

Video footage by @cut2.creative

#congo #rumba #africanmusic #afrobeat #kingscrossjamboree

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𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 ❋𓇚 𝑨𝑭𝑹𝑶-𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑵 𝑭𝑰𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑨
𓇚❋ 𝘒𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰 𝘑𝘢𝘻𝘻, 𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘢, 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘬𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘰-𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯➸➸

🔆 Artist spotlight: @kdnsound are London’s premier Kongo-jazz group whose joyful & infectious sound blends the richness of Congolese rumba and the sun-drenched guitar lines of sebene with jazz inflections over an array of African rhythmic traditions 🌊🏝️☀️

This sound will to lift you, tease you, shake you about and leave you with that feeling of euphoric release, that’s why we can’t wait to welcome the maestro @mulelematondo and his Kongo Dia Ntotila (KDN) crew for our BiG fire celebration next Fri. 25th @jamboreevenue 🔥🎶 🎸

Playing support comes from @u5.global together with a special opening ceremony by @luzmirazerpa as well saucy late night dancefloor favorites by DJ @moussa.fofana.ldn 💿💦🔥

🎟️ TICKETS GOING VERY FAST — 🔗 Hit the Link in Bio🚀

🗓️ ➸➸ Friday 25th Sept - 8PM——2AM 📍 @jamboreevenue - NOT TO BE MISSED! 👀

🎥 @wilsonmadethis - clip 1
@cut2.creative clip 2
📸 @supafakes

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Full live set of our 31/7/26 @chaiwallahs show at @kendalcalling on @bandcamp for your re-living or first tasting the live KDN experience.
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If you were there that Friday night, thank you for sharing that epic hour with us 🧡
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Big thanks to @cut2.creative filming, @quinc_sounds on sound and all the lovely Chai people 🙏

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Looking forward to playing @woolwichworks this Saturday for #Brassworks 2026 and stretch out the summer festival vibe a little longer!
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Clip from the @chaiwallahs camp. After playing this new tune live a couple times we had a last min idea for arrangement edit just before our @greenmanfest set... typical KDN madness.

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Next weekend I'm closing out this year's charity fundraising StarDisco with a couple of hours of wild, cosmic dancefloor goodness. A chance to dance not just under the stars but on them...

The StarDisc is also the best place around here to get abducted by aliens so I'll be trying to make them feel welcome and show them as much different Earth music as possible. If I don't post after next weekend you'll know why 👽

You can find the ticket link via StarDisco.co.uk, or @dubrekstudios and I'll pin it in my stories shortly (and on the Stranger Tractor group).

All profits are donated to Derbyshire Refugee Society and Stoney Wood Group and the bar is run by Young Futures.

Live music from:
Electroni Kongo
Beatwirks
James Glew
Floral Pattern
Boo Kickz

Ticket link:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticketing/stardisco

@derbyshire_refugee_solidarity

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It was a pleasure to meet the one and only @mulelematondo and witness what @kdnsound has in store.

This one is STRICTLY 4 DA KULTURE!

#freecongo #mwanamboka #newmusicalert

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Our next album 'Moving Fire' was kind of ready to go, but something was missing. Turns out it was the title track! Found it 3 months ago. Finally just recorded it. Now it's an even 10 tracks and the fire is really ready to move 🔥🔥🔥

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Here we are 👇

@kdnsound

#congolesemusiclondon #jazzfusion #livemusiclondon

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Back on the @chaiwallahs stage this Sunday night at @greenmanfest Can’t wait!

#musicfestival #afrojazz #soukous #afrobeats #afrobeat

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Phenomenal fun! Such a good time dancing with the people. Thanks to the amazing crowd @chaiwallahs @kendalcalling last Friday. So great to be back LIVE gigging again. Can't wait for the next ones!
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Coming up-->
Sun 23/8 @greenmanfest
Sat 5/9 @woolwichworks #brassworks
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🎦 thanks to Joe @cut2.creative

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