Some will see a new face of rap, bruised by the harsh reality of the streets of Kinshasa, like a dark opera tinged with witchcraft. Others will think of a turning point in electronic music, embodied like never before: sweaty and gritty, radical and defiant.
In the end, no one will be entirely right, and no one will be entirely wrong. But everyone will dance.
Congo, 1960: The South Kasaï region declares secession. Its constitution consists of only 14 articles. The state is overwhelmed, and thousands of civilians are massacred. From this disaster emerges an expression that becomes common parlance: “Article 15 ». In other words : Make do
Paris, 2024: Performer Wilfried Luzele (Lova Lova) teams up with electronic producer GRIGRI (Gargäntua). Two sorcerers, one spell: The raw energy of Kinshasa’s streets delivered with unrelenting ferocity, mirroring the political violence that inspired the name of this new duo, weaving Lingala and French together in a voice both powerful and roughened by the harsh truths it conveys. Could they have really wished for better allies than the grimacing synthesizers of Gargäntua’s dark mage to set the dancefloor ablaze ?
