Home / Music / Konono No. 1 electrified their instruments out of necessityMusic linernotes album music konono-no-1Konono No. 1 electrified their instruments out of necessityTo be heard over the noise of Kinshasa, Konono No. 1 built makeshift electrified versions of their traditional instruments — a necessity that produced a radical new sound. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesKonono No. 1 is built around the likembe thumb pianoCongotronics was released in 2004 on Crammed DiscsByrne and Eno took 27 years to make another album togetherEverything That Happens Will Happen Today is the Nightlife feature — Byrne and Eno's second collaborationMansour Seck on Baaba Maal's Nomad Soul.ExploreNightporter is Weather Report's contemplative sideOut to Lunch! didn't sound like anything else on Blue NoteParts Work goes experimental with programmed drums and layered keysPink Moon is just Nick Drake and his guitarQuadrophenia's fractured structure mirrors its protagonist's mindPrevious Konono No. 1 is built around the likembe thumb pianoNext Keith Jarrett was the pianist in Charles Lloyd's mid-60s quartet