Fulu Miziki Kolektiv

DR Congo

Fulu Miziki Kolektiv

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Fulu Miziki Kolektiv 🇨🇩

Fuzu Miziki Kolektiv is a band born in the Ngwaka district, a veritable labyrinth of streets in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The bands name means “the sound of garbage” in the Lingala language. They define themselves as an Eco-Friendly-Afro-Futuristic-Punk assembly straight from a future where humans have reconciled with the earth and with themselves. They produce a new music, which they call Twerkanda, a kind of explosive Afro-disco-house/post soukous, composed solely from instruments made from materials they themselves have recycled and assembled. For several years, its members have spent a great deal of time conceptualizing an orchestra made from salvaged objects found in garbage cans, creating instruments in constant mutation, and always searching for new sounds. Making their own instruments, performance costumes and masks is essential to Fuzu Miziki’s approach. Their unique sound carries a pan-African message of artistic liberation, peace and a harsh look at the ecological situation in the DRC and around the world. For this creative collective, everything can be reclaimed and re-enchanted.