« MOKILI NA POCHE » (THE WORLD IN THE POCKET) BY LOVA LOVA & ATELIER KAMIKAZI – Record Release

« Mokili Na Poche » (The World in the Pocket) by Lova Lova & Atelier Kamikazi
feat. Delta Force & Bernard Morisson, Dix balles, Franc congolais, Banque du sang & Banque mondiale, Oze
Record Release on April 29, 2022, preorder starts March 13, 2022
Record Release Event on Saturday, May 14, 2022 at AcudMachtNeu, Berlin

A group of street kids in Kinshasa, between 10 and 18 years old – so-called «shégués», sons of soldiers, orphans or «child sorcerers» – got the possibility to collaborate with Congolese artist Lova Lova in 2019. He provided a musical frame out of electro-congorock, afropunk, ragga, and hip hop for them. This allowed the kids to spit their feelings and thoughts about the difficulties encountered in their lives – rivalry, politics, sexuality and survival – in a funny and provocative way. Warlike rap, street gang style, but also praying and blessing, carried by a specific sharp undertone of rage and hope. These kids know they are fucked – and they fuck back.

 

More information: https://seismorecords.bandcamp.com/album/mokili-na-poche

http://www.fluctuating-images.de/mokili-na-poche-the-world-in-the-pocket-by-lova-lova-atelier-kamikazi-record-release/

 

Project partners

Oyo Projects – Producer of the project
https://www.facebook.com/Oyo.Streetkidsartproject/

Swiss Embassy in Kinshasa – providing support for the project
https://www.eda.admin.ch/kinshasa

Bomoko Connexion – Independent cultural centre
https://www.facebook.com/BOMOKOCONNEX

Double Vision – Independent cultural centre
https://www.facebook.com/Double-Vision-1210567818980095/

Studio Pela – Recording studio

fluctuating images, Berlin – providing support for the project
www.fluctuating-images.de

AcudMachtNeu, Berlin – providing support for the project
https://acudmachtneu.de/

Seismographic Records – Exclusive release on vinyl

www.seismorecords.bandcamp.com

Possibilities for ordering (including sound snippets):

https://www.hhv.de/shop/en/item/lova-lova-and-atelier-kamikazi-mokili-na-poche-904132

https://www.juno.co.uk/products/lova-lova-atelier-kamikazi-mokili-na-poche/869777-01/?c=668157

Thanks goes to AcudMachtNeu (Berlin) and LabKontempo (Kinshasa) as well as to DHBW Ravensburg for supporting the research of Dr. Cornelia Lund (HfK Bremen, fluctuating images e.V. Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Holger Lund (DHBW Ravensburg, fluctuating images e.V. Berlin) in Kinshasa.