Kongas — Kongas 1974 (France, Afro-Rock-Funk-Progressive Pop-Disco)

Kongas — Kongas 1974 (France, Afro-Rock-Funk-Progressive Pop-Disco)

Kongas' self-titled debut album, released in 1974 by Barclay Records, is a landmark in the history of disco and funk, as it marked the beginning of the career of legendary French producer Marc Cerrone.
The group featured Cerrone as a percussionist and Alec R. Costandinos as a composer and producer.
A blend of Afro-funk, psychedelic rock and early disco elements, influenced by the sound of Fela Kuti and Carlos Santana.

The album was recorded at the famous Chateau d'Herouville studios in Paris. Although the group enjoyed success with tours in Europe and Japan, Cerrone soon left to pursue a solo career, leaving the group under the guidance of Costandinos.


Biography
French percussion group featuring Cerrone. Their 1974 debut was co-produced by Alec R. Costandinos. Cerrone & Costandinos rose to fame two years later with the disco sensation Love in C Minor before they parted from each other, both continuing to record ground-breaking disco albums in the late 70s. Cerrone revived Kongas in 1977, producing the album Africanism, yielding a French single hit with their percussion-disco-rock version of Steve Winwood's "Gimme Some Lovin'". US label Salsoul Records had DJ Tom Moulton mixing and extending four songs off the original Kongas' 1974 album Afro Rock, releasing the new mixes as Anikana-O in 1978, while Cerrone released another Kongas album in 1979, the poor-selling .... A final Cerrone production "Why Can't We Live Together" was released under the name Kongas in 1982.



Tracks:

01. Anikana-O — 0:00

02. Pastel — 3:49

03. Right On Baby — 7:09

04. Kongas Fun — 9:31

05. Jungle — 12:12

06. Ring On The Bell — 15:14

07. Sea Wards Part I — 16:36

08. What Ever Happened — 19:43

09. Bungos Go — 21:27

10. Sweet Drums? — 23:57

11. Stop Fooling — 27:39

12. Sea Wards Part II — 33:20


Personnel:

Sylvian Claude — guitar, vocals
Patrick Sesti — keyboards
Serge Tonini — percussion
Norbert Journo — percussion
Andre Allet — bass
Jean-Marc Cerrone — drums, percussion

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