Congolese Music at ShapeShifter Lab with Orchestre Moto

Orchestre Moto is a NY/LA-based group reviving the “fire” of big band 60s–80s Congolese dance music. Featuring a diverse diaspora of musicians, they blend rumba, sebene, and ndombolo with intricate electric guitars and Afro-Cuban roots to showcase the explosive, modern sounds of Central Africa.

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• Julian Apter – guitar
  
• Solo De Kanto – guitar
  
• Parfam Mandiangu – lead vocals
  
• Calibre Douze – animation
  
• Maixant Massamba – drum set
  
• Rocssy Mahania – congas
  
• Andoche Loubaki – bongos, auxiliary percussion & vocals
  
• Maxwell Fleischman – bass
  
• Chappo Tshikuna – dancer & vocals
  
• Khadijah Koumbassa – dancer
  
• Mary Estefany – dancer
  

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