Bleep

In a world where musical exports from North and middle-Africa are celebrated in Europe and the Americas as sedate novelties, welcomed into spaces with the caveat of upholding of the neo-colonialist status quo, Kinshasa, DRC five-piece KOKOKO! are a menacing presence. Their Transgressive debut Fongola — translated as “the key” — is an eruption of post-punk rage. Clangorous electronics batter volatile rhythms, in a way that might make Death Grips envious.