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Mingiedi Mawangu, the Congolese music trailblazer who founded Konono N°1, passed away earlier this week, according to the band. A cause of death has not been given. He was 85 years old. Mawangu's passing was confirmed by the outfit over Facebook, with the group explaining he died on Wednesday night (April 15) in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mawangu founded the long-running Konono N°1 collective in the 1960s and was key to shaping the "Congotronics" sound. The artist invented an electrified version of a likembe thumb piano by jerry-rigging the instrument with found...
Mingiedi Mawangu, the Congolese music trailblazer who founded Konono N°1, passed away earlier this week, according to the band. A cause of death has not been given. He was 85 years old. Mawangu's passing was confirmed by the outfit over Facebook, with the group explaining he died on Wednesday night (April 15) in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mawangu founded the long-running Konono N°1 collective in the 1960s and was key to shaping the "Congotronics" sound. The artist invented an electrified version of a likembe thumb piano by jerry-rigging the instrument with found...
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