Friday 30 October 2020

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Zaiko Langa Langa Familia Dei - Rich Avedila (18 October 1992)




I had a question mark against this track together with the withering note, “Goes on a bit.” But ultimately it’s catchy and enjoyable enough to merit inclusion.

In the absence of any deeper analysis, I can only encourage you to try and enjoy the music alongside the lo-fi visuals which showcase a time capsule of awful early 90s fashions - you can still get shirts like that if you wander round most urban London markets -, a brief glimpse of what looks like Brussels version of the  market at Elephant and Castle, some rather interesting close-ups of the fingering style used in playing soukous music and in its final shots, we see someone playing a guitar whose shape seems to have given Prince the idea for Love Symbol#2, which is rather apt given the track was recorded for an album called Au Revoir Prince.

Video courtesy of lengos papa

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