Newly formed Congolese seven-piece band Mbongwana Star releases its debut full-length album,From

Kinshasa, on May 19 via World Circuit, distributed in North America by Nonesuch Records.

Of the recording sessions (who also plays on and mixed the album) notes, “It’s all recorded in the red. Doctor L Sometimes I over-boost mikes that are recording nothing, just to pick up the environment. Can you hear it? There are three TVs going full blast. Distortion multiplies the energy.”