[FA Worldmusic] Congo Punq

[Bill Bragin]

This is dope!


	http://www.myspace.com/congopunq
	Cyril "congopunQ" Atef was born in Berlin may 1968 to a french mother and
iranian father. the family moved to LA in 1978 I've been playing drums for 32
years. i've been singing since a few years and started composing in the late
80's. after studying music in LA and Boston i left for europe in 1990 to tour
with boston based percussion band "Ozain". we toured that summer on the
streets of various european capitals and i decided to settle in paris august
1990. I have been working with different bands ever since. from french reggae
artist Princess Erika to Aswad, from an afro-funk combo called Hopen
Collective to Cameronian bikutsi star Mama Ohandja, with Rao singers Cheb
Mami, Cheb Saraoui + Chaba Fadela and L'orchestre national de barbhs
(ONB),from french pop-rock superstar -M- to singer-songwriters Alain Bashung
and Brigitte Fontaine. from the experimental hybrid sextet Olympic Gramofon to
my main 100% improv. band Bumcello with cellist Vincent Segal. from LA based
Geggy Tah (with Tommy Jordan) to NYC based Chocolate Genius.....i'll stop
there thats enough!!



Band Members	 Cyril"congopunQ" Atef

Dr. Kong

and maybe in the future some wicked dancers from Zaire and other
performers....the shit stays open!
Influences	 from Bad Brains to Konono.. 1,from Lutoslawski to Mingus, from
EPMD to Trouble Funk,Chuck Brown and Grace Jones. from Led Zep to the DK's
from mangambeu music from cameroon to mbalax from senegal. Africa is my
well.... that's for sure ! from Test Dept. to Killing Joke. from Banghra music
to Yellowman.from Sly and Robbie to Gainsbourg. from Pink Floyd to Paliement
to Eno/Byrne and the list can go on and on....
Sounds Like	 a central african trance collision with punQ energy. Booty
shackin' liberation music for you to sweat and let go!

	All the best,

	Bill Bragin
	Director of Joe's Pub
	The Public Theater
	425 Lafayette Street
	New York, NY  10003

	t/ 212.539.8512
	f/ 212.539.8505
	e/ bbragin at publictheater.org
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	"This will be our reply to violence:
	to make music more intensely,
	more beautifully,
	more devotedly than ever before."

	Leonard Bernstein