| Performance Notes | Based in London and led by Nickens Nkoso, Kasaï Masaï brings us the Traditional Sound of the most remote equatorial villages with a Urban Twist.
The band is a 5 piece outfit, consisting of d'jembe, guitar, saxophone, bass and drum. To add that extra exotic touch they are also joined occasionally by a balafon player, an MC and one or two female dancers!
A regular at the Womad Festival, Kasaï Masaï give an incredible live show, and even the most rigid of audiences have difficulty standing still in the presence of such absorbing African rhythms! They have appeared on Later with Jools Holland, the John Peel Sessions, BBC 3 World Music Day and the African Nations Cup.
"...Kasaï Masaï successfully marry a respect for vintage grooves with an overwhelming urge to move the dance floor. This is the sound of the old and the new, of the countryside and the city, from deep in the heart of Africa..."
Nige Tassell - Womad Festival. |