{"id":41432,"date":"2019-09-25T15:48:54","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T13:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/afro-punk-band-bantou-mentale-announces-debut-self-titled-album\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:34:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:34:14","slug":"bantou-mentale-glitterbeat-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/bantou-mentale-glitterbeat-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Afro-punk band Bantou Mentale announces debut self-titled album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-29732 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bantou-Mentale-Boko-Haram.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"679\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bantou-Mentale-Boko-Haram.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bantou-Mentale-Boko-Haram-759x427.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bantou-Mentale-Boko-Haram-1010x568.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bantou-Mentale-Boko-Haram-661x372.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bantou-Mentale-Boko-Haram-465x262.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bantou-Mentale-Boko-Haram-375x211.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Thundering Kinshasa meets Paris soundworld.<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/bantou-mentale\/\">Bantou Mentale<\/a><\/span> is\u00a0bringing a new punk rock, African style, to the table but without the aggression because, according to drummer Cubain Kabeya, the Congo is \u201ca country with a lot of spiritual tenderness\u201d. They&#8217;re inventing a new global sound with their futuristic dancefloor tracks, neither traditional, nor slave to the all-encompassing tropes of Congolese rumba, nor slick and arty and self-consciously stylish.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aoETPee-Rhg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After released <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/bantou-mentale-mama-ho-no-romance\/\"><em>No Romance<\/em><\/a><\/span> EP back in June, the Bantou Mentale are ready to\u00a0reach the fulfillment of the group&#8217;s long-held dream, to\u00a0offer an album\u00a0with the weight and sensory attack of knife edged rock and hot wired electronics.<\/p>\n<p>Bantou Mentale&#8217;s first and self-titled album releases on October 25th, <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/glitterbeat-records\/\">Glitterbeat<\/a> <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/glitterbeat-records\/\">Records<\/a>.<\/span> Pre-order it <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/bantoumentale.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">now<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29719\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Webp.net-compress-image-46.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Webp.net-compress-image-46.jpg 800w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Webp.net-compress-image-46-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Webp.net-compress-image-46-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Webp.net-compress-image-46-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Webp.net-compress-image-46-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Webp.net-compress-image-46-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Webp.net-compress-image-46-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Webp.net-compress-image-46-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Webp.net-compress-image-46-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thundering Kinshasa meets Paris soundworld. 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