{"id":41756,"date":"2019-05-13T12:04:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T11:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/bantou-mentale-shares-visuals-for-mama-ho\/"},"modified":"2020-05-11T21:27:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T20:27:02","slug":"bantou-mentale-shares-visuals-for-mama-ho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/bantou-mentale-shares-visuals-for-mama-ho\/","title":{"rendered":"Bantou Mentale shares visuals for &#8216;Mama Ho!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"pam-featured-content\" ><iframe  class=\"pam-featured-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vuD0WtRCSeE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/h4>\n<h4>A highly\u00a0energetic and psychedelic music video,\u00a0as\u00a0a preview for their forthcoming EP\u00a0on\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/tag\/glitterbeat-records\/\">Glitterbeat Records<\/a>,\u00a0<em>No Romance.<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Bantou Mentale comes from the meeting of Kinshasa&#8217;s energy\u00a0and Paris&#8217; cavernous electronic sounds. Electronic sounds, distorted signals and broken beats make up for their futuristic dancefloor sound.<\/p>\n<p>The band is formed by composer Cubain Kabeya,\u00a0guitar player Chicco Katembo,\u00a0singer Apocalypse, all noteworthy actors of the Parisian-Congolese scene, having worked with\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/tag\/staff-benda-bilili\/\">Staff Benda Bilili<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/tag\/koffi-olomide\/\">Koffi Olomide<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/tag\/damon-albarn\/\">Damon Albarn<\/a><\/span>\u00a0among others. Producer Liam Farrel, whose\u00a0impressive score sheet includes Assassin,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/tag\/tony-allen\/\">Tony Allen<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/tag\/les-amazones-dafrique\/\">les Amazones d&#8217;Afrique<\/a>\u00a0also is part of the gang.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBantou Mentale comprises all the experience I\u2019ve accumulated. It\u2019s not so much a new Kinshasa sound, as a new global sound.\u201d explains Cubain, who is the global concept designer of the project.<\/p>\n<p>The band just unveiled the music video for\u00a0&#8220;Mama Ho!&#8221;, where neon dancers and post-apocalyptic landscapes resonate with the raw electronic beats of the instrumental.<\/p>\n<p>Stream Bantou Mentale in our\u00a0Noir Wave\u00a0playlist on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/5Au5WzqKtuYMaqK1zT88Qv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.deezer.com\/playlist\/1878285902?app_id=105611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deezer<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><em>No Romance<\/em>, out on June 7th on Glitterbeat. Order the EP\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/idol.lnk.to\/No_Romance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h5>Read Next:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/guts-inner-journey-of-a-modest-and-funky-beat-digger\/\">Guts, inner journey of a modest and funky beat-digger<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24972\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bantou-Mentale-No-Romance-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bantou-Mentale-No-Romance-Cover.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bantou-Mentale-No-Romance-Cover-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bantou-Mentale-No-Romance-Cover-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bantou-Mentale-No-Romance-Cover-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bantou-Mentale-No-Romance-Cover-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bantou-Mentale-No-Romance-Cover-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bantou-Mentale-No-Romance-Cover-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bantou-Mentale-No-Romance-Cover-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bantou-Mentale-No-Romance-Cover-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A highly\u00a0energetic and psychedelic music video,\u00a0as\u00a0a preview for their forthcoming EP\u00a0on\u00a0\u00a0Glitterbeat Records,\u00a0No Romance. Bantou Mentale comes from the meeting of Kinshasa&#8217;s energy\u00a0and Paris&#8217; cavernous electronic sounds. 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