World Music Institute Presents LOBOKO with DJ Nenim

WMI excitedly presents Loboko – a new, guitar-driven-dance-band from New York City that features Congolese guitar viruoso and vocalist, Yohni Djungu Sungu, multi-instrumentalist and producder Nikhil Yerawadeckar, and drummer and co-founder Morgan Greenstreet. The show will include a special guest appearence by legendary bass player Ngouma Lokito – best known from his time with Parisian dance group, Soukous Stars. Loboko’s unique style is rooted in Congo’s ubiquitous soukous sound, one of Africa’s most popular musical exports that’s conquered dance from France to Colombia. Loboko filters classic Congolese soukous rhythms through NYC’s African and Afro-Caribbean diaspora, setting up a joyful transatlantic reverberation that connects Kinshasa, Paris, Palenque, NYC, and everywhere else where soukous is danced. The show also coincides with the vinyl release of Loboko’s debut album, Kanyunyi.