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  • Summary: The latest full-length release from Kinshasa experimental electronic group Kokoko! was produced by Xavier Thomas (aka Débruit).
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  • Record Label: Transgressive
  • Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, International, Central African, Congolese
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
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  1. Jul 10, 2024
    90
    Every moment of Butu is vibrationally powerful.
  2. Jul 10, 2024
    80
    A work with a fighting spirit so potent that tipping the world over begins to feel like a genuine possibility.
  3. Mojo
    Jul 10, 2024
    80
    Kokoko! again deliver a banging, agitational rave-up that’s impossible to stay a wallflower to. [Aug 2024, p.87]
  4. Jul 11, 2024
    80
    Despite clocking in at just under 52 minutes, never does ‘BUTU’ feel anything but relentlessly frenetic fun. From its breakneck bonkers energy, to the more slowed-down moments, this is absolutely one for the ravers.
  5. Jul 23, 2024
    73
    The illusion of continuous chatter and conversation is compelling enough even if you don’t understand any of the languages spoken therein.
  6. 70
    It’s hard to think of a record with such an uncompromising, borderline claustrophobic dedication to toying with utter unadulterated yet vibrantly rhythmic racket since the distorted finger piano workouts of the first Konono No. 1 record, definite fellow subscribers to a rusted-out aesthetic, and perhaps not coincidentally also from Kinshasa, although BUTU admittedly lacks the variety and shade of its predecessor.