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Konono Nº1 is a musical group from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly known as Zaire). They combine three electric likembé (a traditional lamellaphone similar to the mbira) with voices, dancers, and percussion instruments that are made out of items salvaged from a junkyard. The group's amplification equipment is equally rudimentary, including a microphone carved out of wood fitted with a magnet from an automobile alternator. The group was formed by Mingiedi Mawangu, a likembé player and truck driver who passed away in April 2015 at the age of 85. Dates for the group's formation vary: Crammed Discs, who...

Folk Metal band from Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, Russia. Alkonost is the goddess of the land of the dead. She is pictured as a half-woman/half-bird. Line-up: Andrey "Elk" Losev - Lead guitar, Rustem Shagitov - Bass, Ksenia Pobuzhanskaya - Vocals. http://alkonost.ru alkonostrussia.bandcamp.com https://vk.com/alkonost_folk_metal_band https://www.facebook.com/alkonostband/ Official YouTube-canal: https://www.youtube.com/user/AntAlkonost Discography: Shadows Of Glory - Demo, 1997 Shadows Of Timeless - Demo, 1997 Songs Of The Eternal Oak - Full-length, 2000 Spirit Tending To Revolt - Demo, 2001 Memoris - Best of/Compilation, 2001 Неведомые земли - Demo, 2001 Alkonost - Best of/Compilation, 2002 Between The Worlds - Full-length, 2004 The Path We've Never Made...

Polish reggae/ska band formed in 1996 by Roman „Leon” Lewandowski (bass guitar), Krzysztof „Para” Parka (guitar) and Marcin „Cozer” Markiewicz (vocal, trumpet). Adam „Zaba” Marszalek (solo guitar) and Robert Aibin (drums) joined to the band later. In 1997 Roman Lewandowski was ill and died. The band stopped playing. They reactivated in 1999 with new musicians - Bartek Bednarczyk (bass guitar), Pawel „Indian” Stepniak (kornet), Lech Pawlusinski (drums) and Bartosz Machon (keyboard). In 2004 they recorded first singel - „Quantalaya”. In 2006 they recorded first longplay called "One Way". Current squad: Marcin "Cozer" Markiewicz (vocal), Krzysztof "P@r@" Parka (guitar), Adam "Zaba"...

Viscount Hidemaro Konoye (近衛 秀麿, Konoe Hidemaro, 18 November 1898—2 June 1973) was a conductor and composer of classical music in Shōwa period Japan. He was the brother of pre-war Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoye was born in Kōjimachi, Tokyo as the younger son of Prince Konoe Atsumaro, scion of one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. The Konoe clan traditionally provided gagaku muscians to the Imperial Household, and Hidemaro chose to follow the family’s musical tradition, whereas his older brother Fumimaro went into politics. Konoye attended the Gakushuin Peers School, where he became a close...