Kinshasa One Two is an album recorded by Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn is an English singer-songwriter and record producer who has been involved in many high profile projects, coming to prominence as the frontman and primary songwriter of Britpop band Blur...

 with ten producers on the newly established DRC Music (Democractic Republic of the Congo Music) group. Recorded in Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

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, the album features various producers including Dan the Automator

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, Marc Antoine

Marc Antoine

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, T-E-E-D (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs) and Kwes

Kwes

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 alongside various local musicians from Congo. It will be released on 7 November 2011 on CD and LP, following a digital release the previous month. The album will be the first of five current Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn is an English singer-songwriter and record producer who has been involved in many high profile projects, coming to prominence as the frontman and primary songwriter of Britpop band Blur...

 albums yet to be released.

Song information

Damon Albarn himself sings on "Hallo", also the only single from the album, released promotionally on compact disc. The song "Love" is completely a-capella with no music and serves both as an interlude and prelude to "Lingala". There is a hidden track only on the CD. Also, a code to access three further tracks, including a heavy version of track 6, "Lourds", is given in the CD booklet.

Track listing

1. "Hallo" (Damon Albarn featuring Tout Puissant Mukalo and Nelly Liyemge) - 3:38
2. "K-Town" (N’Gotshima and Bebson) - 3:51
3. "African Space Anthem (A.S.A) (Ewing Sima of Tout Puissant Mukalo) - 3:06
4. "Love" (Love) - 1:02
5. "Lingala" (Bokatola System and Evala Litongo) - 4:56
6. "Lourds" (Yende Bongongo of Okwess International) - 2:18
7. "Respect Of The Rules" (Loi X Liberal) - 3:05
8. "We Come From The Forest" (Bokatola System) - 4:29
9. "Customs" (Bokatola System) - 2:32
10. "Virginia" (Magakala Virginia Yollande and Yowa Hollande) - 2:59
11. "Ah Congo" (Jupiter Bokondji and Bokatola System) - 3:59
12. "Three Piece Sweet part 1 & 2" (Bebson) - 3:44
13. "If You Wish To Stay Awake" (Washiba) - 3:12
14. "Departure" (Bokatola System) - 7:08
    • Hidden track - 2:37
      • The hidden track is untitled and appeares at 4:31 into CD versions of "Departure". The song "Departure" itself finishes at 3:38
    • A card in the booklet for the CD version features a code to access album download with three bonus tracks: "Americaaan", "Congosmo" and "Lourds (Heavy)".

Producers

• Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz, Honest Jons)
• Richard Russell (XL Recordings)
• Actress (Werk, Honest Jons)
• T-E-E-D / Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (Polydor)
• Alwest
• Dan The Automator (75 Ark, Gorillaz)
• Jneiro Jarel (Lex Records, Shape of Broad Minds, MF Doom)
• Marc Antoine (GRP)
• Remi Kabaka Jr. (Gorillaz)
• Rodaidh McDonald (XL Recordings)
• Kwes (Warp Records)

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Australia	30 September 2011	Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	Warp Records
Germany
Ireland
New Zealand
United Kingdom	2 October 2011
France	3 October 2011
Italy
Portugal
Spain
Canada	4 October 2011
Mexico
United States

Physical release: 7 November 2011