the renkingest sound around Main menu Post navigation Kwes/DRC Music Interview Kwes is an artist I've been keeping tabs on for quite a while primarily because he's developed a really unique sound and he seems to have the knack of associating himself with similarly adventurous and individual fellow travelers (especially the mighty Micachu!). This interview was conducted for the DRC Music compilation which found him joining Damian Albarn, Actress, TEED and several others for a whirlwind visit to Kinshasa -- unfortunately there were some recording issues and I don't have the full transcript but since the interview never appeared here is what I do have and for once it's a reasonable length! How did you go about recruiting the musicians /divvying it up?? "To be honest we didn't go with any big plan in mind it was pretty much a case of letting it happen and going with it. For the main part we recorded stuff and then went off and sampled it and chopped it up or whatever and then sometimes we'd get the musicians or vocalists back to do more stuff later on. But really there was no set way of working and I helped out with one of Richard Russell's tunes, Actress and me worked together." No real egos "Not at all." Which tracks were you involved with? "Departure, Three Piece Sweet, Customs." How was local response? "It was pretty amazing really, when people heard what we were doing they sort of flocked to us." Did you