Fulu Miziki

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Fulu Miziki is an artistic statement in motion. Born in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, this multidisciplinary collective has been conquering international stages with an unclassifiable sound and an aesthetic that combines Afrofuturism, ecological awareness and punkpunk rebellion. From Lingala, ‘fulu’ means rubbish - and it is precisely from what others discard that this group creates instruments, masks and performance costumes. Nothing is bought, everything is reused. From plastic tubes to pieces of metal or fabric, each element is given new life as part of a sound and visual orchestra that defies convention and transforms waste into pulsating art.

Fulu Miziki's approach is above all political. Each show is a ritualised performance performance that mixes electrified tribal beats, dance, urban intervention and social criticism. The message is clear: we need to rethink our relationship with the planet and with our own roots. Through a sound language that crosses genres and continents, the collective defends creative liberation and African dignity, while exposing the ecological and economic imbalances that affect both Congo and the globalised world. Afrofuturists by nature and ecologists by conviction, the members of Fulu Miziki project themselves as vanguards of an alternative future - a future in which art, made of waste and reinvention, serves as a means of resistance and regeneration. For them, it's not just about music: it's about imagining another possible world from the ruins of the current one. The result of this vision is vibrant, as ‘Mokano EP’, the original work from 2024, attests.