Tanok Na Maydani Kongo. Pozhezhi mista Babylon.

This album is the object of pride of the musicians of TNMKongo at least because it is performed by them with their own hands, with “alive” instruments, practically without using samples. But it is possible to say even without mentioning all those things that this group is a fully ripe fruit. I do not know whether it is an apple – these are only details. At that, I could not say how exactly this ripeness is expressed. It seems as if there were not less tricks in their songs, and the music had not grown fat, it had not developed a paunch, and the power of pressure had not disappeared anywhere. Everything is like that – and not like that. Besides youthful burning, you can feel a real adult confidence – in yourself, in your business, in the whole world. And this confidence captivates you, blazes up and sets you on fire. This energy is like a “peaceful atom”. But this time it is really peaceful. In any case, you cannot call it militant. After listening to this album you will not have any desire to break a window or to strike somebody into face. You will have the desire to plant trees in those places where there are not so many of them, or build a house, or even give birth to a son – quite probable, why not. To give birth to a son who is so curious and so restless – a real dweller of a modern Babylons. A son who will not fear to change them.

Anton Jozhik Lejba (Hedgehog)