About the Tokororo Project, its history and the album’s
My name is Doudou Nganga and my aim is to transmit the culture that raised me through art, from millenary African roots to modern world that make today Congo and Kinshasa, a country and a city torn apart by wars created by the appetite of our world for the wealth of its soil.
I will integrate in the album this melting pot which is my life: from Congo where I was born to Europe and Spain where I live. The 8/10 songs that will be part of the disc tell universal stories in Lingala, my mother-tongue, and 1 or 2 will be in French.
In order to produce a disc of great professional quality Eric Rousselbin Dura (my agent), Juan Casas Navarro with Julio Valdeolmillos of Shark Estudios, enter link description here, will assist in the realization.
The American photographer Phil Solomonson, enter link description here and enter link description here, will document with photos the journey of the project.
Our dear friend Nico Vietti, enter link description here, will take charge of the design for the graphic material of communication for the project.
We have established that only a budget of 5450€ will enable us to record and produce a work of art with the greatest professional and artistic quality, to pay the musicians and promote in part the album.
The most adequate and sustainable solution to realize that is to appeal to your collaboration and financial support for the project in the form of either free donation or with rewards that we can offer you as a patron.
Who am I? My story
I am a Hispano-Congolese artist and musician, born in Kinshasa and currently living in Valencia, Spain.
I graduated from fine Arts in Kinshasa (Republic Democratic of Congo). I obtained a grant to further my studies in Spain, at the University of Valencia (2003).
From then on I have dedicated myself to transmit through all forms of Art the culture that raised me and made me a human being: with the aim of sharing and getting Africa closer to Europe through African culture with its music and dancing I impart educational workshops in schools and associations and showcase my music.
My aim is to offer a deeper insight into this melting pot between millenary African roots and modernity.
Tokororo the album
I wanted to integrate all those encounters that have shaped my life in a new and vaster work.
The title Tokororo refers to the tocororo, a magnificent bird endemic to Cuba that doesn’t survive very long in captivity and is therefore a symbol of freedom.
And freedom in my artistic and life path has been a road of many turns, love stories and up-and-downs to eventually find oneself again, cure the scars of the soul until a new metamorphosis.
The letter -K in the title is an homage to my Bantu roots.
Production and recording
This new work also reflect of a family and friendships history, of new roots added to the ancient ones.
I will be more than lucky to count on wonderful artists and musicians, some of the most sought after in Valencia and further:
Mariano Steimberg (enter link description here), Ales Cesarini (enter link description here), Carlos Medina (enter link description here), Ibu Gueye (enter link description here), Bobby Lycantho (enter link description here), Luca Bordonaro (enter link description here), Jason Faust (enter link description here)...
Receiving Exclusive Rewards
Your support and collaboration as patrons to help me reach this artistic goal gives me the opportunity to thank you with rewards that will include among other things postal with a QR to download the album, posters, T-shirt with my logo.
For the patrons who will choose the physical cd (or the vinyl if it applies to their case) this will be a very special gift as Tokororo will exclusively be released on digital platforms.
On top of the possibility of having a concert at your home, one of the rewards for all patrons who want to and/or can be there will be to attend a live concert to present the album in the Sgae (Spanish society for authorship rights) auditorium in Valencia. And this before the official digital release of the LP which should be end of September 2025.
What will your contributions be used for?
Tokororo will be released exclusively on digital platforms (2 singles followed by an EP and then the LP).
Your contributions will mostly cover production and recording costs (recording studio, musicians, technical staff) as well as design costs (postal, posters, communication and promotion material) and costs for the videast and the photographer that will cover and document the whole project process.
Estimated Calendar
The recording sessions will start by end of January 2025 in order to have the final result after mixing and mastering by May/June 2025. Tokororo will be released between June and September 2025 exclusively on digital platforms (2 singles followed by an EP and then the LP).
The rewards (the Thank-you letter, postal with QR to download the album, poster, T-shirt with logo, cd, vinyl) will be at patrons’ disposal before the digital release of the LP scheduled for end of September 2025.
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Alejandro Romano
Un gran abrazo..
Doudou Nganga
Author
Many thanks to all backers and Will for his contribution and all of you behind-the-scene that made this possible! We love you all!
Eli Velasquez
Amazing artist! Definitely worth the contribution!
Jenni Bik
Together !
Doudou Nganga
Author
Miles de Gracias y besos a nuestra familia Espai Sankofa por contribuir al proyecto en el evento del 10 de enero!!
Doudou Nganga
Author
Muchas Gracias a Kassim Fanta por su aportación al proyecto!!
Maria José Ballester Pérez
Grscias por el ratito en Sankofa! Suerte co tu proyecto! Espero verte pronto!
Pilar Marco
Éxito!! 💫✨
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Doudou Nganga
Author
Moltes gracies Garri per l'ajuda com sempre!! Forta Abraçada