The Congosound

The Congosound is the name of the electronic band which the artist Carles Congost shares with the musician Vicent Fibla and Jessie Park, a peculiar muse to the Barcelona club scene who was closely involved in the artist’s early video works. The Congosound were active in Barcelona’s electronic renaissance after the 1992 Olympics. At a time when a great many labels and festivals were flourishing in the wake of the SONAR phenomenon, The Congosound were mixing bands like Fangoria, Astrud or Manta Ray and contributing songs to a number of select electronic compilations. After publishing a 12” ‘Jessie's Theme’ (Cosmos Record,1998) and CD album ‘Jackson’ (Cosmos Records, 2002), the group was invited to play at SONAR ’02, where they displayed their very personal vision of live performance based on powerful visual stimulation and pre-recorded sound. In 2007 came out the compilation "Say She's Your Number One/ Jessie's Best" (2007), taking part of the Carles Congost’s monographic book called "Say I'm Your Number One", which included some of their old themes, unreleased versions, a new track and two remixes by Luomo and Superpitcher. In that time, The Congosound turned into a robot, a technological stage, which, since then, allows the band keep on performing live music without moving from their studio. "The Congosound's Live Prototype" was introduced to the audience, for the first time, on May 2007 at MUSAC (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León). A thresome of replicants manipulated the machine in public, under some specific instructions, in order to generate the illusion of a The Congosound's Live Concert. On February 2008, the "Superpitcher vs. The Congosound/ Say I’m Your Number One" 12" was released on the German label Kompakt. On March 2009 a hungarian replica of The Congosound will perform live at Mücsarnok Kunsthalle in Budapest.