The group's amplification equipment is equally rudimentary, including a microphone carved out of wood fitted with a magnet from an automobile alternator and a gigantic horn-shaped amplifier.

(short for tout puissant, or "all powerful") is an homage to the band of the legendary Congolese musician Franco, which was called TP OK Jazz.

[citation needed] Konono Nº1 originally came from the Kongo or Bacongo region that spans parts of Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.

The first of these, entitled Congotronics, was produced in Kinshasa by Crammed Discs' Vincent Kenis and released to much enthusiasm from the international press.

[3] Konono Nº1 were among the musical artists that Matt Groening selected to perform at the edition of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival that he curated in May 2010 in Minehead, England.

[9] That same month Crammed Discs released the fourth volume in its Congotronics series, Assume Crash Position, produced by Vincent Kenis.

Deerhoof, Animal Collective, Andrew Bird, Juana Molina, Shackleton, Megafaun, Aksak Maboul, Mark Ernestus and others.

[14][15][16] In July 2016, the group was in Romania, and appeared at the Outernational Days festival in Bucharest organized by The Attic magazine and the Control Club.