King of Bongo explained

King of Bongo
Type:	studio
Artist:	Mano Negra
Cover:	Mano_Negra_-_King_Of_Bongo.jpg
Studio:	Mix It; Conny's Studio; Roadhouse, Paris
Genre:	French rock
Label:	Virgin France S.A.
Producer:	Mano Negra
Prev Title:	Puta's Fever
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	Amerika Perdida
Next Year:	1991

King of Bongo is the third studio album by Mano Negra, released in 1991. The French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named it the 61st greatest French rock album (out of 100).^[1]

Personnel

Mano Negra

• Oscar Tramor (Manu Chao) – lead vocals, guitar, accordion, keyboard
• Tonio Del Borño (Antoine Chao) – trumpet, vocals
• Santiago "El Águila" Casariego – drums, vocals
• Garbancito (Philippe Teboul) – percussion, vocals, guitar
• Roger Cageot (Daniel Jamet) – lead guitar, vocals, kazoo
• Jo (Joseph Dahan) – bass guitar, vocals, synthesizer, guitar
• Helmut Krumar (Thomas Darnal) – keyboards, vocals, guitar, triangle

Additional personnel

• Bruno Gephard – delay, noise gate, midi synch, patch
• Anouk – vocals
• Petra Fisher – "casserloe", "marmite fourneaux"
• Christa Fast – "bon esprit", "bonne companie"
• Ingo Krauff – "studio retours"
• Programe – management
• El Lagarto – mixing, reverb, compressor
• Jako – "volant", "accordeur", "loi du stage"
• La Couette "Reundüf" – tour manager
• Chinois – "retours"
• Spory – lights

Notes and References

1. Magazine Rolling Stone, n°18 of February 2010,