#jo tongo

[soulmusicsongs]

Jangolo (Les Mangues) - Jo Tongo ( Jangolo, 1976)

[quickalbumreviews]

Africa Airways Two: Funk Departures 1973-1982 - Various Artists

Quick Album Review: 4.4/5

Track listing:

Na Real Sekele Fo Ya - Pasteur Lappé

Kilowi-Kilowi - M'Bamina

Aboki (Mon Copain) - Ekambi Brillant

Don't Do It - Bongi Makeba

Piani - Jo Tongo

Relax (Before Doin' Sex) - Oscar Harris & The Twinkle Stars

Get It on the Music - Bozambo

Tata Ngoh - Missé N'goh François

Toyota Fantasy (John Bryan Edit) - Miriam Makeba

Listen to the album on Spotify here.

© ℗ 2015 Africa Seven

[seanmorroww]

Jo Tongo - “Jangolo”

Untitled [Fiesta, 1976]

[dustedmagazine]

Jo Tongo — African Funk Experimentals (1968-1982 + 2017) (Africa Seven)

African Funk Experimentals (1968-1982 + 2017) by Jo Tongo

“Are you ready? Say yes. Are you ready, my friends?  You are not ready?  And what about the other guy?  Okay. We start the count.”  In this way does Joseph Ekambi Tongo Mpondo, otherwise known as Jo Tongo, begin his 1968 single, “Dig It Babe” not once but twice. In such tight, funky, James Brown redolent grooves, the count is everything, and the count is off, the first time. The second time, though, it is dead on, a strutting break beat of snare and kick drum, a searing vamp in brass and reeds, a tangle of stinging, syncopating guitars, a butt-shifting bass line, and Jo Tongo yelping and crooning and, in general, living up to his nom de guerre Jojo L’Explosif. It’s like Booker T & the MGs left to sizzle on a hot grill, all the fat bubbled out and turned to smoke.

“Dig It Babe,” here in two parts, was Jo Tongo’s very first single, released shortly after the Cameroonian singer and band leader moved to Paris. He was meant to study to become a pharmacist; instead he hooked up with fellow musical diasporans — notably Manu Dibango — to pursue the funk. African Funk Experimentals traces that journey from 1968 right up to the present, with three tracks recorded just this year tucked in at the end of the record.  

Jo Tongo’s “Jangolo,” perhaps his best known composition from the 1976 self-titled album, starts the disc, a twitch of wah wah, a patter of hand drums, nattering in the background, all nervous energy, Jo Tongo’s warm, sure voice engaged in a heated call and response with a brace of female back-up singers. There are horns here, too, and a shimmery, plasticine synthesizer, but the cut feels bare and sharp and imperative. It makes you want to move.

You can hear on this disc traces of the classical training Jo Tongo brought to the party, his familiarity with stringed instruments (and not just guitar and piano), his working knowledge of music theory. These cuts are complexly, tightly plotted, with multiple moving parts and not, one would guess, a whole lot of improvising outside of the solos. There is nothing primitive about the arrangement of “Funky Feeling” for instance; it has the intricacy of a Rubik’s cube. A few of the tracks dip a little too far into style-over-substance disco. “Those Flowers” flounders, to my ears, in too ingratiating girl group vocals and string arrangements. Even the fantastically tense bass line can’t rescue it from sickly sweetness. “American Lady” is similarly flavored with swooping string glissandos and massed female vocals. Its lavish-ness undercuts the power.

The three new cuts quite good, their twitchy rhythms, bright slashes of brass and simmering bass and drums very much of a piece with Jo Tongo’s 1970s material. “Mystical Power” is especially striking, with its trance-y, insistent keyboard line, its sudden blares of trumpet. Jo Tongo sounds as relaxed and powerful as ever, vocally, and the pieces fit together just as well.

The one shame is that there’s so little information about the people who played on this record, other than Jo Tongo himself. The playing is uniformly excellent and worth recognizing, but there doesn’t seem to be any information about who did what. Asked about credits, the label responded that different musicians played on different tracks, and it didn't seem fair to list some but not all of them. Jo Tongo surely did most of the work of imagining this music, writing it down and cracking the whip (per “Dig It Babe”) to make sure his musicians performed it properly (he also played the bass, which is excellent throughout). But damn, how do you lay a keyboard line like the one in “Mystic Power” to tape and not tell the world who played it?  

Jennifer Kelly

[tonin-terets]

"Jo Tongo - Piani (Joe Corti's Edit)" by JOE CORTI

[aquariumdrunkard]

The Aquarium Drunkard Show

Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35, can be heard every Wednesday at 7pm PST with encore broadcasts on-demand via the SIRIUS/XM app.

SIRIUS 550: Jean Michel Bernard – Générique Stephane ++ Jo Tongo – Dig It Babe (Part 2) ++ William Oneyeabor – Fantastic Man ++ Joy Guerrilla – Test Flight (Intro) ++ Ernest Ranglin – Surfing ++ The Psychedelic Aliens – Okponmo Ni Tsitsi Emo Le ++ Lijadu Sisters – Bayi L’ense ++ Rikki Ililonga – Love Is So Strange ++ West African Cosmos – Wuye Wuye ++ CAVE – San’ Yago ++ Yoshinori Hayashi – Overflow ++ Kryshe – Hauch ++ Cluster – Zum Wohl ++ Juana Molina – Río Seco ++ Yoshinori Hayashi – Overflow ++ Radiohead – In Limbo ++ Public Image Ltd. – Radio 4 ++ Wire – Used To ++ Eno Moebius Roedelius – The Shade ++ Barry Walker – Accretion ++ David Darling – Cycle Two: Namaste ++ Radiohead – Everything In Its Right Place ++ Dungen & Woods – Loop ++ Ty Segall – Music For A Film 1 ++ Fumio Nunoya – Mizu Tamari ++ Julian Lynch – Day At The Racetrack ++ Kikagaku Moyo – Nazo Nazo ++ Amen Dunes – Blue Rose ++ Julien Gasc – Fait Divers ++ Dungen – Alberto Balsalm (Aquarium Drunkard Session) ++ Gorillaz – Double Bass (AD edit) ++ Faust – It’s A Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl ++ Deerhunter – Ad Astra

[funksoul]

Jo Tongo - “Piani” (Decca) - Funky African vibes from Cameroon via France. Check out another record by Jo here:

http://funksoul.tumblr.com/post/141668879699/jo-jo-lexplosif-get-it-the-way-i-like-akue

[snackpointcharlie]

Institutions crumble and empires fall but through the dust and decay, one thing remains constant: Snackpoint Charlie. Your radio refuge from a cruel and loveless world returns for another installment tonight from 10PM to midnight on WGXC, 90.7 FM in the Valley of Dreams and podcasted afterwards for a very long time at https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/qcyx8h

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 090 - 2022.05.04 PLAYLIST

1) Mariano Gallardo Pahlen - “Lluvia” from LOS SUEÑOS DE LOS OTROS (THE DREAMS OF THE OTHERS) https://marianogallardopahlen.bandcamp.com/album/los-sue-os-de-los-otros-album

2) Son of Buzzi - “Was kommt nach dem Regen (What comes after the rain)” from DIE HAND DER RIESIN https://sonofbuzzi.bandcamp.com/album/die-hand-der-riesin

3) Sublime Frequencies - “Kaita” from BUSH TAXI MALI: FIELD RECORDINGS FROM MALI https://sublime-frequencies.bandcamp.com/album/bush-taxi-mali-field-recordings-from-mali

(underbed throughout:) Pinetop Gherkins - “General Mills”

4) Anna Mathovani - “Warung Pojok” from POP SUNDA VOL. 1 https://archive.org/details/remaco-rll-173

5) Marie Laforêt - “Mon Amour Mon Ami” https://www.discogs.com/master/778041-Marie-Lafor%C3%AAt-Mon-Amour-Mon-Ami

6) Djavan - “Luanda” from SEDUZIR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE7Ypft_P7o

7) Kibrom Birhane - “Enate” from HERE AND THERE https://kibrombirhaneflyingcarpetrecords.bandcamp.com/

8) Willie Songue accompagné par Les Showmen - “Moni Ngam” from MONI NGAM / LE JOUR DE FETE http://africangrooves.fr/2022/03/02/willie-songue-accompagne-par-les-showmen-moni-ngan-cameroun-1974-sonafric/ https://www.discogs.com/release/8539233-Willie-Songue-accompagn%C3%A9-par-Les-Showmen-Moni-Ngan-Le-Jour-De-Fete

9) Jojo L’Explosif (Jo Tongo) - “Get It (The Way I Like)” from GET IT (THE WAY I LIKE) / NON NON NON http://africangrooves.fr/2022/03/30/jojo-lexplosif-jo-tongo-get-it-the-way-i-like-cameroun-1968-akue/ https://www.discogs.com/master/933747-Jojo-LExplosif-Get-It-The-Way-I-Like-Non-Non-Non

10) Los Zafiros - “Santa Barbara” from LOS ZAFIROS STORY https://www.discogs.com/release/4675262-Los-Zafiros-Story

11) Les Rallizes Dénudés - “Wilderness of False Flowers / 造花の原野” from THE OZ TAPES https://lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com/

12) The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar - “The Bird Prays for Allah” from DANCING UNDER THE MOON https://glitterbeat.com/artists/the-master-musicians-of-jajouka-led-by-bachir-attar/ https://master-musicians-of-jajouka-led-by-bachir-attar.bandcamp.com/album/dancing-under-the-moon

13) Myriam Gendron - “Au cœur de ma délire” from MA DÉLIRE - SONGS OF LOVE, LOST & FOUND https://myriamgendron.bandcamp.com/album/ma-d-lire-songs-of-love-lost-found

14) Stone Tapes (Yonatan Gat) - “Wail” from WAIL https://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/collections/yonatan-gat

15) Planetary Peace - “I Am That I Am” from SYNTHESIS https://loveallday.bandcamp.com/album/synthesis

16) Moondog - “Pastoral” from MOONDOG 2 https://www.discogs.com/master/337829-Moondog-Moondog-2

[cliggomusic]

Listen to Jo Tongo for free: https://music.cliggo.com/artist/773398-Jo_Tongo

[soulmusicsongs]

Funk from Cameroon

Funk from Cameroon in 12 songs

African Battle - Manu Dibango ‎(Africadelic, 1973)

Ebolo - Bell'a Njoh (Bell'a Njoh, 1978)

Esele Mulema Moam - Los Camaroes (Ma Wdé Wa / Esele Mulema Moam, 1973)

Eying Abe - Rejolby Et L'Unite Jazz (Henriette / Eying Abe, 1975)

Get It (The Way I Like) - Jojo L'Explosif (Get It (The Way I Like) / Non Non Non, 1968)

Kilimandjaro My Home - Eko (Kilimandjaro My Home, 1977)

Kekeh - Uta Bella (Kekeh / Meyilamba, 1973)

Gue Ping - Tala Andre Marie (Black Woman, 1976)

Menze Si - J.M. Tim and Foty ‎(J.M. Tim and Foty, 1977)

Moni Ngan - Willie Songue accompagné par Les Showmen (Moni Ngan / Le Jour De Fete, 1974)

Ngon Engap - Olinga Gaston (Ngon Engap / Be Ngon Ya Nnam Ewondo, 1977)

Piani - Jo Tongo (Jo Tongo, 1976)

More Soul Music

Funk from Africa in 20 tracks

African James Brown in 14 songs

African Funk from the Seventies

Soul from Nigeria, part 3

[thefugitivesaint]

Another mix for your summer listening pleasure. Acquire and listen here. Not the best thing I’ve ever slapped together but enjoyable enough.  Playlist: 01. Hysear Don Walker - Poo Jo (1973) 02. Mayer Hawthorne - A Long Time (2011) 03. Claude Vasori - Fantomaniac (1971) 04. Jungle Fire - Firewalker (2013) 05. Heart - Little Queen (1977) 06. The Temptations - Law Of The Land (1973) 07. High Voltage - What Can We Do (1972) 08. Fooka Mainty Band - Let's Get It Together (1975) 09. Kimiko Kasai with Herbie Hancock - As (1979) 10. Jo Tongo - Piani (1976) 11. Mehrpouya - Soul Raga (1976) 12. Ihsan Al-Munzer - Shish Kebab (1980) 13. Memmedov Vuqar - Cilli Bom (1978) 14. Los Destellos - Guajira Sicodelica (1968) 15. Los Hijos Del Sol - Cariito (1979) 16. The Braen's Machine - Flying (1971) 17. Norma Tanega - You're Dead (1966) 18. Spirits And Worm - Spirits And Worm (1969) 19. Clap - My Imagination (1972) 20. Rabbits & Carrots - Pais Tropical (1969) 21. The Sharks - You Made Me Warm (1965) 22. David Coleman With The Hector Rivera Orchestra - Drown My Heart (1966) 23. Dee Dee Warwick - You're No Good (1963) 24. Don Fardon - The Dreaming Room (1968) 25. Trama - Paciência (1973) 26. Helio Matheus - Eu Reu Me Condeno (1973) 27. Funky Nassau - Bahama Soul Stew (1972) 28. Ogyatanaa Show Band - Disco Africa (1976) 29. William Onyeabor - Fantastic Man (1979) 30. Miami - Kill That Roach (1976) 31. Leo's Sunshipp - Give Me The Sunshine (1978) 32. Delia Gartrell - See What You Done, Done (1971) 33. Frankie Beverly's Raw Soul - Color Blind (1971) 34. Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Spirits Up Above (1969)

[musikazde-blog]

Neuerscheinungen in Weltmusik #8: African Funk Experimentals (1968-1982+2017) ~ Jo Tongo https://t.co/gwiH4ZFgQg https://t.co/bGpRJsncbO

Neuerscheinungen in Weltmusik #8: African Funk Experimentals (1968-1982+2017) ~ Jo Tongo https://t.co/gwiH4ZFgQg pic.twitter.com/bGpRJsncbO

— MusikAzDE.bot (@MusikAzDE) September 4, 2017

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[dedramaxblog]

(Africa Seven)

[samieasterfestival]

LIET INTERNATIONAL 2017

Skilleduorastat / Skjærtorsdag 13. apriil //  Báktehárji // Kl. 19.00 - 21. 00 // 150kr/260kr  // Billetter HER

Liet International er minoritetsspråkenes svar på Eurovision Song Contest, og den viktigste forskjellen er at det ikke er lov å synge på engelsk i Liet. Siden starten i 2002 har konkurransen vokst drastisk, og i år er 8 deltagere klar for å synge seg inn i Kautokeinos hjerte. Sápmi har sendt deltagere til Liet helt siden oppstarten, og vunnet konkurransen hele 4 ganger. Fjorårets SGP-stjerne Ella Maria Hætta Isaksen er Sápmis bidrag i år med vinnerlåten “Luoddaearru”. 

Deltagerne gir oss et musikkshow av de sjeldne og representerer språkene: basjkirsk, nord-frisisk, skotsk-gælisk, sranan tongo, udmurtisk, bretonsk, luxembourgsk og samisk. Liet blir også streamet regionsfritt på NRK Sápmis nettsider! Her er alle deltakerne:

Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen - “Luoddaearru” (”Crossroads”)

18 år gamle Ella Marie fra Tana vant SGP 2016, stod på Márkomeannus scene under Nuoraid Sessions i fjor sommer og er nå klar med nytt konsept  - ISÁK (Báktehárji langfredag). Under Liet synger hun sangen hun vant SGP med i fjor. Hennes drøm er å lage samisk musikk som når ut til hele verden. Foto: Mads Suhr Pettersen.

Aafke Zuidersma - “Minsk fan wearde” (”Man of Value)

Frisiske Aafke er en singer-songwriter som bor nord i Nederland. Hun har gjennom årene vært en del av forskjellige coverband og mange andre musikalse prosjekter. Hun skriver helst sine egne sanger og som regel enten på engelsk eller frisisk. Frisisk snakkes av deler av den tyske og nederlandske befolkningen, og ligger nærmest engelsk eller skotsk. Sangen hun skal synge skrev hun til sin avdøde venn. Med seg på scenen har hun Branda Wolters, Buoke Schaap og Ytzen Peterson. 

La Schlapp Sauvage - “Blanne Käpitan” (”Blind captain”)

Duoen ble dannet av Olivier Niedercorn og Jo Nousse våren 2016. Musikerne er fra the Land of the 3 borders, og tar publikummet sitt med på et musikalsk eventyr gjennom sang både på fransk og luxembourgsk. De ønsker å belyse den kulturelle riksom i regionen og løfte språk, fred og interkulturell forståelse. Foto:  D. Vanspranghe

Mary Ann Kennedy & Friends with Còisir Ghàidhlig Inbhir Nis -  “Grioglachan” (“Constellation”)

Mary Ann vokste opp i Glasgow i en familie hvor tradisjonell musikk var svært viktig. Hun en klassisk musiker som har vunnet mange priser i hjemlandet sitt. Blant annet har hun komponert musikken til BBC dokumentar om 1. verdenskrig og sluppet det første albumet med originale gæliske låter noensinne. Med seg på scenen har hun flere dyktige musikere og et kor. De synger på skotsk-gælisk. 

Pavel Aleksandrov & Dmitry Yakimov -  “Ваньмыз ортче” (“Everything will pass”)

Pavel har fra barnsben av drevet med Udmurtisk folkemusikk. Udmurtene er et finsk-ugrisk folkeslag i Russland - hovedsakelig i republikken Udmurtia. Han studerer nå ved et musikkonservatorie, og dedikerer sitt liv til å studere og bevare udmurtisk folklore. Dmitry har også vokst opp med musikken, og er profesjonell musiker med turneer i blant annet Kina og Spania. 

Ruben Semmoh & Romeo Sumter -   “Saka Na Pin” (“Heal the pain”)

Ruben er singer-songwriter og frontperson for Afro- Carib Ensemble. Han er født i Suriname, men flyttet til Nederland som 15 åring for å studere musikk. Musikken er basert på Kawina  - men med innslag av latin, jazz, funk, klassisk og pop. Han og perkusjonisten Romeo tar deg med til Surinam i tre minutter.  

UKAN -  “Den ebet all” (“No one else”)

Musikken til UKAN er inspirert av engelsk 70-talls rock, og Genesis, Deep Purple og Pink Floyd er viktige inspirasjonskilder for bandet. De synger på bretonsk, som er et keltisk språk som snakkes av et minderetall i Bretagne (Nordvest-Frankrike). Under Liet 2017 består bandet av: Kevin Ruellan, Louise Robard, Camille Carte, Charles Lucas og Eric Duchant. 

Zaman -  “hыутма” (“Don’t be cold”)

Zaman byr på en ekstraordinær miks av basjkirsk folkemusikk og moderne sound fra deres originalmusikk. De var finalister i det store internasjonale tv-programmet “Turkvision” og er et kjent band i sitt hjemområde. Basjkirsk er et tyrkisk språk som snakkes av ca 1,2 millioner i den russiske republikken Basjkortostan.

[johnkatsmc5]

Jo Tongo  "African Funk Experimentals" 1968-1982 + 2017 Cameroon Afro Disco Funk

full vk

https://vk.com/wall-27721845_21681

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full bandcamp

https://jotongo.bandcamp.com/album/african-funk-experimentals-1968-1982-2017

full spotify

https://open.spotify.com/album/1lfPB1N778elG4P1WUUiLc

Vinyl LP pressing. Our hero, Jo Tongo was born and raised in Douala Cameroon. In 1964 he headed off to Paris to begin Pharmaceutical studies. Somewhere along the way the music in his soul eventually won out and he embarked on a life of music. In the latest of our series of Funk Experimentals LPs we dig for the funk. Not necessarily the artists greatest hits but most definitely the funkiest ear benders. We proudly compile together tracks from 1968 to three new brand new exclusive tracks from present day 2017. And yes, they all have the funk. In spades. Many thanks Jo for choosing the music. Nearly 50 years at the top of the game.....~ Our hero, Jo Tongo (born Joseph Ekambi Tongo Mpondo) was born and raised in Douala Cameroon. In 1964 he headed off to Paris to begin Pharmaceutical studies. Somewhere along the way the music in his soul eventually won out and he embarked on a life of music. In the latest of our series of "Funk Experimentals" LPs we dig for the funk. Not necessarily the artists greatest hits but most definitely the funkiest ear benders. We proudly compile together tracks from 1968 to 3 new brand new exclusive tracks from present day 2017. And yes, they all have the funk. In spades. The album opens up with stunningly catchy Jangolo. Jo's awesomely funky bass and percussive "jangly" guitar. The track is underpinned by African drums, funky stabs and 70s nascent synthesiser string machines. Next up we take a trip to 1979 and "Funky Feeling" from Jo’s "Those Flowers" album. Here the beats are big, the strings are sweet and the clavi is into overdrive. We then jump back to 1976 for the evergreen, horn-puncher, funk stomper "Piani". Before the sweet smooth funk of "Those Flowers". Next up is "American Lady" with the bright strings, jangly guitars and driving keys. All locked on to maximize the groove. We then take a trip back to 1968 for Jo's second single the ever so funky and ever so ahead of its time, "Dig It Babe". Soul, horns, groove and punch all in two perfect packages. Part 1 and Part 2. Next up it is the funk boogie afro swingers "Ewande". Bringing things up date we jump forward to 2017, present day. Jo has been making music more or less non-stop and here we are lucky to premier three brand new tracks. The drums are punchy, the guitars ooze the funk and the locked on keys tie the tracks together in one tight-as package. Jo is on the production and at the controls for the mix. "Lion Roar" is first with its driving clavinet and all-out-assault funky drums. The brass is big and this song is Bold with a capital "B". "It's The D Day" is next with swinging soul style groove before "Mystic Power" features a ballsy brass-laden beat and jazz funk overtones. ....~ Jo Tongo (born Joseph Ekambi Tongo Mpondo) was born and raised in Douala Cameroon. In 1964 he headed off to Paris to begin Pharmaceutical studies. Somewhere along the way the music in his soul eventually won out and he embarked on a life of music. "The album opens up with stunningly catchy Jangolo. Jo's awesomely funky bass and percussive "jangly" guitar. The track is underpinned by African drums, funky stabs and 70s nascent synthesiser string machines. Next up we take a trip to 1979 and "Funky Feeling" from Jo's "Those Flowers" album. Here the beats are big, the strings are sweet and the clavi is into overdrive. We then jump back to 1976 for the evergreen, horn-puncher, funk stomper "Piani". Before the sweet smooth funk of "Those Flowers". Next up is "American Lady" with the bright strings, jangly guitars and driving keys. All locked on to maximize the groove. We then take a trip back to 1968 for Jo's second single the ever so funky and ever so ahead of its time, "Dig It Babe". Soul, horns, groove and punch all in two perfect packages. Part 1 and Part 2. Next up it is the funk boogie afro swingers "Ewande". Bringing things up date we jump forward to 2017, present day. Jo has been making music more or less non-stop and here we are lucky to premier three brand new tracks. The drums are punchy, the guitars ooze the funk and the locked on keys tie the tracks together in one tight-as package. Jo is on the production and at the controls for the mix. "Lion Roar" is first with its driving clavinet and all-out-assault funky drums. The brass is big and this song is Bold with a capital "B". "It's The D Day" is next with swinging soul style groove before "Mystic Power" features a ballsy brass-laden beat and jazz funk overtones.".....~ Born Joseph Ekambi Tongo Mpondo, Jo Tongo was raised in Douala Cameroon but moved to Paris in 1964 to begin Pharmaceutical studies. But it was his passion and love for music that eventually guided his future and this path took him into a life of songwriting and perfoming. Africa Seven have compiled a series of albums titled, Funk Experimentals and if you haven’t already guessed, yes, it’s all about the funky sounds. Jo Tongo’s forthcoming release is a collection of his finest funk sounds from 1968 through to present day, because he has never stopped making music and this album is testament to that with three brand new tracks premiering on this new record! Afro-funk stomper, Piani is the first track to be shared from this album and has a catchy, melodic tune, punchy vocals and cool cool wah wah guitar...~ Tracklist Jangolo 04:52 Funky Feeling 04:49 Piani 04:36 Those Flowers 04:21 American Lady 04:55 Dig It Babe (Part 1) 03:53 Dig It Babe (Part 2) 02:31 Ewande 04:10 The Lion Roar 05:15 It's The D Day 04:54 Mystic Power 04:39 A'Muna 03:40 Get Down And Freak 06:40 . Get It The Way I Like It 04:11