Introducing Kenge Kenge

Kenge Kenge’s benga music is sparkling, rowdy, and fit for a long night out dancing. But their take on Kenya’s multifaceted national musical style — which emerged out of the adaptation of traditional Luo rhythms to electric instruments — is one that goes back in time, swapping out its distinctive guitar plucking and bass riffs for more traditional instrumentation of the Luo community, such as the cheerful, warped orutu (a one-stringed vertical fiddle), the high-pitched asili flute, and the oporo ox-horn.