Choices Thursdays Presents Afro-Fusion Sensation Inka!

A while back, I shared with you about Winyo, a man with a voice from the heavens. He was gracing the Choices stage.

Well this week, his younger bro will be doing the same thing! The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree the adage goes, and it seems this is true for siblings as well. Have you heard of Inka? You need to. Read their band bio below.

Inka is a Five member Band from Nairobi, Kenya. The Band was Formed in 2009 after the members met at the University of Nairobi. Inka is made up of Five Young Men (Vincent Awino – Acoustic Guitar & Vocals, Stephen Musyimi – Bass Guitar, Samuel Mbaluka – Keyboard & Percussions, Adonis Kwata – Drums & Vocals and Tony Odero – Lead Guitar and Vocals). The word Inka means Home in Ekegusii (Bantu Tribe found in Kenya’s Nyanza Province). Inka’s style of Music is rather vast…some call it World music, some say it is Fusion. Inka’s sound is quite unique..more like a Cocktail! The Music has an array of influences including Jazz, Benga, Sebene, Kwaito as well as Neo-Soul.

Inka has shared the stage with renowned artistes such as Eric Wainaina, Suzzana Owiyo, Joel Sebunjo(Ug) and Winyo. Inka has also perfomed twice at the Blankets and Wine Festival in Nairobi, Suzzana Owiyo’s The Stage concert, and most recently, The Bayimba Regional Festival in Jinja, Uganda. Last year, Inka held a concert dubbed “hope for Fukushima” in commemoration of the victims of the nuclear disaster that hit Fukushima, Japan in the wake of the terrible Earthquake of March 2011.
Inka is currently recording at Ketebul Records in Nairobi under producer Jesse Bukindu.

Inka’s releases include Hello, an acoustic song that tells the story of the Post Election Violence that hit Kenya in 2007/08. It’s told in the perspective of a man who loses his wife in the wake of the skirmishes. Another song Min Paul, is in praise of the African Woman, and is produced by Isaac Gem of BILABODA and Mapambano. It was written and produced by Isaac Gem.

Hear their music below.

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