Music journalist and Kenyan music enthusiast Tela Wangeci guides us through the ever-evolving world of Kenya's "arbantone" scene, a post-modern, sample heavy style, high energy musical style emergent on TikTok in late 2023.
Featuring melodic post punk bands from the "C86" wave - named after the famous NME Magazine compilation of the same name. The title of the compilation became shorthand for the sound, which would become the blueprint for contemporary "indie" as a genre: guitar-based music characterised by jangly tones and power pop song structures, taking healthy inspiration from sunny 1960s pop music.
Featuring melodic post punk bands from the "C86" wave - named after the famous NME Magazine compilation of the same name. The title of the compilation became shorthand for the sound, which would become the blueprint for contemporary "indie" as a genre: guitar-based music characterised by jangly tones and power pop song structures, taking healthy inspiration from sunny 1960s pop music.