Vincent Kenis

Vincent Kenis is a Belgian musician and record producer. He was a member of the avant-garde group Aksak Maboul (Onze Danses Pour Combattre la Migraine, 1977) and of The Honeymoon Killers, an experimental rock band (Les Tueurs de la Lune de Miel, 1982). As a musician, he also collaborated with Congolese artists such as OK Jazz's Franco Luambo Makiadi (La Réponse de Mario, 1988) and Papa Wemba (La Vie est belle, 1989). Associate to Belgian label Crammed Discs, he produced albums by Taraf de Haïdouks, Kocani Orkestar, Zap Mama, Tartit, and published an anthology of early Congolese rumba (Roots Of Rumba-Rock, 1991). He’s also the man behind the Congotronics series which popularized electro-traditional music from the suburbs of Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo) with bands such as Konono n°1 (2005), Kisanzi Kongo, Masanka Sankayi, Basokin (Congotronics 2, 2006) and Kasai Allstars (2008).