SF/Arts Curator Insight

If you’ve never heard of KOKOKO!, you’re about to. The experimental electronic outfit hails from Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where they turn scrap materials into homemade instruments that they bring around the world. The band refers to their combo of raucous percussion, driving analog synths, and vocalist Makara Bianko’s shouts as 'tekno kintuen’ or ‘zagué.’ Catch them at Rickshaw Stop—where else but the funkiest DIY venue in town?