Ekiti Sound

There exists ritual music that Ekiti Sound has combined for his debut album 'Abeg No Vex' with low bass frequencies, dubstep, hip hop, funky house plus wild rhythm loops, to form a beguiling amalgam of limitless electronic dance music.

A sound collage, full of influences from both worlds – the West African and primarily British sound systems. Some things feel a little raw and disturbing, but it is precisely the wild digital sound shifts that create the appeal of the music of Ekiti Sound and make it special.

It’s a starkly original record, built up of layered musical histories, papered over one another into a messy, exhilarating collage of sounds.

Abeg No Vex won the German Music Critics Award in the category "Electronic & Experimental"

Featuring Nneka, Ladipoe, ShowDemCamp, Debbie Ohiri, Prince G & Wura Samba.

Getting ready to begin work on his second album, Ekiti Sound is now keen to reflect on the process that got him to this moment, and underlines the four pillars of ABEG NO VEX: culture, love, identity and family.

The record speaks to a multiplicity of perspectives and places.

In language, for one, it slides from Yoruba, to pidgin and English – spoken, rapped or sung – sometimes in the course of one song. It’s fragmented and unified all at once, cohesive in its celebration of difference.

#culture #love #identity #family