Spearheading a new wave of electronic music originating from Nigeria by way of London, musician/producer/vocalist Leke aka CHiF has been travelling back and forth between his two cities, Lagos and London, continually seeking ways to explore and push the musical envelope. After honing his skills with a variety of artists & productions on both continents, and working for a while as a sound designer in the Nollywood industry, Leke has now pulled all his charms, experiences, fears and vulnerabilities into Ekiti Sound, an impressively eclectic project that speaks to today's music heads, Afropunkers and global diaspora. Recorded in Lagos, Ekiti Sound's debut album Abeg No Vex fuses underground electronic music, fat hip hop drums, rolling African percussion, the vocal variety of Nigerian folklore & pop, and mixes it all in a calabashment of big room party bounce to create a unique and utterly spellbinding sonic-scape. Ekiti Sound's very first live performance will take place at the Trans Musicales Festival in Rennes, France, on Friday Dec. 7. We'll soon be watching a video entitled Oba Oluwa, which was recently shot in Lagos. This is how Leke describes the track: Oba Oluwa is a traditional anecdote/parable that encourages all people to practice forgiveness. Every sinner can be a saint, and every saint can be a sinner. The spry summery hi-life guitars, skip atop the west african percussion driving the vocal by Prince G through curvy, moving synths speeding to a cosmic explosion with a nod to the soundtracks of spaghetti westerns.
