World Music Day 2015 - Live TV Show

Live show on NTA Entertainment Abuja, Nigeria
Saturday 20 June 2015, 9-10am
On World Music Day 2015 at the French Institute in Abuja and the Electronic Soundscapes project co-organised by the French Institute Nigeria, French cultural network of Alliances françaises in Nigeria and the Goethe Institut Nigeria.

11:15 - Live DJ Sketch
15:30 - Interview Alice O'Reilly, Cultural Officer at the French Institute of Nigeria
20:10 - Live DJ Kwest and DJ P'JECK
30:30 - Live DJ Bally
35:55 - Interview Afrologic, DJ Java and DJ P'JECK
43:03 - Live DJ Java
50:40 - Live Afrologic

www.institutfrancais-nigeria.com

The annual World Music Day celebration at the French Institute in Abuja has been a sight to behold every year as lovers of music converge to mark the day with funfair.
This year, the Alliance française Lagos, the Institut français du Nigeria and the Goethe-Institut Nigeria have organised a workshop in electronic music aimed at expanding the artistic range of Nigeria’s already booming music scene.

Alongside the traditional music forms and percussion-based style found in its diverse cultural regions, the Nigerian music scene has, over time, been shaped by Western influences from the 50s and 60s (Highlife and Afrobeat) through the 80s and 90s (Hip hop and R & B). At the turn of the millennium, increasingly electronic elements came into the various music styles, which nonetheless retained their traditional rhythmic structures.
Based on its population structure, Nigeria has been able to develop a music industry that is heavily influential on the rest of the continent. However, this dominance of very commercially-oriented musicians has made it increasingly difficult for independent artistes to access a platform for developing artistically-ambitious music. Artists like Keziah Jones, Nneka, Asa, Ade Bantu and others are more successful abroad than in Nigeria and independent music producers and artists don’t have proper support schemes and places to produce and present their musical creativity.

Taking this into consideration 6 Nigerian DJs/electronic music producers have been selected to take part in a 5-day electronic music workshop, labeled “Electronic Soundscapes”.
Facilitated by 3 internationally-renowned producers, Adegboyega Oyedele, (DJ Afrologic; Nigeria), Marko Fürstenberg (Germany) and DJ R-Ash (France), the workshop has took place daily from June 8 to 12, 2015 in Lagos, and has culminated in two concerts – the first in Lagos on Saturday, June 13, 2015 and a second in Abuja on Saturday, June 20 2015 to commemorate World Music Day.

“Electronic soundscapes” is inspired by the 10cities Project, which presented an intersection of club and electronic music between different European and African cities. The workshop is set up within this context and aims to foster artistic interaction among German, French and Nigerian musicians in the area of non-mainstream, independent electronic music. It is a mutually-beneficial exchange for participants and the facilitators and will hopefully improve the skills that participants bring to the session as well as offer a rare opportunity to work with world-class producers from varying backgrounds.

After the conclusion of the project, the aim is to have further exchange sessions and regular events involving Lagos-based DJs in order to generate continuous creative and active input towards this new platform for electronic music. The objective is to establish a network of active DJs/electronic music producers, and identify potential partners for future alternative music projects and establish a sustainable co-operation between Nigerian and European partners.

The 6 DJs selected:
- ADEDOLAPO AINA-MARSHALL // DJ SKETCH (LAGOS)
- BOBAI BALAT // DJ BALLY (LAGOS)
- JAPHET ESSIEN ERAHUYI // DJ KWEST (ABUJA, FCT)
- OLANIYI TEIDI // DJ JAVA (LAGOS)
- OLUWAKEMI FAMUGBODE-ADETULA // IRAWO DRUMLINE (LAGOS)
- PASCAL CHUKWU // PJEGK, PAXKALGUETTA (SULEJA, NIGER STATE)

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