mokeyanju 1hr Set for Blinky Bill's 'We Cut Keys II' Album Listening Party 
Venue: Westlands Mall Rooftop, Nairobi, Kenya 
Recorded in January 2024

Nairobi: We Cut Keys II Listening Party Set

N.D.W. is a self-produced experimental soundscape incorporating associative dramatic sound from Nollywood movies and soundbites/voices collected from Obalende bus stop, taxi drivers and friends after a hiatus from the Lagos club scene. The topics explored in N.D.W. range from culture, class, social negligence and how Lagos' lifestyle has birthed "Lekki:  The Vampire Estate" (Nollywood title?)
Fusing voices, synthetic sounds and dialogues from (not-so) random conversations in Lagos with Nollywood soundbites, this haptic audio experience creates a mystical entourage of sound waves in the context of wahala-situations in everyday Lagos.  
 
N.D.W. is a homage to a specific Nollywood sound effect - the one when magic (juju) is about to happen. Alluding to synergy effects N.D.W. transforms sounds perceived as daunting into a karmic, meditative and mystic commentary.  

by Jumoke Adeyanju aka mokeyanju

NDW non-disruptive wahala - a nollywood cynergy

mokeyanju presents an afrocentric genre-sprawling vinyl mix inspired by the trilogy of past, present and future: The phantasma of the flying Africans, demarcation of spaces and aspiring diasporic moon landings. A continuity of spirit from Fùjí to Ndombolo, Barbados to Mali, The Temptations to Gil Scott Heron's prophetic poetry.

commissioned for: SOAS Radio
cover artwork: @mokeyanju

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DJ Sets 2023:
26/01: Vinyl DJ & Researcher, MARKK Museum Hamburg
15/02: DJ, Brechtfestival, City Club Augsburg
5/05-15/05: Sound Artist/DJ, Sound Lab, Accra Ghana
25/05: DJ, Alterral Take Over, HÖR Berlin
04/06: DJ, O Quilombismo, HKW Berlin

DJ Sets 2021:
16/4: African Diaspora Summit | OMEK Virtual Event (vinyl only)
13/08: Sonic Echo, LOCH Wuppertal (vinyl only)
11/09: IN*VISION Festival, Brandenburg 
21/9: Picnic FM, Z/KU Berlin
28/10: Mobile FM x Floating University, THF Radio
05/11:  FLWRS w/ Ghostpoet, Mandel & Edna Martinez, SAVVY Contemporary (vinyl only)
12/11:   Wahalaa, London (vinyl only)


DJ Sets 2020:
11/9 Archiving the Mo(ve)ment, ACUD Berlin (vinyl only)

DJ Set 2019 II:
21/5  The Zombie House, Brooklyn NYC
25/5 Afro x Pop Festival, Odonien Cologne
03/7 Afro x Pop Conference, Berghain Berlin 
10/8  Pungwe Nights w/ Chi, SNO, Radio Hobo, Berlin (vinyl only)
31/8  IN*VISION Festival Brandenburg
23/11  Kionjo Party, Moonshine Bar Mombasa, Kenya (vinyl only)
29/11  EA Wave's High Tide, K! Klubhouse, Nairobi Kenya (vinyl only)

short bio:
mokeyanju is a passionate dancer, writer, DJ/Vinyl-Selector. She is heavily inﬂuenced by Detroit’s Hip Hop and House legacy, Fuji, Highlife, Ndombolo and percussive music. Her broad interest in East African and Caribbean culture led her to collect records from Trinidad & Tobago, Tanzania, Kenya, Congo and beyond - discovering Calypso, Zanzibarian Taarab, Benga, Soukous as well as contemporary East African producers and sounds. mokeyanju plays sets which translates her personal journey in music. Her versatile style covers ranges from jazz-infused afrobeat, deep house, disco vibes to dilla-inspired hip hop beats, and wavy afro-fusion sounds. She has played memorable sets in uncommon corners of the world: PUNGWE in Joburg, Backyard in Lagos, YAASAA Launch in Accra, BAK AH YARD in Point Fortin (Trinidad) and at several exclusive house parties in Berlin.

Formerly:
YAASAA | Radio Host: @Yaasaa
more episodes available via BCR_radio:
https://www.mixcloud.com/discover/yaasaa/ 

Booking Inquiries: mokeyanju@gmail.com

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