Abele is an artistic collective formed with the intention of creating immersive works inviting to experience art with all the senses: from vision to hearing, from smell to taste and even touch.

Comprised of six people – Uthman Wahab (visual artist), Adey Omotade (musician artist), Nyancho Nwanri (videographer), Renee & Seun (food artist duo) & Emalohi Iruobe (storyteller) – each iteration of the project will showcase creative energy unusual to which each artist will respond in their own way, creating an overall artistic experience.

Pairing modern production with Nneka’s delicate vocals, ‘With You’ is an emotion-driven ballad with love and loss at its heart. The accompanying official video, which includes a guest star performance from fellow musician, Adey Omotade, provides a visual interpretation of these emotions, depicting scenes in a breakdown of a relationship interspersed with dramatic and sultry landscapes. ‘With You’ follows recent singles ‘This Life’, ‘Yahweh’, ‘Tea?’ and ‘Love Supreme’, tracks that broke Nneka’s five-year musical hiatus.

A root bass, along with a rugged percussionist, hypnotic guitarist, conceptual drummer and an eclectic vocalist all walk into a Lagos bar. Each bringing to the space a unique sense of sound, soul and superstitious color. Skata Vibration is Adey, Jad, Laughter and Stiques. They describe themselves as ‘a bunch of underground musicians jamming’.

They have been performing and working the local scene of Lagos for the past 7 years, rhythmically moving limbs and souls with their psychedelic, afro-beat sounds that pay homage to traditional afro-rock of the 60s and Fela Kuti’s afro-beat.

Arthouse Foundation is hosting Adey Omotade in a performance of ‘soundscape and fontscape’ loftily entitled Fifth Eye.

The opening event is 2pm on Saturday, September 28, 2019, at 28 Norman Williams Street in Ikoyi.

Arthouse says the show “is a blend of classic unforgotten music and curated electronic sound, featuring historical live recordings of Nigerian traditional music, in a visionary mix of open pentatonic scales from around the world and other peculiar sounds captured around the city of Lagos”.

The project also includes a series of projections of Omotade’s fontscape series, where the artist infuses typography and graphic design as a conduit for representing the energy of Lagos.

This presentation includes an open session with friends on Sunday, September 28-29th, at 2 PM.

The project will travel to the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France, for a presentation on October 24, 2019.

In 2019, Brymo teamed up with a group of friends – guitarist Jad Moukarim, drummer Adey Omotade, and bassist Laughter – to form an alternative rock band which they named A.A.A. Their debut project was an eponymous EP, with vocals primarily supplied by the “Prick No Get Shoulder” crooner.

Leftovers: An Almajir project is an immersive installation by artist Native Maqari, created during his three-month artist residency in Lagos. Incorporating sculptural installation, video, photography and live performance, this project is a culmination of a collaboration between the artist and Qudus Onikeku and Simon Rouby, as well as musicians Brymo, Adey Omotade and Jose Mohammed.

A neo-jazz band that forms its sound from the urban space it was conceived in. “Sophisticatedly Easy” in its look and sound, “The Fridge” has few counter parts and many have failed to imitate them. These musicians are young yet create mature music. Their unconventional approach to the iconic genre of jazz is both risky and refreshing. Pushing the envelope and fusing together jazz, African folk and soul sounds.