THE JUKEBOX INDIE ARTISTS, PRODUCERS AND DJS REVIEW: EDAOTO AND THE AFROGENIUS A BAND FULL OF POSITIVE ENERGY ..

Friday 15 April 2016

EDAOTO AND THE AFROGENIUS A BAND FULL OF POSITIVE ENERGY ..

Multiple-award winning Edaoto and the Afrogenius Band is led by Agbeniyi Edaoto; a 7pc band that plays a genre of music called Afrobeat. It is a music that has over the years ascended the apex of world music chart because of its originality- propagation of African aesthetics and a blend of intellectual engagement that has culminated into a strong subset of world culture.

Since the band was established a decade ago, we have traversed the length and breadth of West Africa nations performing our art to standing ovations. A few of the fora in the culture calendar of Nigeria at which we have become a regular performer are: French Cultural Center - Nigeria Television Authority’s 2009 World Music Day celebration; we were part of the team of artistes that performed at the opening ceremony of the under 17 FIFA World Cup Nigeria 2010, French Cultural Center Showcase 2003, Goethe Institu- French Cultural Center’s 2011 World Music Day celebration; Ife Poetry Festivals, NaiJazz 2008, WordSlam’s Festivals and Edaoto was an international guest at the Harare Int. Festival of the Art (HIFA2012) Zimbabwe; Yoruba Youth Congress, 2012, Detriot, MI, US. Bayimba International Festival of the Art, Kampala, Uganda 2012. The Band is also a regular performer at the yearly Felabration Festival. A nice outing of the Band was also recorded on the tour of Ethiopia (Dec 2013 – Jan 2014). Lagos Life Series- an evening of Afrobeat performance by our band comes up every second Saturdays of the month and ROWE (Rockin-On With Edaoto) at Freedom Park, Lagos on first Thursday of every month. Every second Sundays is also a date with Edaoto and The Afrogenius Band at MojuBar, Ikeja Lagos.

Our Afrobeat songs have over the years become that of household, favoured by all and sundry. Our fans following continue to expand at unbelievable digits. This pedigree was entirely the outcome of our finesse and display of true understanding of the Afrobeat genre.

Indeed, our band has since transcended a commentary once made some five years ago by an art critic that says: “Edaoto and the Afrogenius Band is a bomb awaiting explosion” the Guardian Newspaper. We have not only blossomed, we are flourishing.

Desola Ajayi (Band Manager)

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