MUSIC CREATION, MUSIC PERFORMANCES AND FINE ART EXHIBITIONS
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Obìnrin ni Àyan Agalú Storytelling Performance Art Exhibition
at the John Randle Centre for Yorùbá Culture (2025) |
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DJ Ìràwọ̀, one of the Àyàn Àgalú Amazons, with the Ọọ̀ni of Ifè, Ọba Adéyẹyè Ẹnitàn Ògúnwùsì, (Ọjájá II) at the Àyàn Àgalú Festival, Ilé Ifẹ̀, June 2022 |
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My Disc
Jockey career began at the Electronic Soundscape DJ concert at the Printing
Press, Lagos. It was sponsored and organised by the Goethe Institut, Lagos;
Alliance France, Lagos and the Institut France, Abuja (2015) |
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My Performance Art Exhibition titled, CONNECTED MASTERPIECE, at the rooftop of the City Hall, Lagos Island. It was organised by the Goethe Institut, Lagos (2014) |
Drum Jamming Ìrawọ̀ and
Disc Jockey Ìrawọ̀ is a Drummer, Songwriter, Singer, Disc Jockey, Performing
Artist, Fine Artist and Record Label Executive at DJ Ìrawọ̀ Limited.
Electro-Dùndún, created by DJ Ìràwọ̀, is Conscious Music that blends the rhythmic heartbeat of the Yorùbá Dùndún Talking Drums with the energy of various musical genres such as Electronic Dance Music, Afrobeat, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Soul, Folk, Rock and High Life. It is performed in the English and Yorùbá languages.
Her major musical instruments are the Gángan and Ìyá Ìlù from the Dùndún family of Talking Drums and the DJ Controller.
In 2022, she was interviewed on the BBC Yorùbá.
In 2017, she was interviewed on the BBC UK. She has also been interviewed on several Nigerian television stations, magazines, blogs and newspapers.
In 2015, she pioneered adding the sound of the Dùndún drums to a DJ set and blending live Gángan Talking Drumbeats with her music mixes.
In 2012, she pioneered using the Dùndún Talking Drums as jazz and classical musical instruments. Evidence of this is when she competed with MUSON students at the Christmas Magic music competition organised by the Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON) and Art Colony International, where she won the competition.
In 2005, she pioneered singing the Nigerian National Anthem with the Gángan Talking Drum at an NYSC event in Abuja. She performed the National Anthem again on NTA-E, Abuja in 2015 and at several events. You can watch a video here. In 2024, she performed the new National Anthem at an event.
As a Drummer, Singer and Songwriter, she performs her musical compositions as a Solo Performer and as a Band Performer.
As a Disc Jockey, she performs her own music compositions and those of other musicians in different genres and languages.
As a Fine Artist, she creates Installation Art, Sound Art and Performance Art about Yorùbá history and innovations.
To hire DJ Ìràwọ̀ as a:
1. Drummer
2. Disc Jockey
3. Fine Artist
Send a WhatsApp message to fill out her Intake Form.
Review my Service afterwards.
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