OBÌNRIN NI ÀYÀN ÀGALÚ by DJ Ìràwọ̀

DJ Ìràwọ̀ Music


MUSIC CREATION 

and

MUSIC PERFORMANCES 


At the Modhafest Art in Healing Music Exhibition, USA — Online Performance (2022)

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 



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)


Drum Jamming Ìrawọ̀, also known as Disc Jockey Ìrawọ̀is a Drummer, Songwriter, Singer, Disc Jockey and Recording Artist with DJ Ìrawọ̀ Limited.


DJ Ìrawọ̀'s genre of music is Electro-Dùndún Afrobeats Music which she performs in English, Yorùbá and Pidgin languages. 


Electro-Dùndúncreated 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, Classical, Hip-Hop, Soul, Folk, Rock and High Life. 


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 Talking Drums to a DJ set by 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 2006, 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 hereIn 2024, she performed the new National Anthem at an event. 


As a Drummer, she performs her own songs, folk songs and national anthems of different countries. 


As a Disc Jockey, she performs her own songs and those of other musicians in different genres and languages. She also dances to her mixes.


Choose how you want to experience her talents below:

1.      Drumming: 

A. Drumming as a Music Artist with the Client’s Disc Jockey

B.  Drumming as a Music Artist with the Client’s Music Band

C.  Drumming with DJ Ìràwọ̀’s Yorùbá Drum, Singing and Dance Ensemble — For Yorùbá Cultural Events such as Coronations, Chieftaincies, Yorùbá Religious and Spiritual Worship and events where Yorùbá culture is in focus.

D. Solo National Anthem Rendition of any country in the world on the Dùndún Talking Drum

2.      Disc Jockeying: 

A. Drumming

B.  Dancing

C.  Disc Jockeying


Based on your choice, send a WhatsApp message to fill out her Brand Intake Form

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