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Oro Esu Shoulder Tote Bag
Price$55.99
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Kabiyesi Sango Shoulder Tote Bag
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Ore Yeye Osun Shoulder Tote Bag
Price$55.99
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Ore Yeye Osun Shoulder Tote Bag
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Oti Wuu Canvas Tote Bag, 5-Color Straps
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This time, @ama_cassette_tapes rewound the room — and pressed play on presence at our last opeenn studio.

A session for the collectors, the listeners, the lovers of tape.

Adey & Bilal Studio Session live and still listening

Shot at RootForm(u)la
Curated by @adeyomotade @emalohi
Production: @Rootformula.C.A

#EmalohiandAdey #openstudio #EmaandAdey #SelloTapes_AmacassetteTapes #AdeyAndBilal #SelloTapes #CassetteCulture #Rootformula #UndergroundIsHome #adeyomotade

This time, @ama_cassette_tapes rewound the room — and pressed play on presence at our last opeenn studio.

A session for the collectors, the listeners, the lovers of tape.

Adey & Bilal Studio Session live and still listening

Shot at RootForm(u)la
Curated by @adeyomotade @emalohi
Production: @Rootformula.C.A

#EmalohiandAdey #openstudio #EmaandAdey #SelloTapes_AmacassetteTapes #AdeyAndBilal #SelloTapes #CassetteCulture #Rootformula #UndergroundIsHome #adeyomotade

The winter collection from Rootformula designed by Adey Omotade merges Yoruba cosmology and contemporary design.

Each piece — Oro Esu, Kabiye Sango, Ore Yeye Osun — transforms story into form, devotion into design.

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SND: Oloye Aikulola Iwondara - Esu

#esu #oroesu #AdeyOmotade #Rootformula #YorubaMythology #WearableArt #AfroModernism #Yoruba #ifa #WinterArmor #ArtToWear

The winter collection from Rootformula designed by Adey Omotade merges Yoruba cosmology and contemporary design.

Each piece — Oro Esu, Kabiye Sango, Ore Yeye Osun — transforms story into form, devotion into design.

SHOP NOW at
www.rootformula.life

SND: Oloye Aikulola Iwondara - Esu

#esu #oroesu #AdeyOmotade #Rootformula #YorubaMythology #WearableArt #AfroModernism #Yoruba #ifa #WinterArmor #ArtToWear

The winter collection from Rootformula designed by Adey Omotade merges Yoruba cosmology and contemporary design.

Each piece — Oro Esu, Kabiye Sango, Ore Yeye Osun — transforms story into form, devotion into design.

SHOP NOW at
www.rootformula.life

SND: Ifagbenusola Owomide Popoola - Oya Ft. Asadoyin

#oya #EriOya #AdeyOmotade #Rootformula #YorubaMythology #WearableArt #AfroModernism #Yoruba #ifa #WinterArmor #ArtToWear #isese #iseselagba

The winter collection from Rootformula designed by Adey Omotade merges Yoruba cosmology and contemporary design.

Each piece — Oro Esu, Kabiye Sango, Ore Yeye Osun — transforms story into form, devotion into design.

SHOP NOW at
www.rootformula.life

SND: Ifagbenusola Owomide Popoola - Oya Ft. Asadoyin

#oya #EriOya #AdeyOmotade #Rootformula #YorubaMythology #WearableArt #AfroModernism #Yoruba #ifa #WinterArmor #ArtToWear #isese #iseselagba

The winter collection from Rootformula designed by Adey Omotade merges Yoruba cosmology and contemporary design.

Each piece — Oro Esu, Kabiye Sango, Ore Yeye Osun — transforms story into form, devotion into design.

SHOP NOW at
www.rootformula.life

SND: Oloye Aikulola Iwondara - Osun

#Osun #OreYeyeOsun #AdeyOmotade #Rootformula #YorubaMythology #WearableArt #AfroModernism #Yoruba #ifa #WinterArmor #ArtToWear

The winter collection from Rootformula designed by Adey Omotade merges Yoruba cosmology and contemporary design.

Each piece — Oro Esu, Kabiye Sango, Ore Yeye Osun — transforms story into form, devotion into design.

SHOP NOW at
www.rootformula.life

SND: Oloye Aikulola Iwondara - Osun

#Osun #OreYeyeOsun #AdeyOmotade #Rootformula #YorubaMythology #WearableArt #AfroModernism #Yoruba #ifa #WinterArmor #ArtToWear

For months we’ve been shaping ideas, sketching futures, and building something we’re finally ready to share.

We’ve opened the doors to www.rootformula.life — the creative practice of Emalohi & Adey Omotade, where design, storytelling, and cultural production meet.

Rootformula is a creative agency and design studio dedicated to visionary campaigns, cultural storytelling, and inclusive community building. It is a house for collaboration, a platform for experiments, and a space for translating heritage into living design.

Explore our work. Discover our designs. Step into the future with us.

#rootformula #rootformulacreativeagency #adeyomotade #emalohi #indigenous #yoruba #iseselagba #orisa #osun #ifa #sango #ogun #oya

For months we’ve been shaping ideas, sketching futures, and building something we’re finally ready to share.

We’ve opened the doors to www.rootformula.life — the creative practice of Emalohi & Adey Omotade, where design, storytelling, and cultural production meet.

Rootformula is a creative agency and design studio dedicated to visionary campaigns, cultural storytelling, and inclusive community building. It is a house for collaboration, a platform for experiments, and a space for translating heritage into living design.

Explore our work. Discover our designs. Step into the future with us.

#rootformula #rootformulacreativeagency #adeyomotade #emalohi #indigenous #yoruba #iseselagba #orisa #osun #ifa #sango #ogun #oya

Niri unfolded in Johannesburg this weekend — a night of film, Q&A, vinyl, and cassette. Grateful to The Resource Gallery, Bilal Da DJ, and Sellotapes_AmaCassetteTapes for weaving into the moment.

Niri unfolded in Johannesburg this weekend — a night of film, Q&A, vinyl, and cassette. Grateful to The Resource Gallery, Bilal Da DJ, and Sellotapes_AmaCassetteTapes for weaving into the moment.

Film. Sound. Archive. Future.

NIRI premieres in Johannesburg — an evening of listening, screening, and conversation.

Featuring: @_bilaldadj & @ama_cassette_tapes

At The Resource Gallery, 10 Melville Mansion, 7h St, Melville.

Date & Time: 20th Sept. | 5pm

( Corkage: R150 for drinks and food is available by @gourmetgimba )

Film. Sound. Archive. Future.

NIRI premieres in Johannesburg — an evening of listening, screening, and conversation.

Featuring: @_bilaldadj & @ama_cassette_tapes

At The Resource Gallery, 10 Melville Mansion, 7h St, Melville.

Date & Time: 20th Sept. | 5pm

( Corkage: R150 for drinks and food is available by @gourmetgimba )

Thank you to everyone who joined us at Emalohi & Adey Open Studio. It was filled with film, conversation, and performances that could not have happened without the amazing artists who collaborated with us @neo_rakgajane @ama_cassette_tapes and Lerato Lichaba.

And a special shout-out to @luckyvinewines and @gourmetgimba for keeping us fed and fueled with the most delicious dumplings, spring rolls, and wine.

Thank you to everyone who joined us at Emalohi & Adey Open Studio. It was filled with film, conversation, and performances that could not have happened without the amazing artists who collaborated with us @neo_rakgajane @ama_cassette_tapes and Lerato Lichaba.

And a special shout-out to @luckyvinewines and @gourmetgimba for keeping us fed and fueled with the most delicious dumplings, spring rolls, and wine.

Rootformula invites you to Emalohi & Adey Open Studio featuring Lerato Lichaba, Neo Trinity Rakgajane, SelloTapes_AmaCassetteTapes and Qü — a gathering of process, experimentation, and performance in dialogue.

In collaboration w/ @luckyvinewines @gourmetgimba

“Save the date.”

To RSVP: theedoycompany@gmail.com

Rootformula invites you to Emalohi & Adey Open Studio featuring Lerato Lichaba, Neo Trinity Rakgajane, SelloTapes_AmaCassetteTapes and Qü — a gathering of process, experimentation, and performance in dialogue.

In collaboration w/ @luckyvinewines @gourmetgimba

“Save the date.”

To RSVP: theedoycompany@gmail.com

Rootformula invites you to an Open Studio featuring Neo Trinity Rakgajane — a gathering of process, experimentation, and performance in dialogue.

“Save the date.”

To RSVP: theedoycompany@gmail.com

Rootformula invites you to an Open Studio featuring Neo Trinity Rakgajane — a gathering of process, experimentation, and performance in dialogue.

“Save the date.”

To RSVP: theedoycompany@gmail.com

Rootformula invites you to an Open Studio featuring SelloTapes_AmaCassetteTapes — a gathering of process, experimentation, and performance in dialogue.

“Save the date.”

To RSVP: theedoycompany@gmail.com

Rootformula invites you to an Open Studio featuring SelloTapes_AmaCassetteTapes — a gathering of process, experimentation, and performance in dialogue.

“Save the date.”

To RSVP: theedoycompany@gmail.com

Rootformula invites you to an Open Studio featuring Lerato Lichaba — a gathering of process, experimentation, and performance in dialogue.

“Save the date.”

To RSVP: theedoycompany@gmail.com

Rootformula invites you to an Open Studio featuring Lerato Lichaba — a gathering of process, experimentation, and performance in dialogue.

“Save the date.”

To RSVP: theedoycompany@gmail.com

@makhenegontse ⁠- Magadimanantweng

Intimate. Direct. Every strike a story.

Adey & Bilal Studio Sessions — still listening.

Shot at @emalohi Studio
Curated by @adeyomotade & @_bilaldadj Production: @rootformula

#Gontse #StudioSessions #AdeyAndBilal #Rootformula #ListeningPractice #adeyomotade #bilaldadj

@makhenegontse ⁠- Magadimanantweng

Intimate. Direct. Every strike a story.

Adey & Bilal Studio Sessions — still listening.

Shot at @emalohi Studio
Curated by @adeyomotade & @_bilaldadj Production: @rootformula

#Gontse #StudioSessions #AdeyAndBilal #Rootformula #ListeningPractice #adeyomotade #bilaldadj

Sound as sculpture.
with @djbob206 dialed in, tuned us out.
Another chapter in the frequency archive.
Adey & Bilal Studio Session, — still listening.

Shot at @niroxfoundation
Curated by @adeyomotade & @_bilaldadj
Production: @rootformula

#StudioSessions #AdeyAndBilal #BilalDaDJ #ListeningPractice #Rootformula

Sound as sculpture.
with @djbob206 dialed in, tuned us out.
Another chapter in the frequency archive.
Adey & Bilal Studio Session, — still listening.

Shot at @niroxfoundation
Curated by @adeyomotade & @_bilaldadj
Production: @rootformula

#StudioSessions #AdeyAndBilal #BilalDaDJ #ListeningPractice #Rootformula

Known for his full arsenal of percussion, @makhenegontse ⁠came stripped back — just him and the djembe.

Intimate. Direct. Every strike a story.
Adey & Bilal Studio Sessions — still listening.

Shot at @emalohi Studio
Curated by @adeyomotade & @_bilaldadj Production: @rootformula

#Gontse #StudioSessions #AdeyAndBilal #Rootformula #ListeningPractice #adeyomotade #BilalDaDJ

Known for his full arsenal of percussion, @makhenegontse ⁠came stripped back — just him and the djembe.

Intimate. Direct. Every strike a story.
Adey & Bilal Studio Sessions — still listening.

Shot at @emalohi Studio
Curated by @adeyomotade & @_bilaldadj Production: @rootformula

#Gontse #StudioSessions #AdeyAndBilal #Rootformula #ListeningPractice #adeyomotade #BilalDaDJ

Sound as sculpture.
@_bilaldadj dialed in, tuned us out.
Another chapter in the frequency archive.
Adey & Bilal Studio Sessions — still listening.

Shot at @emalohi Studio
Curated by @adeyomotade & @_bilaldadj
Production: @rootformula

#StudioSessions #AdeyAndBilal #BilalDaDJ #ListeningPractice #Rootformula

Sound as sculpture.
@_bilaldadj dialed in, tuned us out.
Another chapter in the frequency archive.
Adey & Bilal Studio Sessions — still listening.

Shot at @emalohi Studio
Curated by @adeyomotade & @_bilaldadj
Production: @rootformula

#StudioSessions #AdeyAndBilal #BilalDaDJ #ListeningPractice #Rootformula

Lerato — folk guitarist, sonic weaver.
BilalDaDJ — selector, space sculptor.
Together, they mapped a shared rhythm in real time.
From indigenous strings to future echoes.

Adey & Bilal Studio Sessions — something beautiful is brewing.

Shot at @emalohi Studio
Production: @rootformula

#LeratoLive #BilalDaDJ #AdeyAndBilal #CollaborationIsCulture #Rootformula

Lerato — folk guitarist, sonic weaver.
BilalDaDJ — selector, space sculptor.
Together, they mapped a shared rhythm in real time.
From indigenous strings to future echoes.

Adey & Bilal Studio Sessions — something beautiful is brewing.

Shot at @emalohi Studio
Production: @rootformula

#LeratoLive #BilalDaDJ #AdeyAndBilal #CollaborationIsCulture #Rootformula

Designer. Podcaster. DJ.
@neo_rakgajane debut at Adey & Bilal Studio Sessions was more than a set — it was a statement
Multidisciplinary. Unfiltered. Rooted.

This one felt different.

Stay close.

Adey & Bilal Studio Sessions.
Shot at @emalohi Studio
Curated by ⁠@adeyomotade & ⁠@_bilaldadj
Production: @rootformula

Adey&Bilal Studio Session Designed by @neotrinityrakgajane @neo_rakgajane

#NeoTrinity #AdeyAndBilal #rootformula #neorakgajane #adeyomotade #bilaldadj #nativeinstrumentstraktor

Designer. Podcaster. DJ.
@neo_rakgajane debut at Adey & Bilal Studio Sessions was more than a set — it was a statement
Multidisciplinary. Unfiltered. Rooted.

This one felt different.

Stay close.

Adey & Bilal Studio Sessions.
Shot at @emalohi Studio
Curated by ⁠@adeyomotade & ⁠@_bilaldadj
Production: @rootformula

Adey&Bilal Studio Session Designed by @neotrinityrakgajane @neo_rakgajane

#NeoTrinity #AdeyAndBilal #rootformula #neorakgajane #adeyomotade #bilaldadj #nativeinstrumentstraktor

Lerato — folk guitarist, sonic weaver.
BilalDaDJ — selector, space sculptor.
Together, they mapped a shared rhythm in real time.
From indigenous strings to future echoes.

Adey & Bilal Studio Sessions — something beautiful is brewing.

Shot at @emalohi Studio
Production: @rootformula

#LeratoLive #BilalDaDJ #AdeyAndBilal #CollaborationIsCulture #Rootformula

Lerato — folk guitarist, sonic weaver.
BilalDaDJ — selector, space sculptor.
Together, they mapped a shared rhythm in real time.
From indigenous strings to future echoes.

Adey & Bilal Studio Sessions — something beautiful is brewing.

Shot at @emalohi Studio
Production: @rootformula

#LeratoLive #BilalDaDJ #AdeyAndBilal #CollaborationIsCulture #Rootformula

@kho_b_one joined Adey & Bilal Studio Sessions for the first time.

Like Bilal before him, he reached into the vault —

A set shaped by music from Adey’s vault.

We’re still listening.

Shot at @emalohi Studio
Curated by @adeyomotade
Production: @rootformula

#AdeyAndBilal #KhobeOnDeck #StudioFirsts #RootformulaCreative

@kho_b_one joined Adey & Bilal Studio Sessions for the first time.

Like Bilal before him, he reached into the vault —

A set shaped by music from Adey’s vault.

We’re still listening.

Shot at @emalohi Studio
Curated by @adeyomotade
Production: @rootformula

#AdeyAndBilal #KhobeOnDeck #StudioFirsts #RootformulaCreative

Adey & Bilal Studio Session Live

featuring Qü @lastnamestartswithq @justmusicsa — live in the studio.

No rehearsal, just resonance, and simply authentic.

Song: Ndenzeni Na

Shot in @emalohi Studio

Curated by Adey & Bilal
@_bilaldadj @adeyomotade

Production: Rootformula Creative Agency
Sound by @_bilaldadj

#StudioSessions #AdeyAndBilal #BilalDaDJ #AdeyOmotade #UndergroundIsHome #StudioSessions #AdeyAndBilal #QüLive #BilalDaDJ #Rootformula.c.a #Korg #UndergroundIsHome

Adey & Bilal Studio Session Live

featuring Qü @lastnamestartswithq @justmusicsa — live in the studio.

No rehearsal, just resonance, and simply authentic.

Song: Ndenzeni Na

Shot in @emalohi Studio

Curated by Adey & Bilal
@_bilaldadj @adeyomotade

Production: Rootformula Creative Agency
Sound by @_bilaldadj

#StudioSessions #AdeyAndBilal #BilalDaDJ #AdeyOmotade #UndergroundIsHome #StudioSessions #AdeyAndBilal #QüLive #BilalDaDJ #Rootformula.c.a #Korg #UndergroundIsHome

This time, @_bilaldadj took the reins — curating the sound and sculpting the space.
A slow burn. A deep cut. A room tuned to frequency.
Adey & Bilal Studio Sessions — still listening.

Shot at @emalohi Studio
Curated by @adeyomotade & @_bilaldadj
Production: @rootformula

#StudioSessions #AdeyAndBilal #BilalDaDJ #UndergroundIsHome #rootformula

This time, @_bilaldadj took the reins — curating the sound and sculpting the space.
A slow burn. A deep cut. A room tuned to frequency.
Adey & Bilal Studio Sessions — still listening.

Shot at @emalohi Studio
Curated by @adeyomotade & @_bilaldadj
Production: @rootformula

#StudioSessions #AdeyAndBilal #BilalDaDJ #UndergroundIsHome #rootformula

Adey & Bilal Studio Session II

featuring Qü @lastnamestartswithq @justmusicsa — live in the studio for the first time.

No rehearsal, just resonance, and simply authentic.

Shot in @emalohi Studio

Curated by Adey & Bilal
@_bilaldadj @adeyomotade

Production: Rootformula Creative Agency
Sound by @_bilaldadj

#StudioSessions #AdeyAndBilal #BilalDaDJ #AdeyOmotade #UndergroundIsHome #StudioSessions #AdeyAndBilal #QüLive #BilalDaDJ #Rootformula.c.a #Korg #UndergroundIsHome

Adey & Bilal Studio Session II

featuring Qü @lastnamestartswithq @justmusicsa — live in the studio for the first time.

No rehearsal, just resonance, and simply authentic.

Shot in @emalohi Studio

Curated by Adey & Bilal
@_bilaldadj @adeyomotade

Production: Rootformula Creative Agency
Sound by @_bilaldadj

#StudioSessions #AdeyAndBilal #BilalDaDJ #AdeyOmotade #UndergroundIsHome #StudioSessions #AdeyAndBilal #QüLive #BilalDaDJ #Rootformula.c.a #Korg #UndergroundIsHome

Recorded live in the mountains of Mandagout, France — this set journeys through ambient grooves, Afro-spiritual textures, and improvised transitions.

Curated by Adey Omotade
Production: Rootformula Creative Agency

Insta: @adeyomotade
@playlistersbyadey
@adeyomotadevevo8783
@rootformula

Youtube link:

https://youtu.be/f90mMh3Tymc?si=_jISsC3EUYMuvyCC

#liveset #adeyomotade #mandagout

Recorded live in the mountains of Mandagout, France — this set journeys through ambient grooves, Afro-spiritual textures, and improvised transitions.

Curated by Adey Omotade
Production: Rootformula Creative Agency

Insta: @adeyomotade
@playlistersbyadey
@adeyomotadevevo8783
@rootformula

Youtube link:

https://youtu.be/f90mMh3Tymc?si=_jISsC3EUYMuvyCC

#liveset #adeyomotade #mandagout

This session wasn’t rehearsed. It was revealed.
Live with Adey & Itai Hakim was an experiment in shared process, rooted in sonic trust and cultural memory.

The stage dissolved.
We became the ressonance.

Curated by Adey Omotade
Production: Rootformula Creative Agency
Live Process by Itai Hakim

Insta: @itaihakim1205
@AdeyOmotade
@adeyomotadevevo8783
@rootformula

Youtube link:

https://youtu.be/izt6v6tSPQc?si=UvXOXog4aPMOSVRX

#LiveExperiment #AdeyAndItai #AdeyOmotade #ItaiHakim #ProcessOverPerformance #SoundAsCollaboration

This session wasn’t rehearsed. It was revealed.
Live with Adey & Itai Hakim was an experiment in shared process, rooted in sonic trust and cultural memory.

The stage dissolved.
We became the ressonance.

Curated by Adey Omotade
Production: Rootformula Creative Agency
Live Process by Itai Hakim

Insta: @itaihakim1205
@AdeyOmotade
@adeyomotadevevo8783
@rootformula

Youtube link:

https://youtu.be/izt6v6tSPQc?si=UvXOXog4aPMOSVRX

#LiveExperiment #AdeyAndItai #AdeyOmotade #ItaiHakim #ProcessOverPerformance #SoundAsCollaboration

The first Adey & Bilal Studio Session is complete.
What began with an open crate and an invitation to @bilaldadj has grown into something deeper — a space to listen, reflect, and gather through sound.

Now co-hosted, this studio series offers an intimate experience grounded in shared frequency, analog warmth, and intentional selection.
A home for the underground, curated with care and powered by listening.

@nativeinstruments & @nativeinstrumentsza

Curated by Adey & Bilal
Production: Rootformula Creative Agency
Sound by Bilal

@_bilaldadj
@adeyomotade
@rootformula

Youtube link:

https://youtu.be/VpiYUHiWFJE?feature=shared

#StudioSessions #AdeyAndBilal #BilalDaDJ #AdeyOmotade #RootForm(u)la #UndergroundIsHome #NativeInstruments

The first Adey & Bilal Studio Session is complete.
What began with an open crate and an invitation to @bilaldadj has grown into something deeper — a space to listen, reflect, and gather through sound.

Now co-hosted, this studio series offers an intimate experience grounded in shared frequency, analog warmth, and intentional selection.
A home for the underground, curated with care and powered by listening.

@nativeinstruments & @nativeinstrumentsza

Curated by Adey & Bilal
Production: Rootformula Creative Agency
Sound by Bilal

@_bilaldadj
@adeyomotade
@rootformula

Youtube link:

https://youtu.be/VpiYUHiWFJE?feature=shared

#StudioSessions #AdeyAndBilal #BilalDaDJ #AdeyOmotade #RootForm(u)la #UndergroundIsHome #NativeInstruments

Virtual Open Studio @emalohi

Virtual Open Studio @emalohi

Illuminating the liminal space between the ancestral plane and our world through multimedia installation works, nontraditional concert experiences, and sound interventions, my works activate imagination around new ways of embracing the ancient practices of the Ifa Corpus in a heavily burdened contemporary world.

Performance of the track ‘Ifa’ from my first album “NIRI” at Mike Adenuga Centre, Alliance France, Ikoyi, Lagos Nigeria

Dec 2021.

Illuminating the liminal space between the ancestral plane and our world through multimedia installation works, nontraditional concert experiences, and sound interventions, my works activate imagination around new ways of embracing the ancient practices of the Ifa Corpus in a heavily burdened contemporary world.

Performance of the track ‘Ifa’ from my first album “NIRI” at Mike Adenuga Centre, Alliance France, Ikoyi, Lagos Nigeria

Dec 2021.

My name is Adey Omotade @adeyomotade.

I am a composer, sound conceptualist, drummer and artist from Osogbo, Nigeria. I meld traditional Yoruba beats with electronic production techniques to tilt the nexus of contemporary music based on the Ifa Corpus; as a means of cultural preservation and identity formation.

The Ifa Corpus is the cultural heritage and knowledge system of Yoruba people - one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa and 36 countries including Cuba. The binary counting system used by computers originated from the Ifa Corpus. Radiocarbon dating places the “classical” period of Yorùbá art around AD 1000-1400. Colonialism, globalization and religious pressures – has led to the decline in the preservation of this knowledge system.

For the past seventeen years, I have been in training with my father- an Ifa Priest; gathering and collecting sounds, beats, and orations, observing and learning the secrets and traditions of the Ifa Corpus.

I share this knowledge through music by merging digital and analog music techniques and technologies to create a new sound which my wife- Emalohi @emalohi has named “POST AFROBEAT.”

POST AFROBEAT merges my contemporary, electronic and digital compositions with archival materials, with time honored cultural and musical materials.

My goal is to increase the visibility of the Ifa Corpus through music, dance, performance and rituals from the first Odu (verse) of the corpus to the last one (which is infinity).

Aboru Aboye!!!

My second album IRIN AAJO is out now on all platforms.

My name is Adey Omotade @adeyomotade.

I am a composer, sound conceptualist, drummer and artist from Osogbo, Nigeria. I meld traditional Yoruba beats with electronic production techniques to tilt the nexus of contemporary music based on the Ifa Corpus; as a means of cultural preservation and identity formation.

The Ifa Corpus is the cultural heritage and knowledge system of Yoruba people - one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa and 36 countries including Cuba. The binary counting system used by computers originated from the Ifa Corpus. Radiocarbon dating places the “classical” period of Yorùbá art around AD 1000-1400. Colonialism, globalization and religious pressures – has led to the decline in the preservation of this knowledge system.

For the past seventeen years, I have been in training with my father- an Ifa Priest; gathering and collecting sounds, beats, and orations, observing and learning the secrets and traditions of the Ifa Corpus.

I share this knowledge through music by merging digital and analog music techniques and technologies to create a new sound which my wife- Emalohi @emalohi has named “POST AFROBEAT.”

POST AFROBEAT merges my contemporary, electronic and digital compositions with archival materials, with time honored cultural and musical materials.

My goal is to increase the visibility of the Ifa Corpus through music, dance, performance and rituals from the first Odu (verse) of the corpus to the last one (which is infinity).

Aboru Aboye!!!

My second album IRIN AAJO is out now on all platforms.

Emalohi and Adey.
Powder your head with lyerosun for the enemies to be filled with melancholy
They declared that every day, the Ifa of this person always foresee Ire
Ifa’s message for Orunmila
When he was going to the life of longevity
He was advised to offer ebo
He complied
The hair on the head of all the old people is white and feeble
Otura had truly collect lye. Ase.

Emalohi and Adey.
Powder your head with lyerosun for the enemies to be filled with melancholy
They declared that every day, the Ifa of this person always foresee Ire
Ifa’s message for Orunmila
When he was going to the life of longevity
He was advised to offer ebo
He complied
The hair on the head of all the old people is white and feeble
Otura had truly collect lye. Ase.

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