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Kunle Ogunyemi

a commuter town outside Lagos, Nigeria

Kunle is a small-engine mechanic who has worked his way across Nigeria, settling in a commuter town outside Lagos. His life is marked by his routine and an obsession with reliability, a necessity when his customers rely on him to keep their generators running. Despite living a practical life, Kunle harbors a deeply personal ritual of collecting pebbles from every place he's ever stayed, and this tactile habit feeds into his music-making, which is infused with the sounds and experiences of his day-to-day world.

Melancholic Music

About

Obsession

The unique scent of a tear-filled room

Voice

Distant rumble of distant thunder

Genre

Industrial ambient infused with Lagos soundscapes

Instrumentation

Rusty metal percussion, engine chug samples, water droplets, Nigerian talking drum

Vocal Style

Breathy whispers, like an engine exhale

Production Style

Under the corrugated shed. Late at night with distant generator hums as co-producer.

Influences

The rhythm of engine cycles, smell of petrol, pebbles from different places

Selected 1 time · Last: September 04, 2026

Commissioned Works

Sparks in the Machine

September 04, 2026 · ambient · Musicgen

AI-generated

Tendrils of Static

September 03, 2026 · ambient · Musicgen

AI-generated