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.
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