Nigerian-born music celebrity, enterprise visionary and worldwide nomad Mr Eazi has introduced the formation of a brand new pan-African music group, Choplife Soundsystem.
The group may also encompass UK-based, Kenyan-born afrobeats selector and tastemaker DJ Edu, as its resident DJ, together with an off-the-cuff crew of contributing DJs, artists and producers from throughout the continent. Mr Eazi would be the main vocalist on Choplife Soundsystem recordings, and also will function its MC — or Minister of Enjoyment— at stay occasions.
Choplife Soundsystem derives its identify from the favored West African pidgin slang phrase chop life, which means “enjoy life,” together with the normal soundsystems which might be the spine of Jamaican music tradition.
In Jamaican parlance, a soundsystem is a cell crew of DJs and MCs, sometimes financed by a distinguished native businessperson, who current music collectively at public occasions, corresponding to avenue events, golf equipment and festivals.
Tastemakers.
“I’m going back to where I started from, hosting the biggest parties at uni,” Mr Eazi says. “That’s how I started singing. I am looking forward to this new and fun ride, and I can’t wait for all the music to start dropping and the accompanying live experience”
Recent years have seen worldwide outfits like producer Diplo’s Major Lazer undertaking put their very own spin on the format, functioning as each creators and performers of authentic music, in addition to a tastemaking DJ crew.
With Choplife Soundsystem, the always-visionary Mr Eazi is placing a contemporary, African twist on soundsystem tradition, incorporating genres like amapiano and afrobeats to curate the last word African occasion expertise— each on authentic studio recordings and at curated stay occasions.
Inspired to take the vibe and spirit of his profitable Ghana vacation occasion Detty Rave on the street, Mr Eazi “soft launched” Choplife Soundsystem with occasions in Cotonou, Benin; Stockholm, Sweden; and Kigali, Rwanda, in 2022.
Mr Eazi will announce additional particulars about #ChoplifeSoundsystem, together with new music releases, partnerships and stay occasions, later this Spring.
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