The truth remains that there’s a community for every niche you could be in Lagos. If you’re into songs about trees, or films about phone cases, you just have to do a TikTok search to find hundreds of other people who are into the same life genre as you are in Lagos.
This might be the reason it wasn’t a shocker when Nigerian Lagosians began to hold raves and house music gatherings in Lagos. All the way from the busy roads of Oshodi, to the sea breeze of the Eko Atlantic coast, there are house music lovers lurking around in the corners, waiting for a rave announcement to ignite their party spirits.
It would be ingratitude if we didn’t attribute a good chunk of the reason this house music invasion has happened to the internet. The ability to easily access music and sounds from all over the globe hasn’t only put afrobeats on the global stage as is the popular opinion, it has also given Nigerians a platform to enjoy rhythms from different cultures of the world, including house music.
Although disguised as afro-house or South African house music for the longest, house in Lagos has finally taken its full form; spurring the emergence of more house music gatherings in the city.
Today, Lagos has rave communities like Tamba with Ifeme, Element House, Sweat It Out, Group Therapy, Sunday Service plus others who take pride in playing core House sets by the city’s leading nightlife disk jockeys.
Some familiar creators are Axara, Yosa, Ifeme C.S, Gbenga of DogHouse TV, Aniko, Sensei LO, Sons of Ubuntu, WEAREALLCHEMICALS, alongside a good number of others.
As the scene continues to flourish, it further proves the dynamism and variety of listenership in Lagos and the endless possibilities therein.
Itty can be caught studying African pop culture, writing about it or hosting a relationship podcast. When he's not doing any of these, then he's definitely at a bar, getting mocktail.
