Emmanuel Abiodun Adedoyin

ADONIY IS THE REVEREND PRINCE EMMANUEL ABIODUN ADEDOYIN. HE IS A MUSICIAN OF INTERNATIONAL UNDERGROUND REKNOWN, A SELF TAUGHT AND SELF TRAINED MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST: A VOCALIST, GUITARIST, BASSIST, KEYBOARD PLAYER AND DRUM PROGRAMMER, SOUND ENGINEER, VIDEO MAKER, PHOTOGRAPHER AND MUSIC PRODUCER. HE COMES FROM AN AFFLUENT NIGERIAN BACKGROUND AND ATTENDED SOME OF THE BEST ENGLISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, AN ECLECTIC THINKER AND AN EVENTUAL STUDENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY.

AS A CHILD HE HAD A GREAT INTEREST IN THE MUSIC OF CURTIS MAYFIELD, JAMES BROWN, MINNIE RIPERTON, ISSAC HAYES, BARRY WHITE AND THE JACKSON FIVE. EVEN THOUGH HE HAD ACCESS TO MAGAZINES OF THAT TIME SUCH AS FAB 208 AND THE RADIO LUXEMBOURG OFFICIAL MAGAZINE, THE ONLY ROCK MUSIC AVAILABLE IN WEST AFRICA WHERE HE GREW UP WAS OFTEN TO BE FOUND ON COMPILATION ALBUMS. HE TOOK INTEREST IN THE MUSIC OF THE BEATLES, JIMI HENDRIX AND LED ZEPPELIN.

HE ALSO HEARD SMALL SNIPPETS FROM THE SWEET, THE BAY CITY ROLLERS AND FLINTLOCK. TRAVELLING TO POINTS BEYOND AFRICA IN HIS CHILDHOOD, HIS MUSICAL INTERESTS EXPANDED AND HE STARTED SONGWRITING. HE EXCELLED IN COMPOSITION OF MUSIC AND IN THEATRICAL DRAMA IN HIS JUNIOR SCHOOL DAYS, FEATURING IN THE LEAD ROLE IN THE PLAY "JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOUR DREAMCOAT" IN A SCHOOL PRODUCTION.

IN SECONDARY SCHOOL HE FOUND HIMSELF BEING CALLED UPON TO TAKE THE DUTIES OF DISC JOCKEY AT SCHOOL SOCIAL EVENTS AND VACATION HOUSE PARTIES, TAKING THE DJ NAME Du FUNK AND TheRoadSHOW PRODUCTIONS. UPON MOVING TO THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR HIS HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATES HE HAD GREATER ACCESS TO MUSIC OF THE BANDS HE HAD READ ABOUT IN HIS CHILDHOOD MUSIC MAGAZINES. BANDS LIKE ASIA, JOURNEY, PINK FLOYD, THE SMITHS, FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM, THE CULT, LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH, DEEP PURPLE, AC/DC, RUSH AND THE LIKE WERE MORE WITHIN REACH.

HIS INTEREST IN KEYBOARD BASED MUSIC WAS ALSO NOURISHED. BANDS LIKE ULTRAVOX, THOMAS BOLBY, CABARET VOLTAIRE, KRAFTWERK, GARY NUMAN AND THE TUBEWAY ARMY, HEAVEN 17, THE BRITISH ELECTRIC FOUNDATION, JAPAN AND JEAN-MICHEL JARRE WERE ALSO STAPLES ON HIS MUSIC PLAYERS. THE RISE OF THE LIKES OF CAMEO, PRINCE, EARTH WIND AND FIRE, GUY, BOBBY BROWN, NWA AND PUBLIC ENEMY MADE A DIRECTION IN HIS MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT VERY CLEAR.

HE COLLABORATED WITH VARIOUS MUSICIANS IN DOING COVERS, SESSIONS, ORIGINAL COMPOSITION AND CHOIR DUTIES. HE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECORD HIS OWN CREATIONS AND THE ADVENT OF THE COMPACTIVENESS OF DIGITAL AUDIO IS NOW MAKING THIS POSSIBLE. SPONSORSHIP AND SUPPORT HAVE NOT BEEN VERY FORTHCOMING. AS SUCH HE HAS HAD TO PRODUCE A LOT OF HIS SONGS UNDER THE BAREST OF CIRCUMSTANCES. HE HAD THIS MUCH TO SAY ABOUT HIS PERSONAL RECORDING EXPERIENCES.

"I RECORDED MY DEMO ALBUM IN WHICH WAS TO BECOME THE BACKBONE OF MY FIRST ALBUM ''THE ANTICHRIST'' AT DOLPHIN STUDIOS IN SURULERE IN LAGOS, NIGERIA. I BOUGHT A ONE WEEK STUDIO SESSION IN WHICH I RECORDED EIGHT TRACKS IN FOUR DAYS. I RECORDED TWO MORE TRACKS AT EVEN-EZRA STUDIOS IN VICTORIA ISLAND AND ANOTHER TWO AT VERITAS STUDIOS IN YABA, LAGOS. COUPLED WITH SOME COVER SONGS I HAD DONE EARLIER AT DOLPHIN STUDIOS."

"I THOUGHT I WAS PRETTY MUCH READY TO TAKE ON THE WORLD. I REGISTERED MY COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP OF MY SONGS AT THE RADIO STATIONS RYTHM 93.7 FM AND COOL 96.9 FM IN VICTORIA ISLAND AND LEKKI. THIS WAS OVER TEN YEARS AGO. THEY WERE AT THE TIME ACTUALLY SURPRISED THAT A PERSON OF WEALTHY UPBRINGING SUCH AS ME SHOULD WANT TO BE IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS. WHAT ON EARTH WAS THE WORLD COMING TO THAT SUCH AS I SHOULD WANT TO BE A SINGER? HOWEVER, I THINK WITH THE SUCCESS OF THE LIKES OF DAVIDO THEY MIGHT HAVE CHANGED THEIR MINDS."

"AFTER A LONG TIME AND MUCH HOPING FOR SUCH OPPORTUNITIES, I BEGAN RECORDING IN MY SEMINARY ROOM, A STUDENT OF THEOLOGY. ALL I HAD AT MY DISPOSAL WAS AN ACOUSTIC ALVAREZ GUITAR, A HP COMPACT LAPTOP COMPUTER ON WHICH I LOADED BOOTLEG VERSIONS OF DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION APPLICATIONS LIKE CUBASE AND
FL STUDIO.