Azekel Adesuyi, who uses the

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stage name Azekel, is a Nigerian born singer, songwriter, and record producer, from

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. Azekel has released 3 solo EPs: ''Circa'', ''Raw, Vol. 1'', (2015) and ''Raw, Vol. 2'', (2016).

Career

2015: ''Raw, Vol. 1''

''Raw, Vol. 1'' was released digitally on iTunes via Thunderlightning Recordings on 21 June 2015. It includes the lead singles "New Romance", "Mad About The Boy", and "Chronophobia". "New Romance" gained national wide radio play, and has been supported by a variety of blogs and artists, most notably

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2016: Collaboration with Massive Attack

Azekel collaborated with the Bristol

trip hop Trip hop (sometimes used synonymously with "downtempo") is a musical genre that originated in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom, especially Bristol. It has been described as a psychedelic music, psychedelic fusion of hip hop music, hip hop ...

group

Massive Attack Massive Attack are an English trip hop collective formed in 1988 in Bristol by Robert "3D" Del Naja, Adrian "Tricky" Thaws, Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. The debut Massive Attack album '' Blue Lines'' was releas ...

, as he is featured on the title track of their EP, ''

Ritual Spirit ''Ritual Spirit'' is an extended play, EP by British trip hop trio Massive Attack, released on 28 January 2016. It features trip hop artist Tricky (musician), Tricky for the first time since the release of ''Protection (Massive Attack album), Prote ...

'' released on 28 January 2016.

2017: Collaboration with Gorillaz

Azekel collaborated with the British

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Gorillaz, as he is contributed on their fifth

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'' on the track " Momentz" featuring De La Soul, and appeared on the super deluxe version of the album on the track " Midnite Float". The album was released on 28 April 2017 via

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and

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Discography

EPs

Guest appearances

References

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