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African Contemporary
The heart of the practice — a modern African sound that fuses saxophone, voice and keys with authentic rhythm. Improvisational, warm and built for a live room, it moves easily between the intimate and the ceremonial.
The Sound
Artistic Practice
African Contemporary at its heart — a warm, improvisational Afro-fusion that carries African rhythm into soulful melody. Here is the sound, the genres and the rooms it is made for.
The Sound
Four voices in one performance.
Olamide’s African Contemporary sound is built from four elements held in balance — the horn, the voice, the keys and the drum. Together they make an Afro-fusion that is at once rooted and modern.
- Rich saxophone melodies
- The horn carries the breath — soaring, warm-toned lines at the centre of every set.
- Soulful vocals
- A vocalist first — melody, call-and-response and the griot’s storytelling brought into the room.
- Dynamic keyboard
- The harmonic foundation — chords, texture and live improvisation binding the movements together.
- Authentic African rhythms
- The pulse of home beneath it all — Yoruba percussion keeping time under every phrase.
Genres
Where the sound lives.
Also
Gospel & Instrumental Worship
A dedicated worship register — instrumental gospel led by the saxophone, with keys and voice shaping reflective, spirit-led sets for churches and services. The same breath, turned toward worship.
Repertoire
A set, shaped to the room.
Every set is arranged for its occasion — Afro-fusion originals and reinterpreted favourites, soulful ballads, upbeat groove and instrumental worship. Whether the room asks for celebration, reflection or ceremony, the repertoire bends to meet it, with live improvisation keeping each performance one of a kind.
Participatory Arts
More than performance.
Every performance begins with music and ends with connection. As a participatory artist and creative facilitator, Olamide creates workshops that combine music, wellbeing, storytelling, memory work and community participation — inviting people not only to listen, but to take part and belong. He collaborates with leading UK cultural organisations, including Stand & Be Counted Theatre, darts & Maya Productions and ArtBomb UK, and has led recent work from the record-breaking World Record Football Scarf Procession to the Eco Art Fashion Show and Sharrow Festival.
Teaching & Creative Health
Passing the sound on.
As a music tutor with Tirosh Koncept in Sheffield, Olamide delivers paid tuition through its Music Enrichment & Extracurricular Club — teaching saxophone, keyboard, recorder and drum kit to children and young people, and designing lessons that build musicianship, creativity, confidence and collaborative performance.
Alongside teaching, he facilitates creative-health and community programmes — a graduate of the darts & Maya Productions Artist Development Programme in Creative Health and Participatory Arts, working across singing, drumming, movement, memory and wellbeing:
- Singing for Memory · darts
- Dance On for Parkinson’s · Armthorpe
- Quirky Choir · darts
- Community Drumming · CAST
- Tuneful Chatter · Grange Lane
- Dance On: Strength & Balance · Woodfield
- ÀTÙPÀ Martini Workshop · Black Pride
Performance Contexts
Where he plays.
- Festivals
- Theatre Productions
- Concerts
- Participatory Arts
- Creative Health Projects
- Cultural Events
- Workshops & Education
- Civic Occasions
The Invitation
Let’s create something meaningful.
Available for festivals, theatre productions, concerts, participatory arts, creative health projects, cultural events and workshops — UK & international.
Book Olamide