Adoniy

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 DuFUNK 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 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 AND 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 WITH 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 DISMAYED THAT A PERSON OF A WEALTHY UPBRINGING SUCH AS I 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 PIRATED VERSIONS OF APPLICATIONS LIKE CUBASE, FL STUDIO ELEVEN AND TWELVE, ROLAND CAKEWALK AND SONAR, MIXCRAFT 5, REAPER AND NATIVE INSTRUMENTS GUITAR RIG 5. I WOULD RECORD FROM ACOUSTIC GUITARE DIRECT TO COMPUTER MICROPHONE TRYING TO CREATE A DEFEAT EFFECT AND USING DISTORTION VSTs LIKE HARDCORE AND EFFECTOR. MY KUDOS TO IMAGE-LINE FOR THEIR DEVELOPING THE SLAYER GUITAR SYNTHESIZER. MY USE OF IT ON THE TRACKS iCOME AND BASHFUL CONTINUE TO BE MOST SATISFYING EFFORTS TO ME. I ALSO ENJOYED CREATING BASSLINES ON THE BooBASS AND USING HARMOR AND SAKURA TONE BANKS. I HAVE TO APOLOGISE FOR THE RESULTANT SOUND QUALITY AS A RESULT OF THE EXTREME LACK OF FACILITIES IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE 'MORNINGSTAR' ALBUM. THE CONDITIONS WERE OF A NOISY DORMITORY SITUATION IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF BACKGROUND CONTINUOUS PRESENCE OF PEOPLE WHO WERE QUITE UNAWARE THAT I WAS RECODING ANYTHING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND, NEED I SAY, THEOLOGICAL ARGUMENTS AND POSTULATIONS BEING MADE IN HIGH VOICES IN VARIOUS DIALECTS OF NIGERIAN LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH. THERE WERE POWER CUTS AND SOMETIMES RECORDING TOOK PLACE WITH THE SOUND OF LOUD ELECTRICITY GENERATORS GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE MUSIC. I JUST HOPE THE RECORD BUYERS ARE CARRIED ALONG BY THE ENERGY AND THE SPIRIT OF THE MUSIC. IT'S ALL A BIT IRREVERENT OF THE PRESENT DAY RELIGIOUS STANDARD, WHICH I THINK IS A BIT FRENZIED AND OVERBEARING. IF YOU LOOK FOR THE OLD ISSUES OF THE HYLE, THE TETRAGRAMMATON, THE TETRAMMATON AND THE ASTAROTHS OF SATAN, YOU WILL FIND MY NAME, PARADOXICALLY BOLDLY WRITTEN ON IT. FURTHERMORE, YOU WILL FIND THE NAMES OF QUIET A FEW LADIES I HAVE HAD AFFAIRS WITH IN THE NON DEIC, NON-CANONICAL ISSUES. I GUESS THAT GIVES ME ENOUGH REASON TO BE A LITTLE BIT TWISTED ABOUT THE NEPHILIMIC EPIPHANY, IT ALSO MAKES ME WONDER IF ALEISTER CROWLEY REALLY DID WRITE THE TETRAGRAMMATONS OR IF HE IS ACTUALLY IN DISGUISE JUST DONALD TRUMP, BACKDATING HIS SUPPOSED INFLUENCE IN THE WORLD OF THE ILLUMINATI, OR SHOULD WE JUST CALL THEM SECRETLY THE JESUS SOCIETY (THE SOCIETY OF THE ROSE) JUST WANTING TO LET IT ALL HANG OUT AND FEEL SOME REAL POWER. THE ALBUM TRIES TO GO DEEPER INTO THE DARKSIDE WITH TRACKS LIKE 'NEPHILIM THE FATHER' BUT I REALLY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CENSORSHIP AND RACISM IN THE HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL INDUSTRY SO I HAD TO BE A BIT RESTRAINED IN MY LYRICAL AND VOCAL REACH. I HOPE THE ALBUM WILL GAIN ENOUGH OF A FOLLOWING SO I CAN DO SOME LIVE SHOWS AND MUSIC VIDEOS. THAT WOULD REALLY BE THE CREAM OF MY DREAM."
ADONIY [THE REVEREND PRINCE EMMANUEL ABIODUN ADEDOYIN] IS IN HIS EARLY 50s, LOOKS ABOUT 30, IS INTERESTED IN MOVIES AND COMIC BOOKS. HE SAYS "I LIKE THE GODFATHER SERIE OF MOVIES AS IT IS THE KIND OF THING ONE LIVES THROUGH IN ANY UPPER CLASS FAMILY THAT IS WORTH IT'S SALT. THE ACCUMULATION OF WEALTH IS A DANGEROUS THING AND IS GREATLY TO BE ENVIED. I AM FASCINATED BY THE OMEN SERIE OF MOVIES [I HAVE NOT PAID MUCH ATTENTION TO THE REMAKE BUT THE ORIGINAL VERSIONS ARE TREPIDATIVE, PARTICULARLY OMEN 2 (DAMIEN). THE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK IS EPIC]. I LIKE THE JAMES BOND SERIE AND THE X-MEN SERIE. MY FAVOURITE COMIC BOOK SUPERHUMANS ARE BULLSEYE, DEATHSTROKE THE TERMINATOR, OBSIDIAN, MR FANTASTIC, SUPERMAN, BOX [of ALPHA FLIGHT], HAVOK, AND THE PUNISHER. DR MANHATTAN AND OZYMANDIAS OF THE WATCHMEN ARE COOL AS WELL. I LIKE TO RELAX BY DOING GRAPHIC ARTS, EPISCOPICS AND IMAGE PROJECTIONS AND DOING DJ SETS."
COME ON EVERYBODY. GET UP AND GET THE NEW ADONIY ALBUM MORNINGSTAR AND ANYTHING ELSE BY HIM THAT YOU CAN FIND.