NDW - Soundbooth

N.D.W. is a self-produced experimental soundscape incorporating associative dramatic sound from Nollywood movies and soundbites/voices collected from Obalende bus stop, taxi drivers and friends after a hiatus from the Lagos club scene. The topics explored in N.D.W. range from culture, class, social negligence and how the Lagos lifestyle has birthed Lekki: The Vampire Estate (Nollywood title?)

Fusing voices, synthetic sounds and dialogues from (not-so) random conversations in Lagos with Nollywood soundbites, this haptic audio experience creates a mystical entourage of sound waves in the context ofwahala-situations in everyday Lagos.

N.D.W. is a homage to a specific Nollywood sound effect - the one when magic (juju) is about to happen. Alluding to synergy effects N.D.W. transforms sounds perceived as daunting into a karmic, meditative and mystic commentary.