Friday night DJ session: Afrobeat with Peter Adjaye
Friday 14 July 2017 7 - 11pm
The Academicians' Room, The Keeper's House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Free, no booking required.
We welcome Peter Adjaye, aka AJ Kwame, to the Academicians’ Room as our next special guest DJ.
Peter Adjaye, aka AJ Kwame, is a contemporary conceptual sound artist specialising in cross-disciplinary collaborations, and describes himself as a musicologist, composer, DJ-producer and a musician with a PhD in Mathematics. His unique set of skills and vast experience have enabled him to work closely with his brother, the award-winning architect Sir David Adjaye RA, for over 10 years. Read their interview with The Vinyl Factory here
Peter is a key figure in the contemporary afromusic scene having co-founded Afri-kokoa over 10 years ago, highlighting contemporary afro-inspired fusions. He started his career as a key member of the respected and pioneering group RPM/Revolution Per Minute, signed to Mo’Wax records who featured on ground-breaking compilation series Headz, then co-founded early electronic music label Ultimate Dilemma Records which went on to sign Zero 7.
Peter has exhibited his unique sound installations in places such as Tate Modern, Design Museum, Art Institute Of Chicago, Somerset House, Studio Museum Harlem, Whitechapel Gallery, Albion Gallery, The Science Museum, Nobel Institute and given talks at places such as Maaxi National Museum of the 21st Century Arts, The Architecture Foundation, Design Miami, Rough Trade and St Martin's Art College.
You can listen to Peter Adjaye on BBC Radio 4's Front Row here, or scroll down the page for videos of his performances and talks.
Bring your friends down to the club room and enjoy our signature cocktails during this special Friday night DJ session.
This event is open to members of the Academicians’ Room, Friends of the Royal Academy and the general public.
David Adjaye, 'Collaborations: Music for Architecture' featuring Peter Adjaye
Excerpt from the first feature length documentary on the work of British-Ghanaian architect David Adjaye. The film features interviews with Adjaye’s collaborators, a roster of influential figures in the art and cultural world, and examines a significant number of his architectural projects, including public buildings, residential houses, artist studios and exhibition spaces globally situated and developed over the past fifteen years.