MIXED TAPE #06 | TAG MARKET X AYOtheARTIST

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MIXED TAPE #06 - "Utopian Summer" was carefully curated and mixed by Ayo Aloba, an actor, musician, drummer and DJ.

Ayo was born in Nigeria, but pretty much raised in Europe, whilst attending international schools in Prague and Vienna. After high school he moved to London to pursue his acting training at Rose Bruford Drama School. 

Once he graduated from Rose Bruford Drama School, Ayo soon gained leading acting roles - such as for BBC’s documentary-drama “The Extraordinary Equinao”. Not only BBC was keen on Ayo's talent, his stage appearance in Paul Robeson’s stage production of “Who Killed Mr Drum?” was star striking and the show received great reviews from Timeout Magazine, The Guardian, The Independent, Sunday Telegraph and many more.

He also did various voice-over projects, notably I shall foresecgan William Shakespeare's “A Midsummer’s Night Dream” (wink), which was designed into a creative educational software animation to engage kids creatively with difficult concepts.

As an exceptional drummer and artist, you can find him performing in various clubs across Europe and Africa. 

 

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Ayo has few on-going collaboration projects, such as "Afroschnitzel", with his long-term partner Moritz Pommer - they produce hip hop beats and if your are lucky you might even see them perform live on stage - check their website below for upcoming projects and their latest beats. But oh wait, here's a lil' insider, Afroschnitzel is working on a second part of their Afroschntizel EP for Autumn release!!! A more recents project, known under the alias "BAM Collective" brought the DJ duo Mr. Jamal (Said, whom I've mention in MIXED TAPE #03) and Ayotheartist (aka Ayo Aloba) together, spinning a mixture of afrobeats, hip hop and house music at various open-air festivals, ie. the renown Austrian summer festival Soundframe. Keep your eyes and ears open - exciting, new conceptual based music with local and international DJ's residing in Vienna are in the making.

And let's not forget his upcoming acting projects, Ayo is appearing in an indie Austrian film in the fall directed by Nina Kusturica called Ciao Cherie. Dayum, we can't wait to see Ayo again on the big screen.

Now enough with the  bragging and teasing, I hope I made you guys curious enough to listen to Ayotheartist's "Utopian Summer" mix - which was exclusively mixed for #TM's MIXED TAPE. We are so happy and wish you guys an enjoyable, sunny weekend with Ayotheartist's house mix. - Oh yeah, and don't forget to follow #TM on SoundCloud ;)

Homepage & Social Media Channels for Ayo Aloba:

Web/ Blog acting: ayoaloba.com
Web/ Blog music: afroschnitzel.org
Web/ Blog music: mosebomusic.com
Mixcloud: mixcloud.com/ayoaloba
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/ayotheartist
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/afroschnitzel
Youtube: youtube.com (ayotheartist)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/afroschnitzel?pnref=lhc