BAILE IJO

BAILE IJÓ.

‘DANCE DANCE’ IN SPANISH AND YORUBA. A NAME THAT ENCAPSULATES THE NIGERIAN-COLOMBIAN ROOTS OF THE LONDON-BASED DJ COLLECTIVE, AND THEIR MISSION TO UNITE DANCEFLOORS THROUGH A FUSION OF GLOBAL SOUNDS.

FORMED IN 2021, MANNY (IYÁÀLÙ), OJ (OTDELTA), SAM (CXLI), STEVEN (CXLI), AND SEUN (SRF) HAVE RAPIDLY ASCENDED FROM THEIR VOICES RADIO BEGINNINGS TO COMMANDING STAGES AT RAZZMATAZZ, WE OUT HERE FESTIVAL, JUMBI, TATE LATES, COLOUR FACTORY AND MINISTRY OF SOUND. THEIR SIGNATURE BLEND OF KUDURO, BAILE FUNK, REGGAETON, DEMBOW, AND AMAPIANO HAS EARNED THEM A REPUTATION AS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING COLLECTIVES IN THE UK. BEYOND THE DECKS, BAILE IJÓ CHAMPIONS COMMUNITY. THEIR PECKHAM-BASED CARPET SHOP RESIDENCY HAS BECOME A HAVEN FOR BOTH ESTABLISHED AND UP-AND-COMING DJS ALIKE; INCLUDING SHAKA LION, JD REID, HAGAN, BUSHBBY, WAAW, AND EMMA KORANTEMA.

THE COLLECTIVE ALSO MAINTAIN AN ACTIVE AIRWAVE PRESENCE, WITH GUEST MIXES ON RINSE FM, NTS RADIO, BBC 1XTRA, BALAMII, POUND AND YAM, AND A 4-HOUR FOUNDATION FM TAKEOVER UNDER THEIR BELT.