Audio: Olugbenga 'New Year's Day (I Can Be Whatever You're After)'

Audio: Olugbenga 'New Year's Day (I Can Be Whatever You're After)'


Olugbenga is a Lagos-raised musician working out of London. He plays bass in electro-pop outfit Metronomy and crafts his own, more experimental, concoctions on his off-time. Hear and download his newest "New Year's Day (I Can Be Whatever You're After," a haunted synth jam for 2k12 (the year of our demise) and stream an older remix of Three Tapped Tigers. Head to Olugbenga's The G Is Silent blog for more.

New Year's Day [I Can Be Whatever You're After] by OLUGBENGA

Three Trapped Tigers - Reset [OLUGBENGA EDIT] by OLUGBENGA

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