Olugbenga Adelekan

Olugbenga Adelekan
Adelekan performing with Metronomy at British Summer Time Hyde Park in June 2015
Background information
Born	Lagos, Nigeria
Occupation(s)	Musician, producer
Instruments	Bass
Associated acts	Metronomy

Olugbenga Adelekan, also known as Olugbenga, is a Nigerian born music producer. Olugbenga is known as a solo act and as the bass player of the Mercury Music Prize Award nominees Metronomy.

Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Adelekan later moved with his family to The Hague, The Netherlands. He moved back to Nigeria in his teens but, at the age of 16, later settled in England, where he started making original music.

Adelekan studied at King's College, Cambridge, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, where he read English Literature.

In 2012 Olugbenga toured Asia, Australia, Russia and the UK, as well as festivals across Europe including Field Day (UK), Dot to Dot Festival (UK), off Sonar (Spain), Soundwave Festival (Croatia), Kendal Calling (UK) and Summer Sundae Weekender (UK).

Olugbenga performs using Ableton Live and MIDI controllers.