NATIVE Sound System is a British radio show, based in

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, and hosted by Sholzstilltippin, and Addy Edgal. It currently airs every Friday at 5PM, on

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. The show showcase up and coming African music talents, with the aim to document African culture. In 2020, the show relaunch on

. On 13 December 2021,

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launched NATIVE Sound Radio on No Signal’s radio.

History

NATIVE Sound System was established in 2017 by

. On 23 April 2021, Cloud X festival partnered with NATIVE Sound System to co-curate its line-up. In the same year, DJ Obi, and Native Sound System DJ's, entertained the audience with live DJ sets at the 4th Our Homecoming festival. On 8 April 2022, NATIVE Sound System released "Runaway" featuring Lojay &

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. On 22 December 2021, NATIVE Sound System hosted the fifth edition of NATIVELAND, titled NATIV5 at Harbour Point Marquee, in

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. To celebrate the fifth anniversary of

. The event was headlined by Rema,

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, Styl-Plus, Teezee, SGaWD, and

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, with guess performances from, Odunsi,

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, Wale Davies, and

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. On 8 July 2022, NSS and

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released "Wedding Ring", featuring Odunsi (The Engine), Odeal, and

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. The song was produced by 44DB, with additional production from DJ Sholz, and Ginton. On 5 September 2022, NATIVE Sound System, premiered the official visual for "Weeding Ring", directed by Emmanuelle Loca-Gisquet and co-directed by Asia Ahmad. On 18 August 2022, NSS released ''NATIVEWORLD'' long play, through Native Record, an independ label owned by

. On 28 August 2022, NSS members and

founders covered the Guardian Life Magazine issue titled Building A Sonic World For Artistic Freedom. They discussed their journey, an

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, being the new mainstream sound, and their support to the community, with Life Magazine author Chinonso Ihekire.{{cite web , last1=Ihekire , first1=Chinonso , title=NATIVE Sound System: Building A Sonic World For Artistic Freedom , url=https://guardian.ng/life/native-sound-system-building-a-sonic-world-for-artistic-freedom-2/ , website=The Guardian Nigeria , publisher=Guardian Life Magazine , access-date=16 September 2022 , date=28 August 2022

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British radio programmes 2017 radio programme debuts

History

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