Let's get one thing out of the way: The first "G" in Gbenga Adelekan's name is silent. Great. The Nigerian-born musician is getting ready to show Japanese fans two sides of his musical persona when he storms Tokyo next week.
First, as bassist/vocalist of British electro-poppers Metronomy; then more personally, he'll stay on as Olugbenga, who has been signed up for an exclusive DJ set for Japan-based music site Block.fm, and as a special guest headlining the Tokyo Indie club night, which also features local electro-house duo Boys Get Hurt.
Almost all of the creative force behind Metronomy comes from lead man Joseph Mount, and on the release of 2011's "The English Riviera," critics lauded the band's new-found direction as a natural "finding their voice" moment — one which earned them a prestigious Mercury Prize nomination in the U.K., and places on prominent end-of-year best-of lists (tastemaking music magazine NME named it the No. 2 album of the year).