Nikhil P. / Low Mentality

Brooklyn! 🙌🏽 We are so very excited to bring our Afrobeat music to the beautiful backyard of @bunnacafe later this month. We will be taking the opportunity to document this performance as well (thank you @dj_lil_stranger / @derrickbelcham !). Come be a part of it and bring your energy Sunday, May 31 at 7:30 for our sundown performance. Two sets. Roll up early and enjoy the healing Ethiopian cuisine of one of our favorite spots in NYC. Ticket link in bio. 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Tonite, Friday May 1st Living Language 
@livinglanguageafrobeat brings the afrobeat to LunÀtico in celebration of the master, Fela Kuti! Join us! @npylowmentality - guitar
@troy_mobiusax - alto sax @fistfullofbrass - trumpet, keyboard
@yoshiconga - percussion
@therealbinz - bass
@g2drums - drums
 ***TWO SETS: 9PM & 10:15PM***
***$10 (CASH) SUGGESTED DONATION***
***LUNATICO HAS A FULL DINNER AND COCKTAIL MENU SO COME EARLY TO EAT!*** 
Led by Nikhil Yerawadekar (Antibalas, Akoya Afrobeat, Low Mentality), LIVING LANGUAGE pays homage to Fela Kuti and his Afrobeat concept in a nimble, soulful jazz format. The band’s sound features undeniable grooves and powerful melodies to motivate the people. Other musicians in the project bring their experience working with icons such as Lee “Scratch” Perry, Charles Bradley, and Vieux Farka Toure to help create this new perspective in Afrobeat.

On top of spending years in projects like Antibalas and Akoya Afrobeat, bandleader / guitarist NIKHIL YERAWADEKAR has recorded music with Tony Allen (legendary drummer and co-creator of the style), performed at the New Afrika Shrine in Lagos, and organized massive Felabration birthday concerts in NYC from 2016-2019. In all this time, Nikhil’s fascination with Fela Kuti’s legacy has only grown, as has the importance of transmitting his uplifting, anticolonial message with new music.

Living Language 2026. Excited to play for you at @nublunyc Jazz Fest tomorrow night Thurs 4/2. Afrobeat for a brighter future. Ticket link in bio. ❤️🖤💚 📸: @bunny.bat87

🇨🇩🔥@loboko_music 🔥🇨🇩 Wednesday Feb 4th! 10pm The ultimate date of our Winter Residency at @nublunyc If you missed the others dates...don't miss this! If you're back for more we're playing new music...debuting an original or two! The band: 🎸🎤@yohniloboko 🎸🎤 @npylowmentality 🎸 @shunaii.i 🥁🎤 @modrums.music DJs: Much love to @nickodemusnyc who has been on this ride with us, he's off in warmer places (can we blame him?) But we're in good hands with @sidvaga rocking downstairs and @busquelo upstairs! 🎨 huge thanks to @mixtiiii for the artwork and @nata.velez_ for the video reel!

🌀Ready?!?! LOBOKO WINTER RESIDENCY @nublunyc 151 with @nickodemusnyc & friends!🌀 Wednesdays at 10pm: December 10th January 7th February 4th CONGOLESE DANCE MUSIC FROM NEW YORK CITY 🎨 @mixtiiii

📢 HARLEM, ARE YOU READY? 📢 TOMORROW we will be performing at @cccadi AFRIBEMBÉ 2025 Black Constellation: Mapping our Joy, Dreams & Liberation in partnership with Harlem Week. Come by the main stage at Grant’s Tomb during between 4:00pm-6:00pm to celebrate with along with the other incredibly talent artists including @lollise @mfouambilacongonyc Mfouambila Kongo Dance and Nefer Global Movement @nefer.global.movement 📍 Sunday, August 10, 2024 from 4:00pm-6:00pm (The full Harlem Week line-up will run from Noon - 7 p.m.) 📍 General Grant National Memorial (on W 122nd St &, Riverside Dr) - Main Stage 📍 FREE admission! Advanced online registration includes a free raffle ticket!

LOBOKO FAMILY! TWO SHOWS THIS WEEKEND! 💫7.5 @tubbyskingston Kingston, NY with DJs @m_geddes @diamondminegrind ☀️7.6 @summeronthehudson NYC FREE SHOW Pier I @ 70th st, Manhattan, 7pm! 📸 @attisattisattis 🎥 @eyes_admiring

@bam_brooklyn TONIGHT Adams Space Free entry RSVP suggested 7pm - @ayannaheaven 8pm - @lollise x @loboko Band is hot! Don't miss it! 🎤 @lollise 🎸🎤 @yohniloboko 🎸🎤 @npylowmentality 🎸 brice armel-adjo 🥁🎤 @modrums.music

✨️Here we come again!✨️ Really excited for a very special collaboration 🇧🇼Lollise x Loboko🇨🇩 Spring Tour: 🌱May 6th -Philadelphia, PA - @fire_museum_presents @ The Black Squirrel @theblacksquirrelphilly ✨️May 8th - Brooklyn, NY - BAM Free Music, BAM Café @bam_brooklyn curated by @liacamille with DJ @sanfarafina 🌱May 9th - East Providence, RI - Myrtle @myrtle.rhodeisland w/ DJ @modrums.music ✨️May 10th - Easthampton, MA - @secretplanetnoho Secret Planet Presents @marigoldtheater 🌱May 11th - Saugerties, NY - The Local - @thelocalsaugerties Loboko with guest Lollise 🎨 @eyes_admiring beautiful poster! We will be presenting new collaborative arrangements and creating together in the moment. Thank you to everyone who has supported and believed in this music! Let's do this together!

⚡️ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Loboko, performing Electrifying Congolese Soukous (with special guest Lollise!) 4 weeks away on Sun. May 11 Plus, live visuals by the fab visual artist B.A. Miale @bamiam @loboko_music is rooted in Congo’s ubiquitous soukous sound, one of Africa’s most popular musical exports that’s conquered dance floors from The Continent to France to Colombia. Loboko’s unique style draws on classic Congolese soukous, rumba, and contemporary seben creating a transatlantic sound that connects Kinshasa, Paris, Colombia, NY. Loboko is led by Yohni Loboko (Yohni Djungu-Sungu) a virtuosic guitarist, singer and multi-instrumentalist from the Democratic Republic of Congo and based in Brooklyn. The band was co-founded by DJ, instrumentalist, and journalist Morgan Greenstreet; they’re accompanied by multi-instrumentalist and producer Nikhil P. Yerawadekar and bassist Brice Armel-Adjo from Ivory Coast. They will be joined by special guest singer Lollise for this event! @yohniloboko @modrums.music @npylowmentality @lollise This event is co-presented with @barbesbrooklyn . ▪️WHEN: Sunday, May 11, 7pm ▪️WHERE: The Local - 16 John St. Saugerties 🎟️ TICKETS: TheLocalSaugerties.com #thelocalsaugerties #loboko #worldmusic #barbesbrooklyn #Hudsonvalleymusic #upstate

Tonite, Saturday December 28th Living Language 
@livinglanguageafrobeat brings the afrobeatt back to the LunÁtico bandstand! Haven’t seen this crew since pre-pandemic. DO join us! @npylowmentality - guitar
@troy_mobiusax - alto sax
@fistfullofbrass - trumpet, keyboard
@yoshiconga - percussion
@therealbinz - bass
@g2drums - drums 
 ***TWO SETS: 9PM & 10:15PM***
***$10 (CASH) SUGGESTED DONATION***
***LUNATICO HAS A FULL DINNER AND COCKTAIL MENU SO COME EARLY TO EAT!*** 
Led by Nikhil Yerawadekar (Antibalas, Akoya Afrobeat, Low Mentality), LIVING LANGUAGE pays homage to Fela Kuti and his Afrobeat concept in a nimble, soulful jazz format. The band’s sound features undeniable grooves and powerful melodies to motivate the people. Other musicians in the project bring their experience working with icons such as Lee “Scratch” Perry, Charles Bradley, and Vieux Farka Toure to help create this new perspective in Afrobeat.

On top of spending years in projects like Antibalas and Akoya Afrobeat, bandleader / guitarist NIKHIL YERAWADEKAR has recorded music with Tony Allen (legendary drummer and co-creator of the style), performed at the New Afrika Shrine in Lagos, and organized massive Felabration birthday concerts in NYC from 2016-2019. In all this time, Nikhil’s fascination with Fela Kuti’s legacy has only grown, as has the importance of transmitting his uplifting, anticolonial message with new music.

✨️LOBOKO SEBENE SENSATION✨️ Tour complete! We sold out our show in Richmond last night! These beautiful photos are by @attisattisattis @jerrellephant on film from last Sunday @bunnacafe with @terapianyc 🇨🇩🇨🇴🇪🇹 Our first ever tour was beautiful, thank you to everyone who came out and danced with us, from Brooklyn to Richmond! Thank you @electriccowbell for putting it all together and @barbesbrooklyn @underthegrassroof @neveragain420 @fire_museum_presents @gorintoproductions @mtpleasantlibraryfriends @hillcenterdc @revelerexperiences @secretplanetrichmond @globalagogoradio @orbitalmusicpark @jamincrva for having us!