Abeg No Vex

Ekiti Sound spearheads a new musical dialogue between London and Lagos. His debut album wires novel musical circuitry into shape, soldering UK soundsystem culture, hip-hop and Afrobeat into new, haywire connections, a diverse chorus of global voices routed through its new configurations. It’s a starkly original record, built up of layered musical histories, papered over one another into a messy, exhilarating collage of sounds.

Since the early 20th century, West Africa, and Nigeria, in particular, has been a hotbed for some of the most timeless and influential styles of...