Tomi Thomas

Tomi Thomas began his career in 2009 as part of a successful Nigerian Collective called Loud On Sound (LOS) who played an instrumental role in championing the new wave sound currently disrupting the Nigerian music charts. The Collective are known for smash hits such as, #BadGuyP, #OnFire and their most recent reunion 3 track Single titled #Tribe. In 2014 Tomi embarked on a solo career with his debut EP, Patience, featuring singles such as #ReadyOrNot in collaboration with GMK which reached Number 1 on the SoundCity Nigeria’s Top 10 Chart in 2015 as well as #TheRenaissance produced by Genio which made its debut on the MTV Bass Charts. He has taken part in the British Council’s UK/NG 2015-2016 arts season Project GidiJand in Lagos, involving an intercultural exchange between artists from the UK and Nigeria produced by Sam Jones of SoundThread and Afro-Pop Live commissioned by the British Council in partnership with Goethe-Institute, to collaborate on an album-length project. His newer projects include 2016’s ‘TheBlackCouch’ LP, 2018’s ‘Illusions’ EP in collaboration with LeriQ, and a collaborative Afro-House project with Benie Macaulay titled ‘Plot49’ released through Urbanmass. Finally, there was the leading single ‘#WhatYouWant’ on the Palmwine Music EP produced by Spax for the collective Show Dem Camp in 2017 + #Vibrations in 2019 respectively.