Ibibio Sound Machine are the latest addition to the INmusic festival #16 line up!

An 8-piece collective of musicians, Ibibio Sound Machine join the impressive INmusic festival #16 line up alongside already announced The National, The Smashing Pumpkins, Hozier, Paolo Nutini, Dogstar and many other artists!

Ibibio Sound Machine consists of Eno Williams (vocals), Alfred Kari Bannerman (guitar), Anselmo Netto (percussion), Jose Joyette (drums), Derrick McIntyre (bass), Tony Hayden (trombone, synth), Scott Baylis (trumpet, synth) and Max Grunhard (saxophone, synth), musicians from very different backgrounds that came together in London. Together, they create a unique sound inspired by the elements of the golden era of West-African funk & disco and modern post-punk & electro. As Eno Williams, the Nigerian singer and leader of the band once explained: ‘Our music is Afrocentric with electronic funk and disco influences and lyrics in Ibibio, my mother’s native Nigerian language’. Williams spent most of her childhood in Nigeria where her mother often recounted numerous folk and children's stories from her own heritage and passed them on. Williams took this inspiration and crafted lyrics from these stories and conveyed them to modern themes. The band’s self-titled debut album was released in 2014 and the follow-up, ‘Uyai’, was released in 2017. In 2022, Ibibio Sound Machine released ‘Electricity’, their latest studio album which received critical acclaim, garnering positive reviews from outlets such as Pitchfork and The Guardian, preaching their uplifting energy and heart-thumping beats.

Ibibio Sound Machine will join The National, The Smashing Pumpkins, Hozier, Paolo Nutini, Dogstar, Viagra Boys, The Gaslight Anthem, Sleaford Mods, Descartes a Kant and many others as part of the sixteenth edition of INmusic festival which will take place from June 24th to June 26th, 2024! Three-day festival tickets for INmusic festival #16 are available via the official festival webshop at the price of 99 EUR, as well as 7-day festival camping tickets for just 49 EUR, while already purchasing three-day tickets for INmusic festival #16.