Louddaaa Is Designing the Sound for Your Favorite Afrobeats Artists – OkayAfrica

A man with braided hair and a beard looks to the side, wearing a white shirt and a large silver ring, against a plain light background—capturing the creative vibe of Afrobeats sound design by Louddaaa.

Kehinde Alabi, better known as Louddaaa, interned as a sound engineer in Port Harcourt before moving to Lagos about five years ago. He started seeking employment as a sound engineer since it seemed production didn’t make sense — he hadn’t produced in over a year as production jobs weren’t readily available. He submitted his CVs to studios, companies, and radio stations, but “they all rejected me,” Louddaaa recalls in a recent Zoom conversation with OkayAfrica.

A friend would send him a vacancy post that turned out to beMavin Records. “Are…