AMÉMÉ

From ceremonial drums to the global pulse

Beninese roots percussion and the communal energy of One Tribe underpin the universe of AMÉMÉ. His approach translates the rhythmic memory of Benin into a contemporary afro house language, featuring club kicks, tribal patterns, spiritual vocals, and a foundation that crosses deep house and tech house. Before establishing himself in electronic music, he grew up surrounded by chants, drums, and ceremonies, made mixtapes in his youth, and participated in a hip hop group. Exposure to French house arriving from Europe eventually opened up another creative path, which later matured in New York.

Brooklyn, Berlin and a tribe in motion

Settled in the United States, AMÉMÉ connected with the Brooklyn circuit, learned the DJ craft through a very physical relationship with vinyl, and turned One Tribe into a platform that unites label, community, fashion, art, and events. After a period away from the booth due to his work in banking, he returned with a more defined vision: to build an identity that did not separate the dancefloor, heritage, and community. House of Yes was one of the key spaces for that expansion, and the project eventually projected itself toward venues and cities like London, Amsterdam, Miami, Ibiza, Paris, Tulum, and Berlin, a city with which he also maintains a continuous artistic connection.

Afro house with big-stage reach

His discography brings together his own releases, collaborations, and remixes that have placed his name on the international circuit: Power, Balafonerra, Like That with Baron, Pliva with Jamie Jones, Wait For You, Runaway, Sweat, and Feel The Love with andhim and Malou are among his most visible tracks. He has also signed material or remixes for labels and environments such as One Tribe Records, Watergate, RISE, Abracadabra, MoBlack, Defected, Black Book, Realm, Insomniac, and Cercle, in addition to bringing his afro-house interpretation to songs by Omah Lay, Michel Cleis, or Angélique Kidjo.

A bridge between African roots and club culture

The support of figures like Black Coffee, Diplo, and Pete Tong helped expand his reach, but his profile has been defined above all in the booth: sets of expansive energy, highly marked percussion, and a narrative designed to connect the audience as a single community. He has performed on stages and platforms such as Coachella, Burning Man, EDC, Tomorrowland, Hï Ibiza, Club Space Miami, Shelter Amsterdam, fabric London, and Boiler Room Lagos. In his current phase, AMÉMÉ functions as a central voice of global afro house: an artist who does not reduce tradition to ornament, but turns it into a rhythmic, aesthetic, and communal engine for the contemporary dancefloor.