Behind his variously patterned mask, Mask On sets up a barrier between the person and the artist, focusing attention on the music above all else. Based in Abidjan, Emmanuel discovered electronic music – an under-represented genre in C\u00f4te d’Ivoire – during a workshop with Dom Peter in 2020. Like a mentor, the owner of the Blanc Manioc label set him on the path to DJing, a passion that would become paramount in the aftermath of the pandemic. A lover of hip-hop, he combines this all-purpose genre with the music that’s rocking the world’s clubs, especially from Africa: coup\u00e9 d\u00e9cal\u00e9, bouyon, cruise, gqom and afro-house flirt with trance, techno and mainstream music. In search of the right balance between popular music and underground sound, he joined forces with DJs and graphic designers Seny.D and Lionnel de Souza, with the mission of democratizing electronic music in the country. The trio, called Djaouli Ent., has already set up the promising B\u00f4r\u00f4 de Djaouli evening concept, as well as co-organizing an evening with the Moonshine collective in the capital last March. Between two episodes of his monthly Djaouli’s Disturbance residency on Oroko Radio, Mask On delivers a 45-track PAM Club, a festive hour that speaks volumes about the collective’s potential to set Abidjan and the surrounding area ablaze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n