DJ, presenter, producer, entrepreneur – Emmanuel Lawal is many things, and most of them can be found where the venn diagram of music, fashion and travel intersects.
As one half of Audiocomingsoon, with friend Ashton Gohli, he’s as adept behind the decks – soundtracking good times everywhere from backstage at Coachella to Louboutin launches to Rinse FM – as he is behind the mic; their online radio show, the ACS Show, welcomed the likes of Damson Idris, Yinka Ilori and Will Poulter to chat creativity, inspiration and music. We fired him a few questions during a sneak peek of the NoMad‘s new basement club…
Quote to live by
Rumi: ‘Appear as you are. Be as you appear.’
Accent or language that turns you on
Confidence.
Book that shaped you
Quran.
Favourite artist
(Within music) Jay-Z.
Favourite museum/gallery
The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace.
Favourite bar
Oblix East, the Shard.
Comfort food
A plate of southern-fried food.
Favourite cocktail
Virgin piña colada (mocktails only).
Most memorable meal
Back in 2020, seated on my hotel balcony in Ravello eating the most delicious plate of lobster linguine that ended far too quickly.
Worst holiday hangover
I’m exempt from hangovers.
Best vintage/antique find
My first watch, a 1974 stainless steel vintage Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust.
Homewares you hunt while travelling
Cutlery! An interesting matching set.
Architecture that awes you
Catalan modernism.
Design decade you feel at home in
1970’s design – high-tech futurism and psychedelic excess. Colours! Patterns! Carpets!
Interiors you envy
Anything John Pawson has created.
Go-to spa treatment
Facegym.
How do you unwind?
By playing the music that came before me really loud.
Most stylish place
Paris.
Most regrettable holiday purchase
Flip-flops.
Your must-pack item
Gym-wear.
City you’d move to
Barcelona, any day.
Strangest hotel experience
Way too many to mention.
Best place you’ve ever swum
Deiá, Mallorca.
Best beach you’ve ever found
The Maldives.
It’s not a holiday without…
Getting into a little trouble.
Guilty pleasure
White chocolate.
@account to follow
@audiocomingsoon.
Pool or ocean
Ocean.
Define love in three words
Real, deep and forever.
Define sex in three words
Passionate, spontaneous and necessary.
Emmanuel was photographed at Common Decency downstairs at the NoMad London by Louis AW Sheridan.