Ogidi Studios, the new world-class audio-visual facility of The Temple Company, will open on Saturday, March 20.
The talent and event management outfit announced that the full-fledged content production operation would start as it marks its fifth anniversary and pursues its vision of elevating excellence in Africa’s creative enterprise ecosystem.
According to Group Chairman, Temple Company, Tunde Folawiyo, the studios located in Lagos is an entire ecosystem of productions for both audio and video content from conception to completion.
He also disclosed that Ogidi Studios was the culmination of a long-standing vision. “The truth is there are many visions that don’t get realised. A combination of vision, tenacity and funding is what brought us here. Temple is a 5-year old child that has the impact of a 20-year old child,” Folawiyo said.
The company’s Group Chief Executive, Idris Olorunnimbe, said that Africans can now utilise a domestic studio and realise the same outcomes as famous Hollywood studios.
“It has always hurt me when our exceptional talent has to hop on a plane as the only recourse to match their imagination with execution. Ogidi brings an end to that. You can achieve anything you can dream right here,” he said.
Olorunnimbe added that “Ogidi Studios is a long-overdue idea. We are excited to contribute our quota to help bring Nigeria to the table to flex muscles and compete favourably with global players, including celebrated international musicians, producers and creatives who have left a mark.”
Ogidi Studio comprises dedicated audio and video production studios that can accommodate multiple projects simultaneously. Its audio section includes rehearsal and recording studios with analogue and digital facilities sound-proofed with the latest acoustics technology.
The Lagos-based studio becomes the first studio in Sub-Saharan Africa and among the few in the world to take possession of what some call the Rolls Royce of sound recording. It houses the AMS Genesys Black console complemented with Augspurger speakers using analogue technology integrated into the studio environment and the digital audio workstations.
Ogidi’s video production facilities include a 17 by 11-foot green screen with adjuncts tastefully furnished spaces such as dressing, beauty, make-up and waiting rooms. There’s also three-bed apartments with exquisite interiors and finishing suitable for cast and crew, which also double as locations.
Electronic engineer and home automation expert Ron Jones, founder, Infinite Technology Global, who executed the Temple Company project, noted that with Ogidi Studios, Nigeria now operates on the same level of sound and video technology with global players.
Jason Cropper of Vintage Kings Pro Audio Upfitter, an audio specialist and founding member of Grammy award-winning Rock Band Weezer, supported him.
“We are playing in a global market, and people are looking for a certain standard in recording,” Jones said.
He further noted that “some of the international artists brought here from abroad are used to a certain level of equipment. With Ogidi Studio, we are not just building for Nigerian music for Nigeria but Nigerian music for the world. We are now operating at the same level using the same technology used throughout the world.”
