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Interviews, scene reports, essays, and night recaps. Written by regulars, edited by Chief.
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- 0108 MayNana Eze · 7m
The room is the product.
Three years in, Chief on why the headcount keeps capping out and the door keeps closing on time.
- 0230 AprDee Adesoye · 9m
How the Amapiano Takeover got built.
A week-by-week diary of curating a 120-cap room around three guest DJs flying in from Lagos and Joburg.
- 0312 AprZee K. · 5m
An Abuja night uniform, in seven outfits.
We asked seven regulars to dress for the next Chief's House. Here's what they wore, and what they told us.
- 0402 AprChief · 4m
Recap, Rooftop Set 06: the sunset hour was the whole point.
Numbers, photographs, and one song that stopped the room.
- 0520 MarChief · 3m
On the cover image, and why it always takes a week.
The cover is the room before the room. Here's the rule.
- 0608 MarNana Eze · 6m
What a good room sounds like.
Not the music. The room itself. A short defence of the ambient.
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Who's writing.
4 contributors
Nana Eze
Music writer. Has been to too many bad parties.
2 pieces · 13 min
Chief
Hosts the thing.
2 pieces · 7 min
Dee Adesoye
Producer, occasional MC, eternal lurker.
1 piece · 9 min
Zee K.
Fashion editor, regular at every Specials since 03.
1 piece · 5 min
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