Nigerian DJ Starkeed gives Davido’s “Already Falling” a percussive new life with his “Oriade Already Falling Drum Version.”
The drum version treatment is a well-established format in Nigerian DJ culture – stripping a popular record back to its rhythmic bones and letting the percussion carry the emotional weight the original vocals delivered.
DJ Starkeed applies that same approach to one of ORIADÉ’s most intimate moments. So “Already Falling” – already a quiet, feeling-forward record on the album – gets rebuilt from the rhythm up.
The timing is smart. “Already Falling” is exactly the kind of track that earns a drum version. Its original production already rests on warm bass guitar plucks and snappy percussion shakers. So building a DJ reconstruction around those rhythmic elements does not fight the song’s identity. It amplifies what was already there.
DJ Starkeed’s decision to work with material from the ORIADÉ album also shows good curatorial instinct. The project is still fresh in the Nigerian music conversation. So a drum version that extends the listening experience gives fans another way to engage with the album without the content feeling recycled. Because the best DJ edits of popular records work like remixes used to – they do not replace the original, they open a second door into the same room.
For DJs, content creators, and listeners who enjoy experiencing familiar records through a fresh percussive lens, this one earns its place in the rotation.
Stream the “Already Falling Drum Version” and tell us if DJ Starkeed should put out a full ORIADÉ drum series!
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