Lagos-based cultural platform – The Group Collective – is focused on underground electronic music, immersive experience design, and community-led creative programming. Through its V Series, a curated beach rave and music experience set in Lagos, the collective has built a growing reputation for producing emotionally driven rave experiences that merge Afrohouse, visual storytelling, experimental staging, and alternative nightlife culture into one cohesive world. Ahead of its V6: The Sixth Sense edition, its organiser Dayo Adeleye shares insight on the upcoming event which spans a creative ecosystem and a collaborative platform, engaging DJs, filmmakers, designers, projection artists, photographers, and cultural curators across Lagos’ emerging underground scene. Ferdinand Ekechukwu brings the excerpts:
Can you speak to us about the V series and how the idea was born?
The V Series is a community-led beachfront electronic music experience curated by The Group Collective, a Lagos-based creative collective focused on bringing people together through culture, art, music, and shared experiences. At our core, we create concepts that unite tribes and spotlight creatives. We believe some of the most meaningful experiences happen at the intersection of sound, art, and community and the V Series is our purest expression of that philosophy. The idea itself came from a moment of clarity. I was surrounded by some of my favourite people at an after party when it dawned on me that we could build something for us, by us, that served a much bigger purpose than entertainment. That we could create a platform where people felt seen, where creatives could thrive, and where community was the headline. House music became the conduit. Community became the mission. Looking back, it’s incredible to see how far we’ve come in less than two years.
