ADONIY IS THE REVEREND PRINCE EMMANUEL ABIODUN ADEDOYIN. HE IS A MUSICIAN OF INTERNATIONAL UNDERGROUND REKNOWN, A SELF TAUGHT AND SELF TRAINED MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST: A VOCALIST,GUITARIST, BASSIST, KEYBOARD PLAYER AND DRUM PROGRAMMER, SOUND ENGINEER, VIDEO MAKER, PHOTOGRAPHER AND MUSIC PRODUCER. HE COMES FROM AN AFFLUENT NIGERIAN BACKGROUND AND ATTENDED SOME OF THE BEST ENGLISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, AN ECLECTIC THINKER AND AN EVENTUAL STUDENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY.
AS A CHILD HE HAD A GREAT INTEREST IN THE MUSIC OF CURTIS MAYFIELD, JAMES BROWN, MINNIE RIPERTON, ISSAC HAYES, BARRY WHITE AND THE JACKSON FIVE. EVEN THOUGH HE HAD ACCESS TO MAGAZINES OF THAT TIME SUCH AS FAB 208 AND THE RADIO LUXEMBOURG OFFICIAL MAGAZINE, THE ONLY ROCK MUSIC AVAILABLE IN WEST AFRICA WHERE HE GREW UP WAS OFTEN TO BE FOUND ON COMPILATION ALBUMS. HE TOOK INTEREST IN THE MUSIC OF THE BEATLES, JIMI HENDRIX AND LED ZEPPELIN. HE ALSO HEARD SMALL SNIPPETS FROM THE BAY CITY ROLLERS AND FLINTLOCk ET AL.