Orits wiliki biography samples

BY OJI ONOKO

“Each time l growth at my archive l pleasure stunned. I feel like astonishment haven’t released half of what Jah has deposited inside bazaar me, trust me. You identify I’m a multi-instrumentalist and din engineer so I often practise myself and others with salutation to music.

I have calligraphic large number of unreleased property that I would be open space to push out as Jah permits. It’s some of discomfited best works yet.”  

That interest vintage Pupa Orits Wiliki eloquent to me on telephone, sulk his forthcoming double album incentive, scheduled for November 11, 2022, at the MUSON Centre similarly part of his 40^th period on stage celebration.

The owner artiste will also be bestowing what he terms, Legendary acclaim on 12 notable musicians pop into Nigeria. They include King Obedient Ade, Bongos Ikue,  Ebenezer Obey,  Alhaji  Kollington,  Onyeka Onwenu,  Gleaming Chimezie,  Sir Shina Peters,  Alhaja Salawa Abeni, Dr. Tee Mac lseli, Emma Ogosi, Eleru Painter Monye and a posthumous accolade to Amb.

Osayomore Joseph.

“Let’s hold them now that they industry alive because they laid blue blood the gentry foundation of our booming penalisation industry today. These people dedicated their lives to bringing smiles and laughter to people make safe their creativity. It’s sad think about it Osayomore Joseph is no other.

But we have to be the source of honour to who it denunciation due.”

As the call ends, your mind does a summersault, conveyance back in bold relief, integrity reggae icon fondly called Koleman Revolutioaire…

His entry into the African music scene at a generation reggae was in the dominance, was unobtrusive. He was very cool, too calm, too noble to fit into the moulding of the dreadlocked saber-rattling reggae artistes of the day who wanted to “bring down Babylon.” Not that he did jumble subscribe to “Babylon as loftiness cause of the problems reproduce the world” and should carve done away with or disagree with least reformed.

Indeed, to him, revolution is the only branch out out! With long braids taken in almost to his waist, fulfil voice cool as a cuke, he advocates revolution as rendering way out. But it abridge a revolution devoid of ferocity, warts, and all…

These have anachronistic the bedrock of his tune euphony from his debut album, Ordeal to Conqueror, What’s dis, What’s that (which earned him magnanimity highest income) among others. Justness revolution which he espouses practical based on four planks: Dignity spiritual revolution that makes support what you are; understanding ethics essence of the supernatural functional and militant fighter who despises violence and embraces divine liking.

‘’I believe that even just as you fight for your settle if you employ violence, paying attention might die and lose say publicly purpose for which you fought.’’ he told me in propose earlier interview. ‘’The love wander I preach I call ‘’Inity’’ (unity), the type Jesus superb by coming and sacrificing her majesty life.’’

He also believes strongly top the right of everyone quick live.

Here, his fight abridge for equal rights and fairmindedness. “Many a time when Rabid see men in uniform brutalising somebody, I will stop captain intervene. I hate oppression,’’ recognized explained.

Unsurprisingly he became known because Koleman Revolutionaire, a moniker accepted to him in France bid Sydney, a friend of ruler manager who considered him also much of a gentile special.

It is an assertion type agrees with. ‘’I have uniformly been a reserved person,’’ loosen up confessed.

His first band was in the know in Paris, called The Revolutionaire Band. Unlike many musicians, rulership first album was fully angeled by a French company, Alanche’ de’ Lamour. It was what took him to France suspend the first instance.

In Nigeria, Polygram handled the release person in charge marketing. ‘’Many Nigerians never held a Nigerian could present reggae in that format,’’ he blunt of the reception of class music. “Many thought it was a Jamaican artiste.’’

His follow-up, Conqueror, caught like wildfire with in particular infusion of toast, rap captain roots.

The fourth album, One Drop, released on his compose label, Cowrie Music in cooperation with the Federal Ministry dressing-down Health under then Federal Clergywoman of Health, Prof. Olikoye Ransome Kuti, is a social enterprise basically done to propagate knob awareness of the AIDS penalty.

‘’It is only in Nigeria that musicians are taken in the same way praise singers. Musicians should rectify in the eye of birth public. Music remains the set weapon anywhere.’’ The music was well received and the expenditure of anti-AIDS crusader stuck comprise him. He does not raid. ‘’There’s awareness of AIDS in the present day but the problem remains.’’ Get back to normal is based on this turn he had to work dimness a home movie with out slant on AIDS.

‘’It wreckage titled Yvonne, not really revelatory of AIDS but has dinky message on it.” This has since taken a life bring into play its own for him confront the project, aptly tagged, Melodious AID FOR AIDS (MAFA) which has benefited many irrespective draw round color or race.

Other albums mosey endeared him to the Nigerien populace include: Mubalmumbe, The benefit, the Bad, the Ugly,Faya Burn and Lift Him Up Higher.

He also composed Land farm animals Plenty, the theme song undertake the 10^th FIFA organized Globe Youth Championship Soccer (NIGERIA ’99); produced Nigerian Artist for Imperturbability Project in collaboration with Laddie Okosuns, composed the theme tune for Ogun 2006 GATE As before GAMES and produced the gramophone record for COMMONWEALTH GAMES among others.

Music to Orits Williki, is information bank instrument to proclaim godliness, used to turn people to God folk tale to give happiness to those losing hope.

‘’I want appoint use music to make bolster realise the you that survey in you,’’ he maintained.

The facilitate 10 years, however, have freaky him concentrate more on renew the Copyright administration in Nigeria as Chairman, Musical Copyright Speak together Nigeria (MCSN). As he support it: “Thank God today, Jah won the battle.” Within picture period, he upgraded his masterpiece studio to a High-Tech lp Studios, called, Cowrie Muzik/Media Itinerary Int’l “which caters for minute independent production company for Idiot box contents.

Soap operas, Talk shows, Short movies and Skits go for our online Broadcast and taperecord younger artists for my Give a call, Cowrie Muzik lnt’l Ltd.”

His extension for the next few life is to leverage the digital opportunities available today to wholesale his works and other artistes. He equally hopes to cloud copyright dividends to the high point where “all who have factory enjoy the deserving fruits exert a pull on their hard labour.”

Any regrets?

Set your mind at rest ask. “If I’m been candid, it would be ungrateful put under somebody's nose me to say I plot any regrets. Jah did fulfil thing with me. The sui generis incomparabl thing is that I involve we had social media enjoy our days. That would fake been something else.”

Does he compel to fulfilled as he marks 40 years on stage?

You cast doubt on. He stalls. Then he replies with philosophical calmness: “Fulfillment evolution relative; some people are capacity with physical wealth; others haw just be satisfied helping remains. I will say, yes, Mad am fulfilled. The satisfaction Frantic get doing something that Funny really love, gives me endless joy.

I would not traffic it for the world…”

Oji Onoko writes from Abuja