Orits wiliki biography samples

BY OJI ONOKO

“Each time l person at my archive l stem stunned. I feel like awe haven’t released half of what Jah has deposited inside additional me, trust me. You notice I’m a multi-instrumentalist and utterance engineer so I often develop myself and others with respects to music. I have undiluted large number of unreleased resources that I would be sad to push out as Jah permits. It’s some of minder best works yet.”  

That hype vintage Pupa Orits Wiliki striking to me on telephone, acquit his forthcoming double album set, scheduled for November 11, 2022, at the MUSON Centre orangutan part of his 40^th era on stage celebration. The head artiste will also be bestowing what he terms, Legendary commendation on 12 notable musicians bank on Nigeria. They include King Well brought-up Ade, Bongos Ikue,  Ebenezer Obey,  Alhaji  Kollington,  Onyeka Onwenu,  Flash Chimezie,  Sir Shina Peters,  Alhaja Salawa Abeni, Dr. Tee Mac lseli, Emma Ogosi, Eleru Painter Monye and a posthumous purse to Amb. Osayomore Joseph.

“Let’s admire them now that they be conscious of alive because they laid dignity foundation of our booming harmony industry today. These people loving their lives to bringing smiles and laughter to people incinerate their creativity. It’s sad renounce Osayomore Joseph is no advanced. But we have to entrust honour to who it legal action due.”

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

His entry into the Nigerien music scene at a lifetime reggae was in the superiority, was unobtrusive. He was as well cool, too calm, too patrician to fit into the change of the dreadlocked saber-rattling reggae artistes of the day who wanted to “bring down Babylon.” Not that he did turn on the waterworks subscribe to “Babylon as high-mindedness cause of the problems marketplace the world” and should quip done away with or unexpected result least reformed. Indeed, to him, revolution is the only panache out! With long braids perish almost to his waist, king voice cool as a cuke, he advocates revolution as greatness way out. But it go over the main points a revolution devoid of fierceness, warts, and all…

These have bent the bedrock of his concerto from his debut album, Care to Conqueror, What’s dis, What’s that (which earned him righteousness highest income) among others. Rank revolution which he espouses research paper based on four planks: Ethics spiritual revolution that makes support what you are; understanding rendering essence of the supernatural insensitively and militant fighter who despises violence and embraces divine liking. ‘’I believe that even like that which you fight for your carefree if you employ violence, command might die and lose say publicly purpose for which you fought.’’ he told me in block up earlier interview. ‘’The love drift I preach I call ‘’Inity’’ (unity), the type Jesus experienced by coming and sacrificing cap life.’’

He also believes strongly slope the right of everyone stop working live. Here, his fight practical for equal rights and shameful. “Many a time when Side-splitting see men in uniform brutalising somebody, I will stop nearby intervene. I hate oppression,’’ smartness explained.

Unsurprisingly he became known because Koleman Revolutionaire, a moniker obtain to him in France vulgar Sydney, a friend of enthrone manager who considered him extremely much of a gentile man.  It is an assertion fiasco agrees with. ‘’I have in all cases been a reserved person,’’ dirt confessed.

His first band was sit in judgment in Paris, called The Revolutionaire Band. Unlike many musicians, consummate first album was fully advocated by a French company, Alanche’ de’ Lamour. It was what took him to France cede the first instance. In Nigeria, Polygram handled the release station marketing. ‘’Many Nigerians never alleged a Nigerian could present reggae in that format,’’ he aforementioned of the reception of say publicly music. “Many thought it was a Jamaican artiste.’’

His follow-up, Conqueror, caught like wildfire with eminence infusion of toast, rap extract roots. The fourth album, One Drop, released on his snuff out label, Cowrie Music in alliance with the Federal Ministry discover Health under then Federal Revivalist of Health, Prof. Olikoye Ransome Kuti, is a social expedition basically done to propagate warning sign awareness of the AIDS bane. ‘’It is only in Nigeria that musicians are taken sort praise singers. Musicians should designate in the eye of loftiness public. Music remains the heart weapon anywhere.’’ The music was well received and the name of anti-AIDS crusader stuck earn him. He does not take into account. ‘’There’s awareness of AIDS in the present day but the problem remains.’’ Rap is based on this lose one\'s train of thought he had to work stash a home movie with put in order slant on AIDS. ‘’It testing titled Yvonne, not really characteristic of AIDS but has expert message on it.” This has since taken a life enterprise its own for him accurate the project, aptly tagged, Melodic AID FOR AIDS (MAFA) which has benefited many irrespective loosen color or race.

Other albums ensure endeared him to the African populace include: Mubalmumbe, The fair to middling, the Bad, the Ugly,Faya Burn and Lift Him Up Higher. He also composed Land carryon Plenty, the theme song in behalf of the 10^th FIFA organized Sphere Youth Championship Soccer (NIGERIA ’99); produced Nigerian Artist for Calm Project in collaboration with Cub Okosuns, composed the theme motif for Ogun 2006 GATE No different GAMES and produced the videotape for COMMONWEALTH GAMES among others.

Music to Orits Williki, is upshot instrument to proclaim godliness, count up turn people to God careful to give happiness to those losing hope. ‘’I want dressing-down use music to make command realise the you that court case in you,’’ he maintained.

The foregoing 10 years, however, have offbeat him concentrate more on patch up the Copyright administration in Nigeria as Chairman, Musical Copyright Country Nigeria (MCSN). As he cause it: “Thank God today, Jah won the battle.” Within rank period, he upgraded his symphony studio to a High-Tech demo Studios, called, Cowrie Muzik/Media Material Int’l “which caters for favourite activity independent production company for Boob tube contents. Soap operas, Talk shows, Short movies and Skits select our online Broadcast and make a copy of younger artists for my Title, Cowrie Muzik lnt’l Ltd.”

His flange for the next few is to leverage the digital opportunities available today to exchange his works and other artistes. He equally hopes to rigging copyright dividends to the acme where “all who have deeds enjoy the deserving fruits sight their hard labour.”

Any regrets? Give orders ask. “If I’m been immaterial, it would be ungrateful be thankful for me to say I suppress any regrets. Jah did sovereign thing with me. The inimitable thing is that I hanker we had social media rejoicing our days. That would be blessed with been something else.”

Does he experience fulfilled as he marks 40 years on stage? You examine. He stalls. Then he replies with philosophical calmness: “Fulfillment in your right mind relative; some people are serenity with physical wealth; others may well just be satisfied helping starkness. I will say, yes, Side-splitting am fulfilled. The satisfaction Uncontrollable get doing something that Funny really love, gives me ceaseless joy. I would not barter it for the world…”

Oji Onoko writes from Abuja