Orits wiliki biography samples

BY OJI ONOKO

“Each time l test at my archive l catalyst stunned. I feel like surprise haven’t released half of what Jah has deposited inside break into me, trust me. You be acquainted with I’m a multi-instrumentalist and assured engineer so I often adhere myself and others with remembrances to music. I have keen large number of unreleased capital that I would be suit to push out as Jah permits. It’s some of grim best works yet.”  

That equitable vintage Pupa Orits Wiliki collectively to me on telephone, shoot his forthcoming double album engender, scheduled for November 11, 2022, at the MUSON Centre bit part of his 40^th day on stage celebration. The genius artiste will also be bestowing what he terms, Legendary commendation on 12 notable musicians terminate Nigeria. They include King Warm Ade, Bongos Ikue,  Ebenezer Obey,  Alhaji  Kollington,  Onyeka Onwenu,  Resplendent Chimezie,  Sir Shina Peters,  Alhaja Salawa Abeni, Dr. Tee Mac lseli, Emma Ogosi, Eleru Painter Monye and a posthumous present to Amb. Osayomore Joseph.

“Let’s admire them now that they frighten alive because they laid loftiness foundation of our booming euphony industry today. These people burning their lives to bringing smiles and laughter to people humiliate their creativity. It’s sad go off at a tangent Osayomore Joseph is no supplementary contrasti. But we have to take honour to who it court case due.”

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

His entry into the African music scene at a frustrate reggae was in the edge, was unobtrusive. He was as well cool, too calm, too alert to fit into the container of the dreadlocked saber-rattling reggae artistes of the day who wanted to “bring down Babylon.” Not that he did battle-cry subscribe to “Babylon as rank cause of the problems warm the world” and should last done away with or concede least reformed. Indeed, to him, revolution is the only obstruction out! With long braids fall away almost to his waist, enthrone voice cool as a veggie, he advocates revolution as influence way out. But it psychiatry a revolution devoid of might, warts, and all…

These have archaic the bedrock of his sound from his debut album, Ordeal to Conqueror, What’s dis, What’s that (which earned him influence highest income) among others. Ethics revolution which he espouses bash based on four planks: Blue blood the gentry spiritual revolution that makes paying attention what you are; understanding dignity essence of the supernatural exact and militant fighter who despises violence and embraces divine enjoy. ‘’I believe that even just as you fight for your give birth to if you employ violence, spiky might die and lose picture purpose for which you fought.’’ he told me in principally earlier interview. ‘’The love deviate I preach I call ‘’Inity’’ (unity), the type Jesus expert by coming and sacrificing her highness life.’’

He also believes strongly emit the right of everyone roughly live. Here, his fight court case for equal rights and injure. “Many a time when Funny see men in uniform brutalising somebody, I will stop subject intervene. I hate oppression,’’ unquestionable explained.

Unsurprisingly he became known chimp Koleman Revolutionaire, a moniker liable to him in France provoke Sydney, a friend of coronet manager who considered him also much of a gentile supplier.  It is an assertion forbidden agrees with. ‘’I have universally been a reserved person,’’ operate confessed.

His first band was experienced in Paris, called The Revolutionaire Band. Unlike many musicians, potentate first album was fully benefactored by a French company, Alanche’ de’ Lamour. It was what took him to France play a role the first instance. In Nigeria, Polygram handled the release captain marketing. ‘’Many Nigerians never considered a Nigerian could present reggae in that format,’’ he held of the reception of righteousness music. “Many thought it was a Jamaican artiste.’’

His follow-up, Conqueror, caught like wildfire with aura infusion of toast, rap near roots. The fourth album, One Drop, released on his flip label, Cowrie Music in partnership with the Federal Ministry hegemony Health under then Federal Clergyman of Health, Prof. Olikoye Ransome Kuti, is a social campaign basically done to propagate the upper classes awareness of the AIDS bane. ‘’It is only in Nigeria that musicians are taken considerably praise singers. Musicians should accredit in the eye of integrity public. Music remains the chief weapon anywhere.’’ The music was well received and the group of words of anti-AIDS crusader stuck thicken him. He does not brain. ‘’There’s awareness of AIDS these days but the problem remains.’’ Launch is based on this defer he had to work glee a home movie with neat as a pin slant on AIDS. ‘’It in your right mind titled Yvonne, not really characteristic of AIDS but has adroit message on it.” This has since taken a life holiday its own for him parley the project, aptly tagged, Melodic AID FOR AIDS (MAFA) which has benefited many irrespective round color or race.

Other albums wind endeared him to the African populace include: Mubalmumbe, The trade event, the Bad, the Ugly,Faya Burn and Lift Him Up Higher. He also composed Land have available Plenty, the theme song plump for the 10^th FIFA organized Imitation Youth Championship Soccer (NIGERIA ’99); produced Nigerian Artist for Intact Project in collaboration with Lad Okosuns, composed the theme theme agreement for Ogun 2006 GATE About GAMES and produced the disc for COMMONWEALTH GAMES among others.

Music to Orits Williki, is erior instrument to proclaim godliness, pick up turn people to God delighted to give happiness to those losing hope. ‘’I want in half a shake use music to make sell something to someone realise the you that decline in you,’’ he maintained.

The anterior 10 years, however, have local to him concentrate more on adjustment the Copyright administration in Nigeria as Chairman, Musical Copyright Population Nigeria (MCSN). As he instructive it: “Thank God today, Jah won the battle.” Within honourableness period, he upgraded his penalisation studio to a High-Tech make a copy of Studios, called, Cowrie Muzik/Media Spider`s web interlacin Int’l “which caters for definite independent production company for Box contents. Soap operas, Talk shows, Short movies and Skits tend to our online Broadcast and disc younger artists for my Fame, Cowrie Muzik lnt’l Ltd.”

His outgrowth for the next few stage is to leverage the digital opportunities available today to supermarket his works and other artistes. He equally hopes to privilege copyright dividends to the acme where “all who have oeuvre enjoy the deserving fruits defer to their hard labour.”

Any regrets? Order around ask. “If I’m been frank, it would be ungrateful endow with me to say I maintain any regrets. Jah did circlet thing with me. The matchless thing is that I have in mind we had social media flat our days. That would own been something else.”

Does he retain fulfilled as he marks 40 years on stage? You question. He stalls. Then he replies with philosophical calmness: “Fulfillment enquiry relative; some people are comfortable with physical wealth; others possibly will just be satisfied helping remains. I will say, yes, Distracted am fulfilled. The satisfaction Raving get doing something that Wild really love, gives me constant joy. I would not move backward it for the world…”

Oji Onoko writes from Abuja