Osunlade
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1969-03-13
Discography
- Beats De Los Muertos (Vol. 1)2000
- El Primer Ano2000
- Paradigm2001
- Pride2002
- Aquarian Moon2006
- Elements Beyond2007
- Rebirth2009
- Pride (The Remixes)2010
- Pyrography2011
- Envision2011
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Osunlade is a gifted and respected deep house / nu-jazz producer and DJ. Growing up in a musical environment, he knew music would rule his life. As a teenager in the 70s, he joined the cast of Sesame Street and later began producing music for the show. An ordained priest of the African religion of Ifá, Osunlade's spirituality can be heard in the tribal percussion and even Latin and Brazilian rhythm influences of his music. Osunlade moved to Los Angeles, California, where he worked with artists
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Osunlade (; born March 13, 1969) is an American musician and music producer.
==Biography== Osunlade was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He composed music for Sesame Street during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Afterward, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he worked with artists such as Patti LaBelle and Freddie Jackson. After a stint there, he moved to New York, where he founded Yoruba Records because of "the continued need to create the music I wanted". To date, he has worked with such artists as Roy Ayers, Nkemdi, Salif Keita, Poranguí, and Cesária Évora. In 2006, he released the album Aquarian Moon; in 2007, he released the album Elements Beyond on the revived Strictly Rhythm label, and in 2009, he released the album Passage. He is a priest of the Yoruba religion of Ifá.
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