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Osunlade

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 such as Patti LaBelle and Freddie Jackson. After a stint there, he moved to New York, where he founded Yoruba Records. To date, he has worked with such artists as Roy Ayers,......

Omarion

Omari Ishmael Grandberry (born November 12, 1984 in Inglewood, California), better known as Omarion, is an American Grammy nominated R&B singer, actor and former lead singer of B2K. He released his debut solo album O in 2005, it went Platinum and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. In 2006 his second album, 21, also debuted at #1 and went Gold, selling over 900,000 copies worldwide. In 2007 he collaborated with rapper Bow Wow and they released an album together entitled Face Off. Recently he announced that he had signed to producer Timbaland's Mosley Music Group and Lil Wayne's Young Money label, but he left both of these labels to eventually sign with......

Otto

There's at least 7 artists under the name "Otto":1.The composer, singer and percussionist Otto was born in Pernambuco, Brazil, and he was, along with Chico Science, Fred 04 and others, one of the creators of the Manguebeat movement, a revolution in Brazilian music.2. aka DJ Toto from Colombia, who has avery nice release on the net-label Corporate Identity http://www.corpid-label.de3.A Turkish hardcore band from the Istanbul underground music scene4. German comedian-act, director (and musician too) Otto Waalkes.5. Band from Oxfordshire, UK. Forged from both the Backbone and the cutting edge of 2 intertwined bands:"oTTo. Rock n Roll meets grunge Jazz n......

Ornette

Ornette is Parisian artist who creates simple but infectious pop melodies. Her debut album Crazy was released in France on 26 September 2012. Ornette is 28 years old and a mother of two. Ornette herself is partial to jazz, with her stage name paying homage to Ornette Coleman.Ornette has also played small screen roles in The Story of Marie and Julien and Small Cuts. Source

Oddisee

The son of Sudanese and American parents, Amir Mohamed was born and raised in the United States capital city of Washington, D.C., spending hot summers in Khartoum learning Arabic and swimming in the Nile. Growing up amidst the sounds of New York hip hop, his father playing Oud, Go-Go, and gospel, Amir took his first steps as an MC producer in the analog basement studio of his legendary neighbor, Garry Shider (Parliament Funkadelic).Since producing and performing the hit track "Musik Lounge" for DJ Jazzy Jeff's "Magnificent" LP, Amir "Oddisee" Mohamed has pushed his involvement in the music industry into fifth gear. Taking advantage of......

Opensouls

Opensouls have steadily risen through the ranks of the New Zealand music scene since beginning their combined musical journey in 2001. Comprised of 2 vocalists, M.C. Bjorn Petersen and singer Tyra Hammond, and a live band including Jeremy Toy a.k.a. Ota (guitar/MPC), Julien Dyne (drums), Chip Mathews (bass), Steph Brown (keys), Scott Towers (saxophone), Isaac Aesili (trumpet/vocals) and Harlin Davey a.k.a. DJ Buttafingers (turntables), the collective possesses an abundance of musical flair and experience which they have used to great effect on their critically acclaimed debut album Kaleidoscope. Add to this a string of sold out 12” and 7” vinyl releases and an inspired live......

Oreja

…also known as Seijihttp://www.last.fm/music/Seiji/ Source

onr

ONR (pronounced "honor") is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and self-taught producer born Robert Shields, who was raised in rural isolation on a sheep farm in the Scottish Highlands. Inspired—and also bored—while at his family’s farmhouse on cliffs overlooking the North Sea, Shields began writing and performing his own songs around 12 or 13, teaching himself piano on a battered instrument missing half its keys that he uncovered in the family shed. While still at school, he had his first break: He won a songwriting competition, judged by Coldplay’s Chris Martin, and was later offered a place at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, founded by Sir......