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Orlando Julius

Orlando Julius has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 13 episodes and was first played on 27 July 2014.

Orlando Julius (born Orlando Julius Aremu Olusanya Ekemode, 1943) is a Nigerian musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is credited as one of the first musicians to fuse US R&B into traditional highlife music, creating his own influential Afrobeat sound during the mid-‘60s. From his time playing in the USA during the 1970s onwards, he is credited with bringing African music to a broader audience and famously co-composed the song ‘Going Back To My Roots’ with Lamont Dozier. He still plays and records regularly…

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Be Counted
Orlando Julius, The Heliocentrics
Strut2014
Be Counted
Orlando Julius, The HeliocentricsStrut2014
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Disco Hi-Life
Orlando Julius
Jofabro1979
Disco Hi-Life
Orlando JuliusJofabro1979
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In The Middle
Orlando Julius, The Heliocentrics
Strut2014
In The Middle
Orlando Julius, The HeliocentricsStrut2014
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Children Of The World
Orlando Julius
Jofabro1979
Children Of The World
Orlando JuliusJofabro1979
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Buje Buje
Orlando Julius, The Heliocentrics
Strut2014
Buje Buje
Orlando Julius, The HeliocentricsStrut2014
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Alafia
Orlando Julius, The Heliocentrics
Strut2014
Alafia
Orlando Julius, The HeliocentricsStrut2014
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Omo Oba Blues
Orlando Julius, The Heliocentrics
Strut2014
Omo Oba Blues
Orlando Julius, The HeliocentricsStrut2014
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Buje Buje
Orlando Julius, The Heliocentrics
Strut2014
Buje Buje
Orlando Julius, The HeliocentricsStrut2014
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I'm Back To My Roots
Orlando Julius (Ekemode)
NuWorld Music2006
I'm Back To My Roots
Orlando Julius (Ekemode)NuWorld Music2006
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