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Dele Sosimi

Dele Sosimi has been played over 40 times on NTS, first on 30 May 2015. Dele Sosimi's music has been featured on 43 episodes.

Dele Sosimi (born Bamidele Olatunbosun Sosimi on 22 February 1963 in Hackney, London) is a Nigerian-British musician.

Sosimi's musical career began when he joined Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70 (1979–86). Sosimi then helped create Femi Anikulapo Kuti and the Positive Force with Femi Kuti, with whom he performed from 1986 to 1994. In both bands he was keyboard player, also musical director taking care of re-orchestrating and arranging music as well as handling the recruiting and training of new musicians.

Sosimi stands out as one of the most active musicians currently on the Afrobeat scene. From his debut solo album “Turbulent Times” (2002) which featured the cream of the resident Afrobeat community to the 3-CD compilation entitled “Essential Afrobeat”, with Family Recordings (Universal), released in October 2004, then producing and co-writing “Calabash Volume 1: Afrobeat Poems” by Ikwunga, the first Afrobeat Poet, also released in 2004 through to the Wahala Project, which released the single Wahala in 2006 which also appears on Puma’s 2006 Soccer World Cup Compilation CD "Africa Plays On" culminating with his 2nd Album "IDENTITY".

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Dele Sosimi

Dele Sosimi has been played over 40 times on NTS, first on 30 May 2015. Dele Sosimi's music has been featured on 43 episodes.

Dele Sosimi (born Bamidele Olatunbosun Sosimi on 22 February 1963 in Hackney, London) is a Nigerian-British musician.

Sosimi's musical career began when he joined Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70 (1979–86). Sosimi then helped create Femi Anikulapo Kuti and the Positive Force with Femi Kuti, with whom he performed from 1986 to 1994. In both bands he was keyboard player, also musical director taking care of re-orchestrating and arranging music as well as handling the recruiting and training of new musicians.

Sosimi stands out as one of the most active musicians currently on the Afrobeat scene. From his debut solo album “Turbulent Times” (2002) which featured the cream of the resident Afrobeat community to the 3-CD compilation entitled “Essential Afrobeat”, with Family Recordings (Universal), released in October 2004, then producing and co-writing “Calabash Volume 1: Afrobeat Poems” by Ikwunga, the first Afrobeat Poet, also released in 2004 through to the Wahala Project, which released the single Wahala in 2006 which also appears on Puma’s 2006 Soccer World Cup Compilation CD "Africa Plays On" culminating with his 2nd Album "IDENTITY".

Original source: Last.fm

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You No Fit Touch Am
Dele Sosimi
Wah Wah 45s2015
E Go Betta
Dele Sosimi
Wah Wah 45s2015
Dance Together Dub
Dele Sosimi, Prince Fatty, Nostalgia 77
Wah Wah 45s2016
Too Much Information (Laolu Remix) (Edit)
Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra (Laolu mix)
Innervisions2015
Too Much Information (Jephte Guillaume Tet Kale Remix)
Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra (Jephté Guillaume mix)
Rainy City Music2015
Na My Turn
Dele Sosimi
Wah Wah 45s2015
I Don't Care
Dele Sosimi
Wah Wah 45s2015
Mo Se B'ólá Tán
Dele Sosimi, The Estuary 21
Wah Wah 45s2024
Full Moon
Dele Sosimi, Medlar
Wah Wah 45s2020
You No Fit Touch Am
Dele Sosimi (Medlar mix)
Wah Wah 45s2020