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| GADIEL OYEDOTUN OBAJIMI |
Gadiel
Oyedotun Obajimi popularly known as Candido Obajimi was born in Alagomeji-Yaba Lagos, Nigeria.
He started his
education at Lady-Lak primary school and then proceeded to CMS grammar school,
Bariga, Lagos.
Candido Obajimi loves music so
much and no wonder he was a member of Sadu Boys & Girls Club at Akinwunmi street, yaba-Lagosplaying Trap Drum. He is the founder of the school band with Tony
Benson, the son of late Bobby Benson back in the days in CMS grammar school and
got more knowledge of music at the Army School of music, Abati-Barrack Idi-oro,
Lagos.
He is a bundle of
talent who plays different kinds of instruments with his powerful vocal
delivery, exclusive drum performance and extraordinary stage craft are rare to find
lately in this part of the world.
Monomono recorded a classic
album entitled- Give a Beggar a Chance. Candido Obajimi also produced another album titled Adura Power in Oakland CA. On record,
he did about four albums with Tony Allen, the drummer of the Africa 70s band
led by Fela Anikulapo Kuti. He also recorded another album with Babatunde
Olatunji titled- Di Ominira.
He is a creative sound
engineer who has worked in the best recording studios namely; Shanu Olu Recording Studio Ijebu Ode, Tabansi
Recording Studio Onitsha and Ogo Oluwa popularly called Record Disc in Ifako
Agege, Lagos.
Candido Obajimi, who is now a
self-acclaimed king of Afro-beat, left the shores of Nigeria with Orlando Julius
in 1986 and he attended Studar School of Sound Engineering in California, USA to
study more about sound engineering of music, as part of his sojourn to the United States
of America.
He has been uniquely
different and much focused on his music career since he started out. He has
worked passionately with other creative music talents like Tony Allen, Art Alade, Steve Rhodes, Manu Dibango (Sol Makosa), Jake
Solo of group Osibisa, Akeem Karim, Mandators and Santana.
Recently, he just
released a super single entitled Trust from
the forthcoming album tagged Believe.
Gadiel Oyedotun
Obajimi (Candido Obajimi) is the CEO of AMP Records (Asela Music Production). Believe
it or not, he is the old wine in the new beat for the revolution of the Afro-beat
music genre and the music world in Nigeria.
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| CANDIDO OBAJIMI |
Congrats my dear uncle Candido
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