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Beat Wala 12: Osunlade - The Path of a Yorubian Priest

Beat Wala 12: Osunlade - The Path of a Yorubian Priest

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After nearly a decade producing mostly mainstream artists in LA,
Osunlade headed East, took a two-year spiritual sabbatical and
launched Yoruba Records.

Early on, he established two rules: 1) only sign artists willing
to be mentored, and 2) only release works you believe in.

In today´s podcast with Jo Youle, he explains how these artists
have become his family and he only starts to release records
after roughly four years and he really gets to know people.

He created five albums in the pandemic and is in the process of
putting this music out after a hugely prolific spell whilst the
world slowed down.

Taking time out to become ordained as a Yorubian Priest also had
a huge impact on his sound.

He moved to NYC, went to a lot of house parties in the late 90´s
and crafted a more folklore focussed style of electronic music we
hear in his sets today.