Prosper Ogene, a salient gospel music singer-song writer, composer and music director, filled with energy and vibes, the founder of Fearless worshippers crew. His love for music is exceptional and piercing. If there is one thing he is passionate about, it is music.
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Young artistes of Igbo origin are going back to this ancient traditional sound and creatively infusing it into the composition of contemporary mainstream genres of pop and hip hop, thereby keeping the music of ogene culturally relevant among their generation and more accessible to a wider audience, traversing geographical, cultural, and linguistic boundaries. Some notable artistes for whom ogene has been most influential in their work include rappers such as Phyno, Zoro, Illbliss, Uzikwendu, Tidinz, and singers Flavour, Kcee, Humblesmith, and most recently, the very talented Umu Obiligbo.
In a typical musical movement of ogene, these instrumental accompaniments recede for the lead instrument, ogene, to go off on a solo break which oscillates between sharp bursts of rapid beats and a staccato rhythm that rises and falls sporadically. After a while, the other instruments join in, poco a poco, at a point of culmination, where a uniformity in the sound is attained as the instruments raise the music to its crescendo. This pattern is repeated with almost metronomic precision throughout the performance, in between the call-and-response routine of the lead singer (usually the ogene player) and the members of the band.
Contemporary artistes continue to drive the evolution of ogene sound. Credit must be given to the duo of Umu Obiligbo, who in more recent times, can be said to have contributed the most to the mainstreaming of ogene music and the increase in its widespread sonic and visual appeal nationally, especially in contemporary pop circles.
Collaborations with big artistes such as Zoro, Phyno, Flavour, Jaywon, Larry Gaaga, Davido, and producers Fiokee and Bube, shot Umu Obliligbo into the limelight, but they are not letting themselves be swayed by the lights, the fame, or the acclaim. They embody a profound understanding of their role in driving a cultural renaissance in an epoch when many age-long traditions are under the threat of erosion by popular and conventional Western practices undergirded by technological advancements that are shrinking the world into a single, cosmopolitan community within which many cultures are losing their distinct identities. Igbo artistes possess enough acuity to be fully aware of the role of music in cultural preservation, and by keeping ogene alive, are mainstreaming it to a global audience.
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