Dele Sosimi

**Bamidele Olatunbosun Sosimi** (an haife shi 22 ga Fabrairu 1963) wanda aka fi sani da Dele Sosimi, mawaƙin ɗan Najeriya ne ɗan Burtaniya.

## Tarihin Rayuwa
An haifi Sosimi a Hackney, London, Ingila.

Aikinsa ya fara ne lokacin da ya shiga Masar ta Fela Anikulapo-Kuti 80 (1979–86). Daga nan Sosimi ya kirkiro kungiyar Positive Force tare da Femi Kuti, wanda ya yi wasa tare da shi daga 1986 zuwa 1994. A duka mawakan biyu ya kasance mai buga madannai, sannan daraktan kide-kide da ke kula da sake tsara kade-kade da shirya waka da daukar mawaka da horar da sabbin mawaka. 

Dangane da Afrobeat, waƙar Dele haɗaɗɗi ne na hadaddun ramukan funk, kiɗan gargajiya na Najeriya, kaɗe-kaɗe na Afirka, da ke ƙarƙashin ƙaho na jazz da solos na wasu kayan kida, da kuma waƙa ta rhythmical.

Ana iya jin aikinsa na madannai a kan albam da yawa na Fela, da kuma wasu daga cikin na Femi. Dele kuma ya yi sau da yawa tare da Tony Allen.

Bayan kundi na farko na solo na Turbulent Times, an gayyace shi don zaɓar waƙoƙin don tarin 3-CD "Essential Afrobeat" (Universal, 2004). Shi ne furodusa kuma marubucin "Calabash Volume 1: Afrobeat Poems" na Ikwunga, the Afrobeat Poet (2004). Shi mamba ne na tsakiya na aikin Wahala. Ya kuma fito a kan kundin rapper na Biritaniya TY Kusa kuma an nuna shi "Turbulent Times" akan The Afrobeat Sudan Aid Project (2006). Mujallar Songlines ta bayyana a matsayin "Wani tsari mai ban sha'awa daga shugaban Afrobeat na London".

Ayyukansa sun hada da Montreux Jazz Festival, Joe Zawinul's Birdland (Vienna) da Treibhaus (Innsbruck), Paradiso da Bimhuis a Amsterdam, Oerol Festival a Terschelling, kuma a cikin Netherlands, Ollin Kan Festival (Mexico City), Kanada Afrobeat Summit (Calgary). , Kanada), Sensommer Int Musikkfestival (Oslo, Norway), Musicas Do Mar da Festival Musicas do Mundo (Portugal), Festival Art des Ville - Arts des Champs (Faransa) da kuma London African Music Festival, Hot Club a Lyon da Cave à Musique a Mâcon (Faransa). A cikin Nuwamba 2010, an nada Sosimi mai ba da shawara kan kiɗan Afrobeat don samar da Fela! a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na kasa da ke Landan, wanda kuma a cikinsa yake buga madannai.

Wanda yake zaune a Landan, Sosimi malami ne kuma malami a cikin Afrobeat (ta hanyar Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Foundation, kuma a matsayin malami mai ziyara a cikin Kiɗa da Media, Jami'ar London Metropolitan). Yana yin ɗaya daga cikin nau'ikan nau'ikan guda uku - ƙungiyar Orchestra na Afrobeat guda 15 (wanda ke nuna ɓangaren ƙaho guda biyar da raye-raye), rukuni guda shida zuwa tara (tsarin da aka fi amfani da shi akai-akai) ko uku/quartet (tare da bass da ganguna/percussion).

Babban rukuni na mawakan Sosimi shine Femi Elias (bass), Kunle Olofinjana (ganguna), Phil Dawson (gitar rhythm), Maurizio Ravalico (percussion), Justin Thurgur (trombone), Tom Allan (trumpet) da Eric Rohner (Tenor saxophone) .

## Zane-zane

; Studio albums

* *Turbulent Times* (2002)
* *Identity* (2007)
* *You No Fit Touch Am* (2015)
* *Cubafrobeat* (with Lokkhi Terra) (2018)
* *Take to the Streets* (with Eparapo) (2023)

; Remix albums

* *You No Fit Touch Am In Dub* (with Prince Fatty and Nostalgia 77) (2016)

; EPs

* *Too Much Information (Remixes)* (2015)
* *You No Fit Touch Am Retouched* (2015)
* *You No Fit Touch Am Retouched 2* (2017)
* *State of Play* (with Medlar) (2022)
* *The Confluence* (with The Estuary 21) (2023)

; Singles

* "Too Much Information" (2013)
* "Sanctuary" (2014)
* "Full Moon" (2020)

## Manazarta