Orlando Julius

Orlando Julius (born Orlando Julius Aremu Olusanya Ekemode, 1943) is a Nigerian musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is credited as one of the first musicians to fuse US R&B into traditional highlife music, creating his own influential Afrobeat sound during the mid-‘60s. From his time playing in the USA during the 1970s onwards, he is credited with bringing African music to a broader audience and famously co-composed the song ‘Going Back To My Roots’ with Lamont Dozier.

— Last.fm

Why This Artist

Orlando Julius scores in the top 78% overall, with 60K listeners and 6K followers. A afrobeat act in the sonic world of Thundercat and Mayer Hawthorne.

Sounds Like

Thundercat · Mayer Hawthorne · Duckwrth · Dove Cameron · Gnarls Barkley

Discography