OLUWAFEMI AKINBODUNWA ALSO KNOWN AS FEMI SLIDE WAS BORN IN THE YEAR 1978 ON THE 13TH OF APRIL AT MUSHIN LAGOS . HE GREW UP IN OSHODI LAGOS STATE NIGERIA OF WEST AFRICA.
HE STARTED HIS MUSIC CAREER IN THE YEAR 1996 WITH HIS FIRST CONCERT ‘HAPPY HOUR’ AT FRENCH CULTURAL CENTER WITH SEYI SOLAGBADE
A PROFESSIONAL TROMBONIST AND TRUMPETER AND AN AWARD WINNING INTERNATIONAL AFRO-FUSION MUSICIAN WHO IS VERY GOOD IN AFRICAN JAZZ, AFRO FUNK AND HIGHLIFE, HE IS ALSO A FANTASTIC VOCALIST.
FEMISLIDE IS A PRODUCER AND A TALENTED SONGWRITER WHO HAS WORKED AND RECORDED SONGS BOTH HOME AND ABROAD WITH ARTIST SUCH AS SEYI SHOLAGBADE/BLACKFACE, BISADE OLOGUNDE [LAGBAJA], JESSE KING [BUGA], YINKA DAVIES, EVERGREEN BRAND, CHARLY BOY, WAJE, 2FACE IDIBIA, M.I., YOLANDA BROWN, MIKE AREMU AMONGST OTHERS ..
HE HAS PERFORMED AT LAGOS INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL, PIZZA EXPRESS JAZZ CLUB, JAZZ CAFE LONDON, JAZZ CLUB-LONDON TAP JAM AT RONNIE SCOTT’S, FELABRATION, LAGOS @ 50 FESTIVAL WITH STEVE ROSE ORCHESTRA, ALLIANCE FRANCE LAGOS NIGERIA, THE FESTIVAL OF LIFE OF THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD IN LONDON, DAYSTAR CHRISTIAN CENTER, THE REDEEMED EVANGELICAL MISSION(TREM) AND KICC LONDON TO MENTION A FEW.
HE HAS OVER 15 TALENTED BAND MEMBERS WHO ARE GIFTED IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF AFRO – CULTURAL MUSIC.
HE HAS AN ALBUM TITLED “IPA’SE”(FOOTPATH) RELEASED IN 2014.
AND HAS AN SINGLE TITTLED ‘THE RICH ALSO CRY” DROPPING ENDING OF THIS MONTH.
HE IS A RECIPIENT OF MUSIC KAMP AFRICA AMBASSADOR AND MENTOR AND EMERGING AFRICAN MUSIC LEADER AWARD.
