Otto Vonpablo‘s latest single “Everyday Is Sunday” featuring
Christ Rydaz due to be released on the 27th of November is a prelude to his up
coming Extended Play (EP) of 6 tracks which promises to up the creative ante of
the Nigeria gospel music industry.
Otto is unapologetic about his claim, “if art is dead then I
am the resurrection… in a time where both marketers, music labels and promoters
are plotting the fade of creativity and it’s demise, I stand in opposition”
Vonpablo penned in his memoir on African Art he titled, ‘Death by contempt’.
For those of you who are not conversant with the name Otto
Vonpablo, he is born Otto Paul Adah who is not only known for being the
President of (ATC CLUB) one of the most influential youth organization in
Nigeria but also a renowned Poet and
Author; a prolific song writer and
Actor.
Otto has grown to be a unique original such that is
difficult to categorize, “I am typical of no one else” Otto will say
humorously.
Come the 4th of dec, Otto promises to release his “AWOKEN”
EP as a serenata to honour the rise of a new dawn as he calls it, ” strange realm
of awareness…” Awoken to love, to God… propagating change via the power of
music and lyrical content.
“Awoken” is rich, intriguing and melodious in what seem to
break-even inspiration vs creativity. From the techno-glazed “Otto-matic Love”
and it’s “Full Otto-mation” that yet instills the usual infectious Naija flavor
down to the moderate slow rock emotion found in “Songs in the Night” and
“Something Beautiful”, such great variety of musical style that makes this EP
perfect for any music lover looking for something far more than our typical
Naija grooves.
“Writing the verses to the song ‘something beautiful’ was an
experience for me” says Vonpablo, ” it was an expression of my blatant honesty
and faith in God…”
In as much as it excites us to explore the content of this
vast field, Otto still affirms,” it’s just the introduction of myself”.
AWOKEN EP Track List:
1. Everyday is Sunday
2. Otto-Matic love
3 . Something Beautiful
4. Songs In The Night
5. Hush
6. Otto-Matic Love (full OttoMation)
Bonus
7.Blasphemy (poem)
