Inusa Dawuda

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Inusa Dawuda
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Inusa Dawuda
Background information
Birth nameInusa Dawuda
Also known asBlack Pharaoh
Born12 August 1960
Accra, Ghana
Genres Dance, house, reggae, chillout, lounge
Occupation(s)Singer, saxophonist
Instrument(s)Saxophone, percussion
Years active1994–present
Labels Kingdom of Music
Website www.inusagroove.com

Inusa Dawuda is an Afro-German musician, singer, record producer, and percussionist.

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Early life

Inusa Dawuda was born in Accra, Ghana, and as a teenager he moved with his parents to Hamburg, Germany. Inusa learned to play the saxophone during his youth, and he was also actively involved in sports. During the early 1990s he was a multiple boxing champion in Hamburg in the light heavyweight division.[ citation needed ]

The first successes in the field of music came to Inusa in the mid 1990s, when he traveled and played with several bands, playing cover versions of favorite hits from James Brown to Bob Marley. His primary musical influences include Manu Dibango, Fela Kuti, and Grover Washington, Jr. [1]

Career highlights

Inusa eventually embarked on a solo career embracing House music as his preferred performance genre. In 2006, he recorded the club single, Morning Light, with its Chillout version selling a million copies in the world-famous Café del Mar collection (volume 9).

From 2006 to 2010 Inusa recorded his most popular tracks Rumours (Digi Digi), [2] Rub-A-Dub Girl, Down Down Down, and We Want More.

Inusa's track, "I Don't Know" (with Astero) was included on the album, VA Mega Dance Party: Hits of the Year, 2011 (Dance, Club category). [3]

In 2012, the U.S.-based company, Hip Video Promotions, is officially promoting Inusa's summer hit, "Satisfaction" for nationwide exposure and rotation. [4]

Career accomplishments

Inusa is a collaborative artist, having enjoyed collaborations and support for his recordings from some of the biggest House giants like Erick Morillo, Paul Oakenfold, and radio rotations worldwide.

For 2009–10, Inusa was acknowledged as "Russia's Most Successful Foreign Artist", where to-date his single Rumours (Digi Digi) has received an excess of over a million radio plays, beating a stream of fellow foreign artists in a category that included Lady Gaga and David Guetta. [5]

Inusa Dawuda's work is released on recording labels from BMG to Universal Music, Pacha Recordings, Tiger Records-Kontor Records, Hed Kandi and Kingdom of Music. [6] He performs primarily in Germany, Russia, Turkey, Austria, Ukraine, Poland, Albania and other Scandinavian countries. Inusa's music is also renowned in other countries like Croatia, Italy, France and the UK, where his tracks often appear in playlists and club charts.

His 2011 releases I Don't Know, Now or Never and Walking on Sunshine continue to be popular tunes across the club and video scene. Dawuda's 2012 release, "Let's Do It" was a collaborative release from the UK label, Champion Records. [7] His summer 2012 release, Satisfaction, was in collaboration with Khetama and EES. [8]

Inusa Dawuda has also recorded in the lounge and chillout genres with some of his house tracks like Morning Light and You Are covered to cross-over as ballads. Lounge instrumentals like Reflections,Waterfalls, Nubian Memories, and African Nights, showcase Inusa's work as a vocalist, saxophonist, percussionist, and performer.

Inusa's single, "You Belong to the City (Niels Van Gogh Dub Mix)" (with Choc Choc Zoo), appears on the Best of Dance Music 2012 album. [9]

For early 2013, Dawuda released "Hey Mr. DJ" which became a European hit, while his 2011 album "I Feel Beautiful" gained renewed recognition in the United States. [10]

On 20 May 2013, Inusa's track, "Disco Flight", a collaboration with renowned House DJs Max Creative and DJ Beavis, reached the No. 2 slot on the Kings of Spins Top 20 club tracks list. [11]

Appearances

Inusa was a guest performer at the Gala Show of the Queen of Ukraine Pageant in 2010. [12]

In 2011, Inusa appeared in Nigar Jamal's debut video, "Crush on You." [13]

Personal life

Inusa Dawuda currently resides in Hamburg, Germany.

Discography – House / Dance / Reggae / Afro /

TrackYearCollaboratorLabel
"Disco Flight"2013Max Creative & DJ Beavis feat. Inusa DawudaKingdom of Music
"Hey Mr. DJ"2013Inusa Dawuda & Violet MastersKingdom of Music
"In Music"2012Inusa Dawuda feat. Violet MastersKingdom of Music
"Let's Do It"2012Mr. Groove & Vergas feat.ChampionRecordsUK
"Satisfaction"2012Khetama feat. EESKingdom of Music
"What's Wrong"2012Bryan BaxKingdom of Music
"You Belong to the City"2012Choc Choc ZooNeed4Music
"Walking on Sunshine"2011Magnetix ProjectKingdom of Music
"You Are"2011DJ STJKingdom of Music
"I Don't Know"2011AsteroKingdom of Records
"All I Want"2011ImpactKingdom of Music
"I Feel Beautiful"2011VariousKingdom of Music
"Now or Never"2011DJ SalahGaGa Records
"I Want Your Sax"2011Inusa DawudaF & S Records
"We Want More"2010DJ ChickKingdom of Music
"She Danced"2010DJ ChickPacha Recordings
"Believe"2010Inusa Dawuda.Difruta Music
"Deep Down"2010Chris Montana Project feat.S2G
"Down Down Down"2009No Tone feat.Molto Records' Records
"Believe"2009Inusa Dawuda.Hed Kandi
"If You Believe"2009Slin Project feat.Join Hands Records
"Rub-A-Dub Girl"2008Whizzkids feat.Kontor Records / Tiger Records
"Going Back to My Roots"2008Big World & Denise The Menace featSubliminalRecords
"Children of the Night"2008Sebastian courtier feat.Molto Records
"Life Is Love"2007No Tone feat.Molto Records' Records
"Rumours (Digi Digi)"2006WhizzkidsKontor Records / Tiger Records
"Dance 4 Your Life"2005Jay feat.Attractive
"Get Up (And Rock Da House)"2004Rhythm Divine Project feat.Royal Flush Records
"Morning Light"2001Swen G feat.BMG / Clubland

Discography – lounge / chillout

AlbumYearTrackFeatured Collaboration
n/a2010Morning Light with Mr. Swen GThe Best Songs of Ibiza, 1 (2010)
"DayDreams" (re-released 2011)2009Daydreams
2009Reflections
2009Autumn Winds
2009Waterfalls
2009Questions
2009Runaway Horses
2009On the Beach
2009African Nights
"Global Player"2008Making Love
2008Dreamily
2008You Are The Only One
2008Global Player
2008Space Child's Lullaby
2008Nubian Memories
n/a2006Life Train (Right in a Train)Ibiza Chill Sensation, Vol. 1

See: Inusa Dawuda for complete discography.

References

  1. "Frontier Theme". Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  2. "Monopark Artist Management - Khetama". Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  3. "Вход - UnionGang - торрент трекер".
  4. "Hip Video Promo - Music Video Promotion". Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  5. "Inusa makes Ghana proud in the world of techno". Archived from the original on 30 June 2013.
  6. DDance Artist Top 1000 Profile: Inusa Dawuda Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 5 May 2012.
  7. "Mr Groove & Vergas ft. Inusa Dawuda – Let's do It (Official Video) | Champion Records". Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  8. "Kings of Spins Search".
  9. Best of dance music 2012iTunes
  10. "Inusa Dawuda Revealed the Secrets of Making "I Feel Beautiful" Album". Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  11. "Kings of Spins Search".
  12. "Королева Украины 2010".[ permanent dead link ]
  13. ""Eurovision 2011" winner to present new clip – VIDEO".