It is beginning to look like it is the season of comebacks for veteran music acts. Barely a few weeks after veteran musician, Daniel Wilson staged a comeback with the release of a new album featuring a remix of his old hit singles, veteran highlife musician, Mike Okri, is also staging a comeback after being away from the music business, with a comeback self-titled extended play (EP) which was launched on March 27. The launch of the EP titled ‘Rhythmysticals’ following his return from a decade sojourn in the United States, held at The Kulture Yard with Sheyi Shey as the special guest at the boom play backed launch. Produced by his Mike Okri Entertainment Company, the EP contains entertaining, original, intriguing and message-filled songs. He also collaborated with three female singers to remix three of his hit songs: ‘Omoge’, ‘Rhumba dance’ and ‘Time na Money’.
On why he left the stage when the ovation was loudest to the United States, he shared in an interview that he was spiritually inspired to leave the country at the time he did, adding that his coming back is not only to reclaim his place in the music industry but also to explore the business aspect of showbiz.
For many who do not know, Mike Okri belonged to the pop generation of Dizzy K Falola, Felyx and Mozyx, Alex O, Alex Zitto and Chris Mba, all of who stormed the Nigerian music scene in 1988 with his chart-buster debut LP titled ‘Concert Fever’, that ushered in spice and change into the Nigerian Music Industry. A onetime Vice President of the Musician’s union (PMAN), Director in the membership board of the Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria (MCSN) with King Sunny Ade as its presiding Chairman and a staunch intellectual property crusader, Okri has won for himself numerous awards in different categories and at different times both locally and internationally.
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