Straight out Newark NJ, with roots in Ghana, DJ Flex (Felix Erwiah) returns with a tasty slice of melodic feelgood Afropop. A playful, sweetly romantic and universally interesting music impressed by Flex’s African heritage, ‘Odo’ (slang for Odoyewu, from the West African Twi dialect) encapsulates the Ghanaian idea of affection for all times in all its varieties.
One of the most popular producer/artists on the scene in the present day, DJ Flex has crossed many genres and collaborated with such luminaries as Megan The Stallion, Shenseea, Mya, Nija and Nigerian famous person Minz. He has garnered large Spotify editorial playlisting (leading to over 30 million streams), carried out a Boiler Room set and been featured on BBC Radio and OVO Sound Radio. His distinctive background has fostered a globe-trotting sound that comes with components of Afrobeats, Jersey Club and Baile Funk. Now signed to Virgin Music Distribution / Ingrooves, ‘Odo’ is the primary monitor off of an album undertaking out 2024.
Growing up in working class Newark, DJ Flex was launched to bop music and membership life by his father, who, along with working two jobs as a cab driver and Fedex worker, additionally made some additional money as a videographer for large weekend gatherings among the many Ghanaian diasporic neighborhood. As a small boy, the wide-eyed DJ Flex was in a position to expertise the rhythm of those events firsthand. Fascinated by the DJ’s skill to take the gang on a journey by the evening, Flex began tinkering with rudimentary gear on his personal as a teen, finally getting paid gigs all through the Northeast, and as far-flung as Atlanta and Germany, all of the whereas going to school and dealing odd jobs to get by.
Life turned harder when his father succumbed to a stroke and DJ Flex needed to keep residence and take care of him, all of the whereas finishing his diploma and hustling to earn as a lot as may together with his (now viral) productions and DJ gigs. After his father died within the Covid epidemic in 2020, DJ Flex determined to completely embrace music as his profession and future, impressed by the struggles and sacrifices that his father made to boost little Felix into DJ Flex.
About ‘Odo’, DJ Flex says ‘When I am creating, I love the feeling of merging different cultures and allowing the sound of the song to speak with people on a deeper connection. My goal when I was creating this song was to bring elevation to the current sound of afrobeats and adding a message everyone in the world can relate to, which is love.’
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