Tavian Oladapo is a soulful Nigerian musician, who was born in UK, moved to Nigeria at the age of 6 where he was educated. In 1984 Tavian moved to the United States where he joined a number of bands before moving back to the UK in 1985.
Tavian signed a contract with Polydor records as part of rock group “hysteria” who went on to record a creditable version of the Hendrix classic “purple haze” in 1987.
Tavian also worked with producers like Charlie Skarbek and Tim Smith who produced the European hit “midnight blue” for Louise tucker in the 1980’s.
Tavian also worked on potential cartoons for the BBC in the UK. He also worked with producers like “Yak Bondy” who wrote maybe for “Emma Bunton” of the spice girls. He also worked with hit producer, Steve Mac who has worked with the likes of Mariah Carey, Leona Lewis, Westlife, Boyzone, Gareth Gates, and Toni Braxton, Tavian provided the vocals for the underground hit “we can ride the boogie” by bubbles which was produced by Steve mac and James Anthony.
Tavian also featured on “I don’t want to be a part of you “by Resistance featuring Danny which was a minor hit in the 1990’s written and produced by Steve Mac.
Tavian met creative partner Jon Vears and decided to form the songwriting partnership called “Not The Norm Music” as part of the “RISE ENTERTAINMENT” project.
On the 29th of June 2006, one of their compositions entitled “17 heartaches” was profiled on an entertainment website. This development led to Tavian being contacted by Steve Hogan of concord artist international and he was subsequently offered an opening slot with Keisha White on her regional tour.
He was our guest on Sunrise ‘Artiste of the Week’ enjoy the interview.