Osunlade Pyrography

More of a cultural artifact than an album in the traditional
sense, Osunlade’s ‘Pyrography’ first materialised in
2011, intended to mark the closing chapter in his House
music journey, the start of a new creative phase. Titled
after the ancient artistic practice of burning an image onto
a surface, everything about ‘Pyrography’ implied both
ritual and permanence. A few signed, ultra-limited edition
CD copies of the album were accompanied by a specially
commissioned art book, with original works by highly
regarded Australian artist Scott Marr and a series of
‘oriki’ prayers appearing in print for the first time ever.
In 2017, BBE are proud to team up with the mercurial DJ,
producer and ordained Yoruba priest Osunlade to make
this incredible work of art available on vinyl for the first
time. Two heavyweight 12” records nestle in the front and
back covers of a lovingly printed book containing a brief
history of the Yoruba culture, Scott Marr’s evocative
images and those all-important traditional oriki prayers by
Maria Oggun Bemi. Placed at the meeting point of art,
culture, history, music and spirituality, Pyrography
simply cannot be described or compared, much like the
ritual Anagó language the project celebrates.

Packaged with an art book featuring Yoruba language,
prayer and history illustrated with unique pyrography
(images burned onto paper) created by award winning
artist Scott Marr.