Rising Profiles of Zeof Records New Talents
Zeof Records, founded by High Chief (Barr) Jideofor Ezeofor, is unrelenting in discovering, nurturing, projecting and promoting young music talents.
Over the years, the record label has fearlessly ventured into territories where other music companies and promoters hesitate to tread. Even at the risk of personal financial loss, Ezeofor persists in sponsoring music shows, recognizing them as vital avenues for discovering talented upcoming musicians.
“Zeof Records supports artists by organising music shows that showcase the craft of different artists, both artists under Zeof Records management and other artists from different managements,” said Ezeofor.
In line with its avowed commitment to support upcoming artists, the record label has just brought under its canopy, three budding musical talents two of whom are Ezeofor’s sons.
Denzel-Armani
Born Ifenna Denzel-Armani Ezeofor, DenzelArmani is a talented songwriter and composer, who studied law at the University of Nigeria, Enugu. Arguably one of the few artists redefining the unique music genre, Afrobeat, originated by the late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Denzel-Armani infuses afrojuju, rock, jazz, R&B, neo-soul and hip hop to deliver a unique musical style.
Denzel-Armani evinced his passion for music at the young age of six, and his musical influences include Marvin Gaye, Boney M, Abba, Barry White, Bob Marley, Fela, and Lagbaja among others. He formally started his music career in 2020 and so far has several music tracks to his credit including the hits, ‘Comot Der’ and ‘Jonza’ and his recently released single ‘Neme.’
Von Blake
For Blake Dilinna Ezeofor aka Von Blake, music is a passion which caught up with him as a pupil. Growing up with music-loving parents as role models, Blake found the allure of music irresistible.
“As kids, my siblings and I formed dance routines to songs we composed ourselves. It gave us great joy because we didn’t like lessons or doing chores.”
A singer, songwriter composer and a graduate of Civil Engineering, Blake’s love for music blossomed throughout his academic pursuit. In secondary school, for example, he teamed up with like minds in his class to form the musical group, INVICTUS.
The budding music sensation has hit tracks to his credit, including ‘Vibration,’ ‘Tom Tom Waist’ and ‘Fine Fine Caro.’
Blake is inching towards international stardom as the young artist and INVICTUS came third in the Spanish/ Nigeria musical competition last year organized by the Spanish Embassy in Nigeria which featured 200 Nigerian artists.
Silver Omah
Ekene Silver who goes by the stage name Silver Omah was greatly impacted by her mother who is a singer and a studio owner. It was therefore not surprising that she eventually graduated from the Department of Music, at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
During her undergraduate days, Omah joined a music band named Ichoku led by Gerald Eze whose main focus was on exploring folk music and adapting popular songs to the Igbo traditional instruments such as the Uboaka and Oja.
In 2021, she met Kaycee Oguejiofor while attending a music seminar hosted by himself and Gerald Eze where they educated musicians and music lovers about the music industry.
Oguejiofor took a liking to Omah’s sound and decided to sponsor her recordings which aided her career growth. The young female music star started recording her music professionally in 2021.
A singer, songwriter and composer, Omah revealed that her fledgling music career had a turning point when she met Arch. Tobenna Ezeofor (Zeofest), the manager of Zeof Records in August 2023. He took an instant liking to her sound and introduced her to Ezeofor.
“He too fell in love with my sound and had me record two songs, one of which I released on February 9, 2024, as my first single named “Price Of Your Heart” in collaboration with Zeof Records.”