Robert Ozn
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Robert Ozn (born Robert M. Rosen, New York City) (records under the name DaDa NaDa; Broadway credits as Robert Rosen; personal nickname OZN, (pronounced "OH-zen")) is a Top Five Billboard recording artist,[3] screenwriter, producer and Broadway actor. He's known for being the vocal half of '80s synthpop duo EBN-OZN; his solo act, Dada Nada; and for his later work as co-producer and co-writer with Colin Greene of the award-winning, human rights-themed feature film I Witness starring Jeff Daniels, James Spader and Portia de Rossi.
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Robert Ozn | |
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Born | Robert Mitchell Warfield Frank Rosen New York, New York |
Nationality | US, Canada |
Other names | OZN, DaDa NaDa |
Occupation(s) | Recording Artist, Actor, Screenwriter, Film Producer, Songwriter, Record producer, Activist |
Known for | One of the early pioneers of computer music sampling,[1] producing, with partner Ned Liben (EBN of EBN-OZN), the first commercially released record ("AEIOU Sometimes Y", Elektra Records/1983) ever made on a computer, a Fairlight CMI, in the United States. One of the music industry's first white rap artists (Elektra/1983) and the first white House Music artist (One Voice/1989) to chart in North America [2] One of just a handful of Broadway/West End performers to transition into successful music industry careers |
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