COLDFLAMES (Fakoya Ayoola Olumide) is a Nigerian singer songwriter and the head of his indipendent record label called FLAMING MEDIA.. His career started as a chorister in the children choir of his church. He started playing the drums at the age of 6, before venturing into the playing of the piano at the age of 11His musical career started professionally in 2001 after meeting up with 3 guys (Flo pro, Sayne, Rajcore) in a studio called Beatdown entertainment. While playing around in the studio, they cooked up a song called pepper rest Jo, which was a big local hit, and then decided to form a group named higher. Unfortunately they group broke up due to differences with the management of their record label then just after the recording of their debut album, which never saw the light of the day. ColdFlames went on to record his first song called “everything” which became people's favbourites. Due to the impressive response from the locals, he decided to work on his album, writing and producing tirelessly on every track. 2 videos have being shot for the song everything which is meant to be the first single on his album, but was never released due to the his non satisfaction with the quality. As a producer he has worked with several Nigerian Artist like Fantom,Omar,MI,DJ Mannie(Cool fm radio personality),Dynamics,Zdon,Harrison,Akpos,KL,T-rella,etc. He just recently finished work on the Albums of Omar and DJ Mannie.His influences musically are so diverse, from pop to rock,Trance,hip hop,r&b,Techno,New Age, just name it so as it is called music. When relaxing he listens to a lot of softrock.His favourites artist that influenced him are Backstreetboys,westlife,Nsync,Linkin Park, Savage Garden,Goo Goo Dolls,Evanesence,Ben Jelen,3 doors down,Nickelback,Justin timberlake,Timbaland,Usher,P-Square,Dbanj,Djinee,STYL-PLUS. ColdFlames is one of the few versatile producers in the country right now. He can cook any beats, not minding the genre. From Rock to Hip hop to R&B to Dancehsll, to Techno, Afrobeat, etc. (Gifted he is, I guess.) ColdFlames is ready to expand his horizons beyond his locals.His album is a blend of rock, urban and electro sounds, with some heart felt lyrics, fused into a unique blend of heart thumping beats. His sound is so unique due to his unique husky style of singing which generates goose pimples on anyone who listens to his tracks. ColdFlames album is to be titled “STARLESS NIGHT" “Music is a journey of happiness for me, I guess it’s the only thing that gives me satisfaction, one thing is for sure, and I give my all into every production of music I am involved in.”

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