Origin London, England Occupation(s) Record producer | Genres Hip hop Years active 2002 – present | |
Instruments Keyboard
Sampler
Drum Machine Associated acts Persona Bars
Esa a.k.a. El Presidente
Homeboy Sandman | ||
Virtu-oso a.k.a. V-Man is a producer who is noted for his work with UK rapper, Persona Bars & also his solo projects. His most high-profile work has been his production on Persona's underground track, Let It B, Let It Grow, which went on the nighttime playlist of UK urban music channel, Channel U for a few months & has received over 10,000 views on YouTube. The track was supported by many UK pirate radio stations & developed an underground fan base but failed to get any mainstream notice.
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All of Virtu-oso’s solo EP’s have been released for free on the internet & fans of his music have distributed his tracks via blogs, podcasts, music compilations and in miscellaneous videos (The tracks The Love Jam & Hectic Movements from The Short Film EP are used for web videos by French soccer team, FC Metz). Also his tracks have been played on internet radio stations. His solo EP titled V-House Trailers featured the critically acclaimed UK artist Infinite Livez (from the acclaimed UK record label Big Dada).
On 2 March 2010 he put out a collaborative LP with Italian rapper, producer and DJ, Esa a.k.a. El Presidente, formerly with the group Otierre a.k.a. OTR. The LP was titled Special Blend and was distributed for free download via their respective Myspace pages.
The track titled Lean from Virtu-oso's 3rd solo project, A V-man Joint, was featured on Series 6 of the BBC's sitcom, Ideal
V-Man produced a track entitled, Earth, Wind, Fire, Water on Stones Throw Records artist, Homeboy Sandman's 2016 album, Kindness for Weakness (2016).
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