Robert Ozn
Robert Ōzn | |
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ŌZN Live, Huntington Beach California 2023 | |
| Born | Robert Mitchell Warfield Frank Rosen New York, New York |
| Other names | ŌZN, DaDa NaDa |
| Occupations | Recording Artist, Singer, Rapper, Songwriter, Record producer, Actor, Screenwriter, Film Producer |
| Known for | Early pioneer of computer music and sampling |
Robert Ōzn (born Robert Mitchell Warfield Frank Rosen, in New York City) is an American recording artist, screenwriter, producer and Broadway actor. After touring with The Tonight Show Band as a jazz singer, he gained fame as the vocal half of '80s synthpop duo ẼBN-ÕZN and went on to a House Music career as a solo artist under the name Dada Nada. He later co-produced and co-wrote the feature film I Witness starring Jeff Daniels, James Spader, and Portia de Rossi.
In 2024 ĒBN-ŌZN’s "AEIOU Sometimes Y" (Elektra Records, 1983), the first commercially released and charted record made with a computer in the United States, was inducted into the Alternative Music Hall of Fame as a “Masterpiece Single”