Mike Aremu

Mike Aremu is a Nigerian saxophone player.

At 8 years old, growing up in Niger State, Nigeria, at his local church he started playing musical instruments. In 1995, with some basic lessons, he concentrated on the saxophone. A year later, he became a member of House on the Rock's music team playing alongside Nigerian gospel artist Sammie Okposo, Agboola Shadare, Gbenga Owoeye-Wise and others. He played with the Compassion Band of the Strong Tower Mission. He had a series of appearances at venues in Nigeria including Pintos, The Green Lion, Club Towers, K's Place and Mega Plaza's Dome. He completed session work for Onyeka Onwenu, Nigerian reggae artist Ras Kimono and Fuji music artist Wasiu Ayinde Marshall.

He signed a three-year contract (that lasted for four years) record deal with Kennis Music Label, Nigeria's largest record label during this period and released two chart-topping albums "Dance" (1999) and "No Shaking" (2002) jointly selling more than 1.5 million copies. He has also recorded two songs for the Christian Broadcasting Network (C.B.N) in the United States.

Aremu has performed with Kenny G,Hugh Masakela, Najee, Kirk Franklin, Marvin Winans, Ron Kenoly, Mary Mary and Adlan Cruz. He made an appearance at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington DC.

He performed in London at The Barbican and Ocean as part of the annual Awesome Praise concerts. Aremu also performed at the London Festival of Life (FOL) twice, an event that was attended by over 40,000 people at the Excel Centre, London on 28 March 2008 and 18 October 2013.

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