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David Jairus Ochieng Okumu, born 12 October 1976 in Vienna, Austria is the singer and guitarist best known for fronting the critically acclaimed band The Invisible.

ALBUMS


Dave Okumu
Knopperz
2021
Joan As Police Woman, Tony Allen, Dave Okumu
The Solution Is Restless
2021, 2x Vinyl, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Trip Hop/Pop Rock
Dave Okumu, Yannis Philippakis, Hudson Scott, Jeremy Pritchard, Duncan Tootill, Vincent Taurelle, Leo Taylor
MILK. #1
2018, 12", Ltd, Num, Not On Label
Anthony Joseph
Rowing Up River To Get Our Names Back
2025, 2xLP, Album, Heavenly Sweetness, ,
Neo Soul/Fusion/Dub/Poetry
Anthony Joseph
Rowing Up River To Get Our Names Back
2025, CD, Album, Heavenly Sweetness, ,
Neo Soul/Fusion/Dub/Poetry
Jessie Ware
Glasshouse
2017
Rosie Lowe
Control
2016
Various
Fifty Shades Of Grey Remixed
2015, ,
Synth-pop/Downtempo/Breaks/Electro
Kwabs
Love + War
2015
Various
Fifty Shades Of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2015, CD, ,
Soundtrack
Eska*
Eska
2015, Vinyl 180 gram, ,
Soul
Lilly Wood And The Prick*
Shadows
2015, ,
Synth-pop
Paloma Faith
A Perfect Contradiction
2014, ,
Funk/Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Contemporary R&B
Jessie Ware
Tough Love
2014, CD Digipak, ,
Soul
Maxïmo Park
Too Much Information
2014, CD Gatefold card sleeve, ,
Indie Rock
Rosie Lowe
Right Thing
2013, ,
Indie Pop
VV Brown*
Samson & Delilah
2013, ,
Synth-pop/Indie Pop
Disclosure
Settle
2013
Various
Ninja Tune & If Music Present: If (If Music Is 10)
2013, ,
Downtempo/Leftfield/Jazzdance
Ghostpoet
Some Say I So I Say Light
2013
ESKA*
Gatekeeper EP
2013
VV Brown*
Samson
2013
Various
Ibiza Annual 2012
2012, 2xCD, Comp, Mixed, Ministry Of Sound, ,
House/Grime/UK Garage/Dubstep/Tech House/Hip-House/Progressive House/Deep House/Electro/Drum n Bass
Various
The Annual 2013
2012, 3xCD, Comp, Mixed, Ministry Of Sound, ,
Progressive House/House/Dubstep/Progressive Trance/Electro House
Jessie Ware
Running
2012, ,
House/Broken Beat/UK Garage
Jessie Ware
Devotion
2012, CD, ,
Neo Soul/Downtempo/Trip Hop
Jessie Ware
Strangest Feeling
2011
Duval Timothy
Help
2020, ,
African
Maxïmo Park
Too Much Information
2014
Dave Okumu And The Seven Generations
I Came From Love
2023
London Brew
London Brew
2023
The Invisible
Patience (Remixes)
2017, 12", EP, Ninja Tune
The Invisible
Life's Dancers
2016
The Invisible
Rispah
2012, ,
Downtempo/Indie Rock
The Invisible
The Invisible
2009
The Invisible
London Girl
2008, Vinyl, ,
Indie Rock
Timeline
Meta Meta
2007, CD, Album, F-IRE
Timeline
Know Hope
2002, CD, Album, F-ire, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Friends From Edinburgh
A Time To Live - 7-13 Feb 2000 Edinburgh
2000, CD, Promo, 11th Hour Records (7), 11th Hour Records (7), ,
Religious

APPEARANCES +


Dani Siciliano
Remix Ep
2017
Maxïmo Park
Leave This Island
2014
Various
EDM (Electronic Dance Music)
2013, 3x CD, ,
House/Electro House/Progressive House/Dubstep/Drum n Bass
Laura Mvula
Sing To The Moon
2013
Dido
No Freedom
2013
John Grant
The Art Of The Lie
2024, ,
Indie Rock/Art Rock/Leftfield/Synth-pop
Shabaka*
Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
2024
Holly Walker
Unsung
2023, LP, Album, Ltd, Woo Baby Ltd.
Yazmin Lacey
Voice Notes
2023
Wesley Joseph
Glow
2023, ,
RnB/Swing
Jessie Ware
That! Feels Good!
2023
Chelsea Carmichael
The River Doesn’t Like Strangers
2022, 2xLP, Album, Native Rebel Recordings
Dan Mangan
Being Somewhere
2022, Vinyl, ,
Alternative Rock/Folk Rock
Loyle Carner
Hugo
2022, Vinyl,
Shabaka*
Afrikan Culture
2022, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Modal/New Age
Royce Wood Junior
No Two Blue Ticks
2021, 11xFile, AAC, WAV, Album, Fresh Selects, ,
Soul/Psychedelic/Contemporary R&B
Joy Crookes
Skin
2021
Jessie Ware
Please
2021
EOB*
Earth
2020, ,
Indie Rock/Folk/House
Various
Blue Note Re:imagined
2020, 2x CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Jessie Ware
What's Your Pleasure? (The Platinum Pleasure Edition)
2020
Brotherly
Analects
2020
Various
Musikexpress 05/19
2019, CD, Comp, Promo, Musikexpress, ,
Indie Rock/Soft Rock
Nilüfer Yanya
Miss Universe
2019
Connie Constance
English Rose
2019, ,
Soul/Indie Rock/Contemporary R&B
Jessie Ware
Egoísta
2017, File, FLAC, Single, Island Records
Nick Mulvey
Wake Up Now
2017, ,
Ethno-pop/Indie Pop/Electro
Jordan Rakei
Wallflower
2017
Jessie Ware
Sam
2017,
Jessie Ware
Selfish Love
2017,
Various
ME-CD Nr. 0716
2016, CD, Comp, Promo, Musikexpress
Various
ME-CD Nr. 0816
2016, CD, Comp, Promo, Musikexpress, ,
Synth-pop/Indie Rock/Rock & Roll/Downtempo
Various
Me Before You: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2016, ,
Soundtrack
Hackney Colliery Band
Sharpener
2016
WhoMadeWho
Body Language Vol. 17
2016, CD, ,
Deep House/House/Techno/Tech House/Disco/Synth-pop/Experimental/IDM/Ambient
Adele
25
2015, CD, ,
Ballad/Neo Soul/Piano Blues/Soul/Rhythm & Blues/Contemporary R&B/Disco/Folk
Herbert*
The Shakes
2015, 2x Vinyl Gatefold, ,
House/Abstract/Leftfield
Kwabs
Love + War
2015, ,
Soul
Various
Fifty Shades Of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2015, CD,
Lianne La Havas
Blood
2015
Petite Noir
La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful
2015, ,
Indie Rock
Lilly Wood & The Prick
Shadows
2015, ,
Synth-pop/Indie Pop
Lianne La Havas
Unstoppable
2015, Vinyl, ,
Neo Soul
Various
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2014, CD, ,
Soundtrack/Indie Pop/Ambient/Synth-pop/Dance-pop/Ballad
Various
Addicted To Bass 2013
2013, 3xCD, Mixed, Ministry Of Sound, ,
Electro/Drum n Bass/Dubstep/House/Deep House
Theo Parrish / Tony Allen
Day Like This / Feel Loved
2013, 12", Wildheart Recordings, ,
Afrobeat/Soul/Funk
Various
Chilled House Classics
2013, 3xCD, Comp, Mixed, Ministry Of Sound, ,
Deep House/Progressive House/House
Dego & The 2000Black Family
Find A Way
2013, 12", Neroli, ,
Broken Beat/Funk/Soul
Various
RMF Hot New Vol. 3
2013, 2xCD, Comp, Magic Records, ,
Vocal/Electro/Soft Rock/Downtempo/Pop Rock/Folk Rock/Synth-pop/Europop/Lo-Fi/Soul/Alternative Rock/Progressive House/Pop Rap/House/Trance/Eurodance
Sons Of Kemet
Burn
2013, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Bonobo
LateNightTales
2013, CD, ,
Downtempo/Spoken Word
Kwes. & Micachu : Kwesachu
Kwesachu Vol. 2
2012, Cass, Comp, Mixtape, Promo, Not On Label (Kwesachu Self-Released), ,
Experimental
Foals
Tapes
2012, CD Digipak, ,
Downtempo/Folk Rock/Electro/Experimental/Afrobeat/Disco/Indie Rock/Funk/Soul/Deep House/Garage House/IDM/Gospel
Toddla T
Watch Me Dance: Agitated By Ross Orton & Pipes
2012, CD, ,
Grime/Dub/Techno
Mara Carlyle
Floreat
2011, CD, Album + CD, EP, Ltd, Ancient & Modern, Ancient & Modern, ,
Modern Classical/Downtempo
Robert Miles
Miniature World
2011
Matthew Herbert
One Pig
2011
Trentemøller
LateNightTales
2011, CD Slipcase, ,
Folk Rock/Indie Rock/Avantgarde/IDM/Goth Rock/Experimental/Spoken Word
Robert Miles
Th1rt3en
2011
Anna Calvi
Anna Calvi
2011
Various
Life In A Day (Original Soundtrack)
2011, CD, ,
Modern Classical/Experimental/Folk/Score/Soundtrack
Timo Maas
Balance 017
2010, ,
House/Techno/Deep House/Tech House/Minimal
We Fell To Earth
We Fell To Earth
2009, ,
Alternative Rock/Downtempo/Indie Rock
Róisín Murphy
You Know Me Better
2008, ,
Electro/Synth-pop/Vocal
The Matthew Herbert Big Band
There's Me And There's You
2008
Various
Record Breakin' Presents Excursions
2007, CD, Comp, Record Breakin' Music
Mark De Clive-Lowe
Freesoul Sessions vol. 1
2007, CD, Car, Antipodean Records, ,
Broken Beat
Róisín Murphy
Overpowered
2007, ,
Synth-pop/Electro/House/Electro House
Róisín Murphy
Overpowered
2007, CD, ,
House/Synth-pop/Funk/Disco
4hero*
Play With The Changes
2007, ,
Broken Beat/Future Jazz/Drum n Bass/Soul/Hip Hop
Matthew Herbert
Score
2007
Various
Sonar 07 - British Label Sampler
2006, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Capsule
Jamie Lidell
Multiply Additions
2006, ,
IDM/Contemporary R&B/Soul
Roy Ayers
Virgin Ubiquity Remixed
2006, ,
House/Jazz-Funk/Deep House/Acid Jazz/Drum n Bass/Funk
Dani Siciliano
Slappers
2006, ,
Experimental/Neo Soul
Brotherly
Searching
2006
Various
baR suSU 2
2006, CD, CD, ,
House/Garage House
Terri Walker
I Am
2006, ,
Soul/Neo Soul
Dani Siciliano
Why Can't I Make You High
2006
Herbert*
Scale
2006, ,
Deep House/Cool Jazz/Downtempo/Disco
Finn Peters
Su-Ling
2006,
Gilles Peterson
The BBC Sessions Vol. 1
2005, 2x CD, ,
Soul-Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Future Jazz/Hip Hop/Neo Soul/Downtempo
Legends Of The Underground
Original Soundtrack
2005, ,
Broken Beat/Future Jazz/Fusion
DJ Mitsu The Beats Feat. Lady Alma
[New Awakening] Remixes Part 1
2004, 12", Planetgroove, ,
Broken Beat/Deep House
DJ Mitsu The Beats
[Re-New Awakening] Part.02
2004, CD, Comp, Planetgroove, ,
Jazzy Hip-Hop/Broken Beat/Boom Bap
Bugz In The Attic
Got The Bug (The Bugz In The Attic Remixes Collection)
2004, ,
RnB/Swing/Broken Beat/Hip Hop
Various
Blue Note Revisited
2004, CD, ,
Instrumental/Future Jazz/Downtempo/Disco
Patricia Marx
Patricia Marx
2004, ,
Acid Jazz/Latin/Downtempo
DJ Mitsu The Beats
[Re-New Awakening] Part.01
2004
Us3
Questions
2003, CD, ,
Acid Jazz/Trip Hop/Contemporary R&B
Terri Walker
Untitled
2003, ,
Soul
Les Nubians
One Step Forward
2003, ,
Soul/Neo Soul
Daniel Bedingfield
Gotta Get Thru This
2002
Various
Flexipop
2002, ,
Glitch/Electro/Downtempo/Electroclash
Dennis Rollins' Badbone And Co.
Badbone
2001, CD, ,
Jazz-Funk/Acid Jazz/Swingbeat/Instrumental/Contemporary Jazz
J.Life
Tomorrow's Warriors Presents...J.Life
1998,
Various
Nouveau Edge: J'noire Records Presents Noir Jazz
CD, Album, Comp, Promo, Smplr, J'Noir Entertainment
Various
Body of Songs
2015, 10xFile, AAC, Album, 256, Body Of Songs
Various
Ninja Tune & If Music Present: If (If Music Is 10)
2013, ,
Downtempo/Leftfield/Jazzdance
Jessie Ware
What's Your Pleasure?
2020, ,
House/Dance-pop/Disco
Adele
25
2015, ,
Ballad/Neo Soul/Piano Blues
Dido
No Freedom (Remixes)
2013
Us3
Questions
2004