Dada Nada - House Music and Hip House act which served as the moniker for Robert Ozn

Robert Ozn

Robert Ozn , New York City born producer, screenwriter recording artist and actor, best known for being the vocal half of 80s synth pop duo EBN-OZN solo act, Dada Nada, and for his later work as co-producer and co-writer with Colin Greene of the human-rights themed feature film I Witness starring...

 after the breakup of New York art rock act EBN-OZN, an MTV darling in the mid 80s. Dada Nada had two American Billboard Top 5 Club records in 1989 and 1990: Haunted House and Deep Love, plus additional charted records in Europe particularly in the UK: GIve It All You Got, The Good Thing. Distribution: One Voice Records North America (a start up indie label owned by Ozn) and Polydor/Polygram UK/International. Producers, mixers and writers that worked with the act: Frankie Knuckles

Frankie Knuckles

Frankie Knuckles is an American DJ, record producer and remix artist. He played an important role in developing house music as a Chicago DJ in the 1980s and he helped to popularize house music in the 1990s, with his work as a producer and remixer...

 & David Morales

David Morales

David Morales is an internationally acclaimed Grammy-winning house music DJ and producer. In addition to his production and DJ work, Morales is one of the most prolific remixers of all time, transforming many pop music songs into club-friendly dance tracks...

, Mike "Hitman" Wilson, Bad Boy Bill

Bad Boy Bill

Bad Boy Bill is a DJ from Chicago, Illinois, U.S.. He plays an assortment of house music.Bad Boy Bill began his DJ career in 1985 during the Chicago House music movement of the mid and late 80's working with Mike "Hitman" Wilson and Julian "Jumpin" Perez of the then WBMX dj mixing team known as...

, Steve Wight and Bob Greenberg. Dada Nada/Robert Ozn were credited with the first white House hit in the US, Haunted House (MTV News). In particular Dada Nada was recognized for its combination of white rap and sung vocals over House tracks and its integration of Deep House and Acid House (the precursor to Techno and Electronica) into a pop songwriting format.

Dada Nada toured the US in 1990 and suffered a gang related shooting in the audience during a performance in Chicago. Robert Ozn left the music business shortly thereafter.

He went into the film industry as a producer/screenwriter and lives in Rio de Janeiro and Los Angeles.