Alobo Naga
Alobo Naga is an Artist, Composer and a Songwriter and one of the most refined, popular & well-known artistes from North East India. He started expressing his passion for music at a very young age of just 5 years old and by the age of 11 he began writing & performing his original composition. Besides being a performing artiste, he is a composer/producer & write music for films, TV shows, jingles etc and also the Director of Musik-A. Musik-A has many sub branches under it viz. Musik-A (Alobo Naga School of Music), Musik-A Events management, Musik-A artiste management & Musik-A music production & rentals. With over 1000 performances across the world in his musical career, he is one of the most demanding artiste from North East of India.
Opened for many International Bands & Artistes like Hoobastank, MLTR, Jennifer Batten, Petra and many more besides performing in all the biggest festivals across the world like Fringe Festival Scotland, Edinburgh Military Tattoo Festival, Handshake concert Jakarta, NH7 Weekender 2016, South East Asian Band festival[1] , Radiocity Freedom awards 2015, Hornbill Festival etc. and toured international countries like Kenya, Tanzania, Scotland, England, Singapore, Kuwait, Bangladesh, Hongkong, Dubai, Macau, Indonesia and many more.
Alobo Naga holds a Licentiate in Music Performance in Contemporary Vocals (LRSL) from Rock School of London, the first from India to pass the exam.
Alobo Naga is the brand Ambassador for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan for Nagaland appointed by the Governor of Nagaland in 2015. He is also the Nagaland State Icon for the SVEEP Campaign in the state awarded by the Election Commission of India. He did SVEEP Campaign concert all over the 11 districts of Nagaland, spreading awareness through music in the recent Lok Sabha election 2014.
Alobo Naga, besides being a Solo Artiste, is also the front man of the band ‘Alobo Naga & The Band’ (ANTB), an Indian rock outfit from Dimapur, Nagaland. The band rose to fame in 2011 with their video single ‘Painted Dreams’ which was an instant hit; it was premiered in August 2011 at VH1. The popularity of the video also helped the band to win the “Best Indian Act” at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2012 and also were nominated for “Best worldwide Act”.
Besides being an artiste, he is a philanthropist who does many charitable works through his music and his NGO “Musik-A”. Some of his few contributions are: sponsoring 17 orphans to school for academic year of 2015 from Bright Morning Star Children Home, Kohima. Raised money for Manipur Earthquake victims 2016, Nepal Earthquake victims, Raised fund & operated 10 children with clef palate at Mon district, Poor patient fund, Mokokchung Hospital, Children with cancer, Kohima Naga Hospital, churches, raised funds for the education of children at the refugee camp affected by Rengma-Karbi conflict and many more.
Discography & Achievements:[edit]
Studio Efforts[edit]
1. Yesterday Today Forever (Various Artiste) 2001
2. Summer Jam 2003
3. Achumis 2003
4. Icons (Various Artiste) 2008)
5. Road of a Thousand Dreams (2010)
6. Kohima Komets Anthem 2012
7. General Election Theme Song 2013
8. Painted Dreams (2010): Record Sale of 10,000 copies 7,000 downloads of the hit song ‘Painted Dreams’ across various mobile networks like Vodafone, Aircel, Airtel, Nokia OVI store, Artist Aloud.com
9. Beyond: OST of Bollywood Movie “Beyond”
10. Pal: OST, Te Amo (Bollywood)
11. The Anushree Experiment (OST)
12. 2 a.m. at lokhandwala (OST)
13. Painted Dreams (Dub Step Version) ft. DJ Ina (2012)
14. Laughter & Tears (Single) 7th Sept 2013
15. All we have is now – single (2014) collaborated with Tim Palmer, Grammy Nominee Producer, sound engineer.
16. Anthem song for North East United FC (ISL) with various artiste from North East India
17. Chasing Ghosts (2016)
18. KINI (2017)
19. Never Let you go (OST October)
20. Ningu Kumtsu (Single) – 2018
21. Choro Kupi (Single) – 2018
22. Kikimiye Le (Single) - 2020
23. Together we can (Milikena Hatabo) – 2020
24. Last Train (Single) – 2020
25. Wolo (Single) -2021
26. My Pomegranate Girl (Single)- 2021
Awards & Nominations[edit]
- Winner of Best Song (Chasing Ghosts), Best English Song (Wolo), Best Artist of North East India at the Artist Aloud Music Awards 2018[2]
- Nominated for Best Pop Artist for Radio City Freedom Awards 5[3]
- Nominated for Best Male, Best Song, Best English Song & Best Dance Music at AAMA 2018
- Winner of Indihut Artist of the year 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017[4]
- Governor’s award for excellence in the field of Music (2016)[5]
- SWACHH BHARAT ambassador for Nagaland[6]
- Winner MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA), 2012 as Best Indian Act[7]
- Nominated for MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA), 2012 Worldwide Best Act, Middle-east-India-Africa[8]
- Top 30 Vocalist from India 2014
- Best Rock Band Nomination – Artist Aloud.com 2011
- Winner of Best Folk Fusion song for “Kumsujulo” at Nagaland Music Award 2011[9]
- Winner of Best Rock Song of The Year, Best Rock Band of the Year, Best Producer of the year – ‘Painted Dreams’ at Nagaland State Music Awards 2011
RECOGNITIONS:
- The video single ‘Painted Dreams’ was ranked at Top 4 weekly countdown at VH1 Top Ten International Weekly Countdown.[10]
- MTV/VH1 India portrayed the band as ‘Best Indian Act Going International’ tag
- Nominated for Artistaloud Music award 2012, Best Rock band.
- The video single ‘Painted Dreams’ was ranked among Top 50 international music videos of 2011 by VH1 India
- The band was documented in Artist Aloud.com’s Thank God Its Rock On Friday (TGIRF) Season 2[11]
- Composed titled track for the Bollywood movie ‘Beyond’ in 2011[12]
- Composed the OST “Its alright” for the movie “The Anushree Experiment: 2015.[13]
- Composed the Election Theme song for Nagaland state General election 2013[14]
- Composed the Anthem song for the famous football club from Nagaland “Kohima Komets”[15]
- Composed the official Folk Fusion Dance music for Hornbill Festival 2011/2012.
- Sang the Anthem song for North East United FC (ISL) with various Artiste.[16]
- 30 Top Vocalists in India 2014
- Governors award for excellence in the field of Music (2016)
SOME OF THE IMPORTANT GIGS
· Opened for Hoobastank, Shillong
· Opened for MLTR, Delhi
· Opened for Jennifer Batten, Guitarist of Michael Jackson
· Opened for Petra (John Schlitt )
· Fringe Festival Scotland UK
· Military Tattoo Festival Edinburgh, UK
· Handshake Concert Jakarta, Indonesia
· Obama’s Pub Festival, Singapore
· Tawadang, Singapore
· Hongkong
· Kuwait
· Bangladesh
· Macau
· Kenyetta Univeristy, Nairobi, Kenya
· Moi university Eldoret Kenya
· Goan Institute Nairobi Kenya
· Dar e salem university Tanzania
· Dodoma Univeristy Tanzania
· NH7 Weekender 2016, Shillong
· Radio City Freedom awards 2016
· The Big Bang Festival 2016
· Spring Festival 2016
· HardRock Café Mumbai 2016
· HardRock Café Delhi 2016
· Bluefrog Mumbai 2015
· Octave Festival Goa 2015
· Mati Ki Rang Festival 2015
· Karbi Youth Festival 2015
· Itanagar Statehood day Festival 2015
· Naga Fest Mumbai 2015
· Rock Show Aizawl 2015
· NorthEast Song & dances festival, Indra Gandhi Stadium Delhi 2015
· Kokrajhar Bodoland Rock Fest 2015
· Hornbill Festival 2011-2014
· VH1 Band Festival, Someplace else ,Kolkata 2014
· North East Carnival Bangalore
· Phoenix City, Bangalore
· Turquoise Cottage, Delhi
· Christmas Concert, Siri Fort Auditorium Delhi
· North East Fashion Festival 2013, NSIC Ground Delhi
· North East Festival, IGNCA Ground
· Free Handed Concert
· Hindu College Fest, Delhi University
· Jamia Milia Islamis University Fest, New Delhi
· Glorio Deo Concert, Thyagraj Stadium Delhi
· Naga Fest Talkatora stadium Delhi
· Tamchon Trophy, Ambedkar Stadium Delhi
· Naga Fest
· Great Escape Festival, Uttarakhand
· Break Free Tour (Live jam)
· Sophie @ Sunshine Goa
· Furtados Goa
· 100 Pipers Free Bird Music Festival Hyderabad
· WORME Festival, Kolkata
· Shillong Autumn Festival
· Turquoise Cottage, New Delhi
· Talkotara Stadium, New Delhi
· Club Rhino, Gurgaon
· Someplace Else, Kolkata
· KINK, Noida
· Fireball Guwahati
· Live Jam, New Delhi
· IIT Alcheringa, Guwahati
GIGS in 2018
· Kini tour Diphu
· TC Delhi
· K Boulevard Delhi
· HRC Mumbai
· HRC Pune
· Kini tour Manipur viz. Churachandpur, Imphal, Ukhrul, Senapati
Some Press Coverage:[edit]
Rolling Stones India:[edit]
http://rollingstoneindia.com/alobo-naga-the-band-win-best-indian-act-at-mtv-europe-+music-awards/[17]
http://rollingstoneindia.com/alobo-naga-writes-relationships-new-album-kini/
Indian Express:[edit]
Rock Street Journal:[edit]
http://rsjonline.com/features/interview-with-alobo-naga.html
Indian Express:[edit]
Morung Express:[edit]
http://morungexpress.com/alobo-naga-scores-hat-trick-at-artist-aloud-music-award-2018/
Nagaland Post:
Eastern Mirror :
http://www.easternmirrornagaland.com/pb-acharya-lauds-alobo-naga/
Business Standard:
THE HINDU
http://www.thehindu.com/features/fridayJreview/music/rockJandJrhythm/article5321437.ece
INDIANJEXPRESS
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/nagaJtriumph/1029958/
Gulf News:
http://gulfnews.com/arts-entertainment/music/north-east-indian-band-in-global-spotlight-+1.1093227
The Times Of India:
The Hindu Businessline:
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/features/article3917765.ece
Seven Sisters Post:
http://sevensisterspost.com/naga-band-video-nominated-for-mtv-europe-music-awards/
Quotes from the media
“The band that started with a dream to stand apart from other rock bands in India, has finally come into the limelight with their debut single listed at the Top 10 along with international artists like Lady Gaga, Maroon 5, Pit Bull (and the list goes on...). “– Nagaland Post
“He Makes Music with a cause and that cause is to spread the Message of Love , Humanity and brotherhood.” - Reflexion Magazine.
“Painted Dreams stands out for iits anthemic appeal, the get up- when – you – fall- down song. Even the refrain of “eyeah ! eyaeh! Eyeah ! seems to agree “ The band has succeeded in coming off with a fresh sound, unheard around these parts. Refreshing “ - Eclectic Vibe
“Unlike most other Artist Today, he has an ability to keep you hooked throughout his sets and the short length of his songs. More often than not, you’d want to scream ‘encore’ and you’d want to push the repeat button” -TNT Magazine
“From Bach and Beethoven to the Black Eyed Peas and Maroon 5s ‘Moves like Jagger’, Nagaland is no stranger to any genre you can think of. ‘Alobo Naga and the band’ by establishing themselves as heavyweights in this environment of musical explosion has earned their stripes. “ –Reviewne.com
Alobo Naga and The Band is doing the round of news for having sung the title track of the Hindi film “Beyond the 3rd kind” directed by Shiraz Henry under the banner Golden Eye Production. - Eastern Mirror
Years of studio effort to create original sound for themselves and to stand apart from other rock bands in India has finally come to limelight for the very popular rock band ‘ALOBO NAGA & THE BAND’ from our very own Dimapur, Nagaland as their first band music video single ‘Painted Dreams’ was world premiered in International channel VH1 on August 15, 2011, and hit it straight to Top 4 in VH1 International Top 10.– The Morung Express
After being the first music video from the Northeast to be featured in the International Music Channel VH1, Alobo Naga & the Band has added another feather to its cap when its debut music video ‘Painted Dreams’ bagged the top honors at the Nagaland Government-supported Nagaland Music Awards which concluded recently. The music video ‘Painted Dreams’ which is composed by Alobo Naga & The Band and Produced, Conceptualized & Directed by Prithish & Puja Chakraborty of Creovaent Productions got ‘Best Rock Song Of The Year’, ‘Best Producer of The Year’ and ‘Best Sound Engineer of the Year’. - J Northeast Beats
Alobo Naga and The Band from Nagaland is the first band from the North East to be in the Top 10 Countdown of the international music channel VH1. – Times of India, Mumbai mirror, NDTV Etc.
External Links[edit]
- www.instagram.com/alobonaga
- https://www.facebook.com/alobonaga
- www.facebook.com/alobonagaandtheband
- www.twitter.com/alobonaga
References[edit]
- ↑ "Set a date with Alobo Naga & the Band at the South Asian Band Fest". Hindustan Times. 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
- ↑ "Alobo Naga bags three awards at the Artist Aloud Music Award in Mumbai". Retrieved 2021-06-04.
- ↑ "Alobo Naga nominated for Radio City Freedom Awards". www.thehillstimes.in. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
- ↑ easternmirrornagaland.com https://easternmirrornagaland.com/alobo-naga-named-indihut-artist-of-the-year/. Retrieved 2021-06-04. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ easternmirrornagaland.com https://easternmirrornagaland.com/governors-awards-for-excellence/. Retrieved 2021-06-04. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Be Smart, Work Hard, Study The Market, Be Original And Stay Humble - Alobo Naga (Brand Ambassador, Swacch Bharat Abhiyan, Nagaland)". Eat My News. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
- ↑ "Alobo Naga & The Band Win Best Indian Act At MTV Europe Music Awards -". My Site. 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
- ↑ "Naga Band to Represent India at Europe Music Awards". https://www.outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 2021-06-04. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "Nominees of the 3rd Music awards of Nagaland, 2011". MorungExpress. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
- ↑ Oct 2, PTI / Updated; 2011; Ist, 02:26. "Nagaland band breaks into VH1's Top 10 list". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
- ↑ Alobo Naga And Lucid Recess | TGIRF 2 | Artist Aloud, retrieved 2021-06-04
- ↑ "A Naga film "Beyond the 3rd Kind" to hit the screen". MorungExpress. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
- ↑ The Anushree Experiments Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes, retrieved 2021-06-04
- ↑ "One Vote by Alobo Naga (Nagaland)". Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
- ↑ Kohima Komets Anthem, retrieved 2021-06-04
- ↑ Ran, Ed (2014-10-06). "Video: NorthEast United FC's official anthem 'We Are The 8'". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
- ↑ "Alobo Naga & The Band Win Best Indian Act At MTV Europe Music Awards -". My Site. 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
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