"SOUND CHECK - BEHIND THE SCENE"
Winner of 2012 Best Indian Act At MTV Europe Music Awards – Alobo Naga is the Front man of Alobo Naga & The Band (ANB), an Indian rock outfit from Dimapur, Nagaland, formed in 2010. 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 earn themselves MTV Europe Music Awards 2012 nominations under Best Indian Act/Worldwide Act.
Alobo Naga is singer, composer and a songwriter, Besides singing in the band, he is also a solo artist . He started expressing his passion for music at the tender of 5 and by the age of 12 yrs, he began performing his original composition. During his formative years he was part of the band ‘Nice and Ugly’ as well as ‘Spark’ enthralling audiences both at home and outside. In 2003 he was adjudged as the best vocalist and best performer in a musical contest ‘Summer Jam 2003’ besides many other contests won, Alobo was the winner of North East India audition for International Music Competition and Festival Montenegro Held on April 24 at NEZCC Shilpgram in Guwahati.
Alobo Naga holds a Licentiate in Music Performance (LRSL) certificate from Rockschool.UK, The first to pass out from East India. He is at ranked at 3rd spot nationwide at Gospel/Christian music onwww.Reverbnation.com, besides being a performing artist & a composer, he is also a vocal trainer at the Furtados School of music, one of the premiere institutes of the country.
He won the Best Folk Fusion song Award in the Nagaland Music Award 2011 for his song "Kumsujulo" from his Solo debut album. Best Rock song" ,"Best Producer" and "Best Mixing" for 'Painted Dreams',
Besides his numerous gigs he has notable recording experiences which includes
Album: - Yesterday Today Forever (2001)
: - Summer Jam 2003 (Various Artists)
: - Achumis (2003) (Various Artists)
: - ICON ’08 (Various Artists)
: - Road of Thousand Dreams 2010 (Debut Solo Album)
:- Painted Dreams (EP) ALOBO NAGA & THE BAND
:- He composed the Title tracks for Movies like Beyond the third kind, Te Amo, Anushree
Experiment which are yet to be released.
The release of his Debut Solo Album, ‘Road of Thousand Dreams’ in Feb 2010 met with resounding success as copies of his music cds flew off the shelves in no time. His versatility as a singer is clearly evident as he shifts effortlessly from one vocal range to another in his debut album. His Modern Naga Folk song “HE-YO HE” was chosen as the Modern Ethnic Naga Folk Dance music in 2010 Hornbill Festival. And even in 2012 he composed “Naga Folk War Dance Music” for the said Festival.
Alobo Naga & The Band’s song ‘Painted Dreams’ was selected as the Theme Song of the prestigious International Short Film Festival 2011 –Guwahati. The song "Painted Dreams" went up to No.4 at International Top 10 chart at VH1, and was successively pronounced one of the top 50 videos of 2011 by the same channel.
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