A little bit of progressive, clean vocals, sometimes contemporary, a lot of funk, and of course, bring in the turntables as well — that’s Alobo Naga and the Band for you! This band from Nagaland was formed by Alobo Naga, the popular pop artiste from Nagaland.
“He had invited a few of his musician friends to come to his concert. That’s when we all met up. We realised that we had a lot in common and shared the same views.
We decided to form a band. Since most of us in the band are playing with other bands, we settled for the name, Alobo Naga and the Band,” explains, DJ Sumika Yepthomi, who brings in the ‘scratch’ effect to the funk.
What’s unique about its members are most are trained professional musicians. The vocalist Alobo Naga is a Grade 8 certificate holder in concert performance in contemporary vocals from Rock School and so is the drummer, Theja Khate, who has passed out of London School of Music. Akum Jams, the guitarist used to play for Melodrama and the bassist, Fung Walling is a music teacher.
The band has been performing at various venues since last year, and enjoys listening to fellow artistes, “Street Stories and Melodrama among others. We are highly influenced by bands like Linkin Park and Kings of Leon,” he adds.
The band will be releasing its first EP, Painted Dreams next month. They will be visiting namma city to promote the same. “We’re launching the EP in the first week of October, and will be touring many cities,” adds Sumika.
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