PRESSKITTekno 2019 Biography: The amazingly talented Tekno is a visionary African artist who has won and been nominated for several awards. He is known by many names - Kelechukwu Augustine, Augustine Miles Kelechi, Tekno, Tekno Miles, and The Golden Boy Of Africa. He is from the Ivo Local Government Area, Ebonyi State. He was born in Bauchi State into a family of five boys and one girl. He was raised in several parts of the country including Nassarawa, Kaduna and Abuja, due to the fact that his father was a member of the Nigerian Army.
At the age of 8, Tekno was enrolled in a music school where he learned and mastered the rudiments of playing the piano and guitar. He is the elder brother to "Starboy" label act Spotless. Tekno was first signed under K-Money Entertainment. His first single titled "Holiday" was released under the imprint. With featured vocals from Davido, "Holiday" was positively accepted and gained massive airplay.
In 2012, while in Abuja, Tekno was spotted by renowned Nigerian comedian Julius Agwu at an event, after Tekno had received a standing ovation following the performance of a song titled "Onye Ne Kwu", his remix of Ice Prince's "Oleku". It was at that same event that he met Iyanya and Ubi Franklyn, the manager of Made Men Music Group. Ubi and Iyanya eventually encouraged Tekno to move to Lagos to further his music career.
On October 5, 2013, he signed a recording contract with Made Men Music Group, under which he released singles like "Dance" and "Anything", which won him a nomination in the "Best New Act Of The Year" category at the 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards. On June 18, 2015, Tekno released his hit single "Duro" which was positively received both in Africa and in the US. A remix which featured Phyno and Flavour N'abania was released on November 16, 2015. "Duro" was produced by DJ Coublon. It topped several charts in Nigeria and on the international scene, and it peaked at #5 on Capital XTRA's "Afrobeats Chart: Top 10" for September 2015.
On November 20, 2015, Tekno released a single titled "Wash". The song was produced by DJ Coublon with the video directed by AJE Filmworks. In June 2018, Tekno signed a distribution deal with Universal Music Group Nigeria (UMGN), a division of Universal Music Group in charge of West Africa, as well as the UK-based Island Records.
In 2019, Tekno featured with several other African all-stars on Beyoncé's album, "The Lion King: The Gift", a companion albuum to the recent Triple A Disney film. Tekno, Yemi Alade, & Mr. Eazi hit it out of the park with “Don’t Jealous Me”. In the same year he signed a non-exclusive agreement with Blue Pie Records USA and Blue Pie Publishing USA.
As you can see, the clout he brings to the table in his music isn't just for show, and he has what it takes to back it up! Tekno featuring on Beyoncé's amazing album is just the tip of the iceberg.
Tekno | Press Kit December 2019 Official Links:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekno_(musician)
www.teknobookings.com
www.youtube.com
www.facebook.com/teknoafrica
www.twitter.com/alhajitekno
www.instagram.com/teknoofficial
www.soundcloud.com/teknomusic
Tekno | Press Kit December 2019 Discography Tekno Album Name : Dance Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released : 23 May 2014 Date Label : DJ Central Records
Album Name : Anything Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released : 3 December 2014 Date Label : DJ Central Records
Album Name : Pray For Nigeria Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released : 5 February 2015 Date Label : DJ Central Records
Album Name : Duro Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released : 18 June 2015 Date Label : DJ Central Records
Album Name : Duro (Remix) Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released : 16 November 2015 Date Label : DJ Central Records
Tekno | Press Kit December 2019 Album Name : Wash Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released : 20 November 2015 Date Label : DJ Central Records
Album Name : Holiday Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released Date : 28 February 2016 Label : DJ Central Records
Album Name : Where Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released Date : 4 May 2016 Label : DJ Central Records
Album Name : Diana Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released Date : 14 October 2016 Label : DJ Central Records
Album Name : Rara Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released Date : 8 December 2016 Label : DJ Central Records
Tekno | Press Kit December 2019 Album Name : Pana Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released : 20 December 2016 Date Label : DJ Central Records
Album Name : Yawa Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released Date : 22 March 2017 Label : DJ Central Records
Album Name : Be Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released Date : 21 April 2017 : DJ Central Records Label
: Samantha Album Name Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released Date : 9 June 2017 Label : DJ Central Records
Album Name : Go Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released Date : 29 July 2017 Label : DJ Central Records
Tekno | Press Kit December 2019 Album Name : Green Light Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released : 13 October 2017 Date Label : DJ Central Records
Album Name : Only One Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released Date : 17 December 2017 Label : DJ Central Records
Album Name : Yur Love Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released Date : 14 March 2018 Label : DJ Central Records
Album Name : Jogodo Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released Date : 18 April 2018 Label : DJ Central Records
Album Name : Choko Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released Date : 17 August 2018 Label : DJ Central Records
Tekno | Press Kit December 2019 Album Name : On You Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released : 7 December 2018 Date Label : DJ Central Records
Album Name : Woman Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released Date : 8 March 2019 Label : DJ Central Records
Album Name : Uptempo Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released Date : 26 March 2019 Label : DJ Central Records
Album Name : Skeletun Genres : Hip-Hop/RnB Released Date : 8 October 2019 Label : DJ Central Records
Tekno | Press Kit December 2019 Tours And Live Shows Tekno
• Friday, November 15th 2019 Interswitch One Africa Music Fest Live At Festival Arena Festival Boulevard, Dubai Festival City Dubai, United Arab Emirates Start Time: 7pm
• Sunday, November 3rd 2019 Afrogala 2019 Live At Cloud Nine Nightclub Cemsa Karting, Nicosia Northern Cyprus, Cyprus Start Time: 10pm
• Monday, October 21st 2019 Live In Concert Live At Melkweg 234A Lijnbaansgracht, Amsterdam North Holland, Netherlands Start Time: 7:30pm
Tekno | Press Kit December 2019 Awards Tekno
At the 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards, he was nominated for "Best New Act Of The Year"
At the 2015 9th Nigeria Music Video Awards, "Duro" won the award for "Best Pop Extra Video"
At the 2016 Nigeria Entertainment Awards, "Duro" was nominated for "Hottest Single" and "Best Music Video Of The Year", and Tekno was nominated for "Afropop Artist of the Year"
At the 2016 MTV Africa Music Awards, Tekno won the award for "Best New Act"
At the 2016 WatsUp TV Africa Music Video Awards, "Pana" was nominated for "African Video of the Year", "Best African Male Video", "Best West African Video", and "Best Afro Pop Video"
At the 2017 BET Awards, Tekno was nominated for "Best International Act Africa"
Tekno | Press Kit December 2019 Social Network Here are the CERTIFIED social media stats and general numbers as of December 2019.
Over 600,000,000 Over 600,000 Over 620,000 Plays Plays + Fans and growing
Over 200,000 Over 7,000,000 Over 80,000 + Fans and growing + Fans and growing streams and growing
All media plays and social media statistics have been certified by Blue Pie Records USA www.bluepierecords.com and ORDIOR www.ordior.com
For any and all media enquiries please contact Blue Pie Records via email in the 1st instance at [email protected]
Tekno | Press Kit December 2019 Comp Cards
Tekno | Press Kit December 2019 Contact Details
RECORD LABEL: RECORD LABEL: PUBLISHER: DJ Central Records Blue Pie Records Blue Pie Publishing USA (ASCAP) Clarence House Clarence House 3 Germay Dr Ste 4 - 4002 Unit 6 No 9 Clarence Street Unit 6 No 9 Clarence Street Wilmington, DE 19804 Moss Vale, NSW 2577 Moss Vale, NSW 2577 USA AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA P: +1 646 291 8906 P: +61 (0) 2 9310 0155 P: +61 (0) 2 9310 0155 F: +1 360 326-1527 F: +61 (0) 2 9310 0166 F: +61 (0) 2 9310 0166 Toll-Free: +1 877 772 3711 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.djcentral.tv W: www.bluepierecords.com W: www.bluepierecords.com
RECORD LABEL: John Ake - Manager Cartel Records and Entertainment Limited No.2B, Ivy Close, Pinnock Beach Estate Lekki Peninsula 2 Lagos Nigeria WEST AFRICA p: +234 (0) 81 3817 6917 e: [email protected] e: [email protected]
For any and all license sales or music sync requests please email: [email protected] Tekno is distributed exclusively by Cartel Records and Entertainment Limited and non-exclusivly by Blue Pie Records USA and DJ Central Records. Tekno is published by Blue Pie Publishing USA (ASCAP) for selective titles
Tekno | Press Kit December 2019