Pioneering a folk-fusion act from Nagaland, Abiogenesis has added another feather to its glorious achievement. Abiogenesis’ ‘Voices in Kisama’ won the Song of Substance Award 2016 at the second edition of Music Malt Online Fest (MMOF) 2016 that was announced on October 18. Music Malt is an online storehouse for the hottest and the latest from the world of music. The winners were selected from amongst a plethora of talent from across the globe and the judges informed that they had a tough time deciding on the winners, the organizer posted in its website. After going through hundreds of videos, debated and nearly fought over the long list and short list, the three winners were finally announced after much “thought and deliberations with original songs that creates the perfect alchemy between music and visuals,” it added. The video of Abiogenesis’ ‘Voices in Kisama’ premiered in VH1’s India Rules on May 23, 2015. It is an instrumental piece interspersed with Indigenous and tribal influences using two new wind musical instruments: Bamhum, a bamboo wind musical instrument and Tikzik, a bamboo percussion. The band ‘invented’ the instruments and the sound created are also referred as ‘Howey music’ The video was created under the Production House - Creovaent Productions and directed by Prithish and Puja Chakraborty. The director of Photography was Betoka Swu while Jhulan Krishna Mahanta edited the video. The Executive Producer was Banashree Chowdhury and Production Controller was Pito Swu. Apart from Abiogenesis, the other recipients of the MMOF Award 2016 are ‘Strobe and Noise’ by Mïus and directed by Peter Varsics for ‘Creative Genius Award’ and ‘Witch In Me’ by Cecilia G (UK) and directed by Jacopo Miceli for the Dream Weaver Award.