Loreni Tsanglao
Kohima | April 19
Kohima | April 19
Strumming a six-string guitar, Oren Mozhui, a young promising solo artist from Kohima started his singing career in the 90’s. He first staged his special performance at the age of eleven crooning the all time favourite hit song “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” at his school’s annual day.
When he was ten, Oren was first introduced to acoustic guitar by his uncle and gradually he started exploring his talent by performing in different churches. Later, he began assisting as a music guide at Lotha Baptist Church and interdenominational Christian Youth Fellowship, Kohima.
Oren Mozhui, who hails from Yanmhon Village, after his long hard work and dedication, is now a well known composer, singer and lyricist.
After his graduation, his desire for music led him to Harvest Music School in Kolkata. After completing his music course, he worked as a music teacher in Bangalore. Later, he moved base to Delhi where he worked as a music teacher for a year and after which became the Brand Ambassador of Lorriane Music Academy, Gurgaon for the year 2012- 13.
In 2009, he released his debut album titled, "Obsession" on July 9. The album was adjudged the first English Ballad album from the Northeast India by some professional musicians in Nagaland.
From his first album, "Angelic", "I ain't seen like you”, “Obsession" and "Lead the way" were some of the superhit numbers.
Oren's second album "Unstoppable" which was released in November, 2011, was well received by music lovers across the state and beyond. His song "Snazzy Lass" has proven to be a favourite among fashion show organizers and designers for the ramps. Songs like "Dolly Bird", "Ugly Things", and "What we have become?" have generated rave reviews and helped in building Oren's fan base both nationally and internationally.
Oren, who is also popularly known as, “The most romantic Naga singer", is famous for his unique vocal style, passionate lyrics, distinctive composition and unconventional chords progressions and has earned a niche for his work in acoustic genre.
In 2013, he released “Oren Mozhui Collection", which incorporates songs which were already released in the market and all the numbers had colourful and picturesque English love songs comprising of acoustic genres and popular modern commercial music with strong melodies and beats.
Presently, he is preparing to release his third album, “For a Naga lady" which will be available worldwide very soon. Besides, the other album released before, all the songs in the upcoming album are totally different, where people from all age groups will love it. In his upcoming album, he experimented on acoustic jazz pop and soft rock. The album includes songs like, "Loroeyo”, a Lotha song (for the Lotha women), "Loving you brings me to life", "ilokue” (Sumi version), "Be my wife" and many more.
At the same time, Oren is also working on three music videos and audio which includes, "I got my love on you”, “Love is sharing”, a song dedicated to the orphans, and "I am a Fool to love you". So far he has performed in more than 100 different churches in and outside Nagaland and also coordinated many concerts in major cities of India.
Early this year, Oren released his debut Official Music Video, “I wanna marry you", where the shooting was done in and around Kohima. This wedding video was well accepted by his fans and the music video was declared as the first English wedding song with a music video in India. One can check out his songs on reverbnation.com, buy his albums on indihut.com and watch his videos on youtube. One can follow him on twitter and can add him on Facebook too.
