Press Kit September 2020

TEKNO

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 Ivo Local Gov-ernment 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

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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 who he became friends with. 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 titled "Duro" which was positively received both in Africa and in the US. A remix which featured Phyno and Flavour N'abania was released on Novem-ber 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 com-panion 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 Pub-lishing 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.

www.soundcloud.com/teknomusic

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www.youtube.com/channel/UCSeXJTBFHMq_QkNjJVCB7Ig

open.spotify.com/artist/6IhG3Yxm3UW98jhyBvrIut?si=mE8Vc6t1RaOvofZQY90zSQ

www.facebook.com/teknoafrica

www.instagram.com/teknoofficial

www.twitter.com/alhajitekno

www.teknobookings.com

: Anything: Hip Hop/RnB: 3 December 2014: DJ Central Records

Discography: : Dance: Hip Hop/RnB: 23 May 2014: DJ Central Records

: Duro: Hip Hop/RnB: 18 June 2015: DJ Central Records

: Pray For Nigeria: Hip Hop/RnB: 5 February 2015: DJ Central Records

: Duro (Remix): Hip Hop/RnB: 16 November 2015: DJ Central Records

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: Wash: Hip Hop/RnB: 20 November 2015: DJ Central Records

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: Diana: Hip Hop/RnB: 14 October 2016: DJ Central Records

: Rara: Hip Hop/RnB: 8 December 2016: DJ Central Records

: Where: Hip Hop/RnB: 4 May 2016: DJ Central Records

: Yawa: Hip Hop/RnB: 22 March 2017: DJ Central Records

: Pana: Hip Hop/RnB: 20 December 2016: DJ Central Records

Discography: : Holiday: Hip Hop/RnB: 28 February 2016: DJ Central Records

: Be: Hip Hop/RnB: 21 April 2017: DJ Central Records

Discography:

: Green Light: Hip Hop/RnB: 3 October 2017: DJ Central Records

: Only One: Hip Hop/RnB: 7 December 2017: DJ Central Records

: Samantha: Hip Hop/RnB: 9 June 2017: DJ Central Records

: Go: Hip Hop/RnB: 29 July 2017: DJ Central Records

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: Se Ko Si: Hip Hop/RnB: 2017: DJ Central Records

: Jogodo: Hip Hop/RnB: 18 April 2018: DJ Central Records

Discography: : Yur Love: Hip Hop/RnB: 4 March 2018: DJ Central Records

: Choko: Hip Hop/RnB: 17 August 2018: DJ Central Records

: On You: Hip Hop/RnB: 7 December 2018: DJ Central Records

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: Mama (Tekno x Wizkid) : Hip Hop/RnB: 7 December 2018: DJ Central Records

: Yur Luv: Hip Hop/RnB: 2018: DJ Central Records

: Skeletun: Hip Hop/RnB: 8 October 2019: DJ Central Records

Discography:

: Uptempo: Hip Hop/RnB: 26 March 2019: DJ Central Records

: Woman: Hip Hop/RnB: 8 March 2019: DJ Central Records

: Freak Me (Ciara Feat. Tekno): Hip Hop/RnB: 2018: DJ Central Records

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: I Am In Love: Hip Hop/RnB: 2019: DJ Central Records

: Agege: Hip Hop/RnB: 2019: DJ Central Records

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Discography:

: Sudden: Hip Hop/RnB: 2020: DJ Central Records

: Hit (ADM Remix): Hip Hop/RnB: 2020: DJ Central Records

: Kata: Hip Hop/RnB: 2020: DJ Central Records

: Beh Beh: Hip Hop/RnB: 2020: DJ Central Records

: Better: Hip Hop/RnB: 2019: DJ Central Records

: Suru: Hip Hop/RnB: 2019: DJ Central Records

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Discography:

: Don´t Jealous Me (Tekno, Lord Afrixana, Mr Eazi, Yemi Alade): Hip Hop/RnB: 2020: DJ Central Records

: Toe Toe (Tekno & Krizbeatz): Hip Hop/RnB: 2020: DJ Central Records

: Suru: Hip Hop/RnB: 2019: DJ Central Records

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Comp Cards:

Comp Cards:

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Streaming and Downloads:

Here are the CERTIFIED streaming and downloads and general numbers as of September 2020.

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Over 780,000,000

Over 1,305,000Over 780,000,000 Over 780,000

Over 1,582,000 Over 8,450,000

Contact Details:

RECORD LABEL:DJ Central Records Clarence House

PUBLISHER:Blue Pie Publishing USA (ASCAP)

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

RECORD LABEL:John Ake - ManagerCartel Records and Entertainment LimitedNo.2B, Ivy Close, Pinnock Beach Estate Lekki Peninsula 2Lagos NigeriaWEST AFRICAp: +234 (0) 81 3817 6917e: cartelheadquarters@gmail.come: johnpeacemedia@gmail.com

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RECORD LABEL:Blue Pie RecordsClarence HouseUnit 6 No 9 Clarence StreetMoss Vale, NSW 2577AUSTRALIAP: +61 (0) 2 9310 0155F: +61 (0) 2 9310 0166E: sales@bluepierecords.comW: www.bluepierecords.com