All About Cobhams Asuquo

 INTRODUCTION

Cobhams Emanuel Asuquo is a song writer/music producer per excellence who started his professional training as a lawyer, but later branched into music  full-time to fulfill a lifelong desire he had though unadmittedly but silently nurtured. His style comprises a wide spectrum of genres based on his careful understudy of such classical, jazz and traditional music greats as Tchaikovsky, Dave Grusin and Haruna Isola respectively. He is currently signed onto Sony ATV (Sony Publishing) London as a songwriter and has won awards in music as well as his other fields of interest.

 

AWARDS

Worthy of mention among the awards are The Future Awards 2006, Producer of the Year; Hip-hop World Awards 2007 Producer of the Year; Hip-hop World Awards 2008, Producer of the Year; Nigeria Music Award (NMA) 2007 Producer of the decade.Nigerian Music Awards (NMA) 2008 for "Producer of the Decade", LEAP Africa Award 2007 or His

 Creativity, "Fortitude & Exemplary Leadership In the Music Industry".; 

Partnership Award 2008 for "supporting the Worship For Change Concert"; 

One Gospel Awards 2008 for "Gospel Composer/ Writer of the Year"; The Future Awards 2009 as "Music Poducer of the Year" among others.

ARTISTES AND PROJECTS

He has Produced Award winning hit-songs for such recording artistes as:

• Mode Nine(“Cry” amongst others)
• Faze (“Faze Alone” amongst others)
• Djinee (“Ego” amongst others)
• Dare Art-Alade (“Escalade” amongst others)
• Maintain(“Catch Cold” and “Maintain in India” amongst others)
• Silver Saddie (“Lala” amongst others)
• Street Monks (“Street Life”)

Other known names he has worked with within the industry include Charly Boy, Lady Di, Rooftop MCs, Esther (of Resonance) and the soul diva Yinka Davies.

He also wrote and produced songs from the recently released album of one of Nigeria’s finest soul singing sensations – Asa. 

RADIO JINGLE and TVCs

Cobhams Asuquo has written and produced music (and in some cases, lyrics) for such campaigns as:

• MTN’s “Life Is Beautiful” (SO & U Saatchi & Saatchi),
• “Start the Night with Guinness” (SO & U Saatchi & Saatchi),
• Reltel’s “Make it Happen” (PrimaGarnet OGILVY)
• Close Up’s “The Closer, The Better” (EXP Momentum Nigeria)
• Malta Guinness’ “Top-of-The-World-Goodness” (SO & U Saatchi & Saatchi)
• Music for MTN’s “Make-Up” TVC (SO & U Saatchi & Saatchi)
• Imo State’s “Clean and Cream Initiative” (DDB Lagos)
• “Thrive” (Year Song for DDB Lagos)
• City Mall’s “Talk to Me”,

INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL PERFORMANCES

Cobhams has arranged music for and performed with bands at such international music events as The Harare International Festival of Arts (HIFA 2006); AFA Sponsored French Cultural Center Concert with Asa and Angelique Kidjo (Malawi); AFA Sponsored French Cultural Center Concert in Johannesburg, South Africa; Nigeria Week (Paris); The launch of MTV’s one hundredth channel (MTV Base Africa) at Abuja, Nigeria. The NIGCOM SAT launch (the launch of Nigeria’s First Communication Satellite).

 

FILM SCORES

He has composed and arranged film scores to be interpreted for conservatoires as well as other forms of stage performance including “A Voice for Ella” by Uche Macaulay, Sunshine (Alpha Vision) etc.