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Rohith Abraham
Born19 July 1987
FatherJolly Abraham
Musical career
Occupations
Instruments

Rohith Abraham (born 19 July 1987), known professionally as ofRo, is an Indian record producer and songwriter who has worked with Asal Kolaar, Madan Gowri, Sandy, Arivu,[1] Tenma, ADK, Roshan Jamrock, Psychomantra, and Ben Human, among others. He is the co-founder of Madras Medai,[2][3] a music festival and conference focusing on the growth of independent music in South India. He is the co-founder of Atti Culture.

Early years

Rohith was born in Chennai, India, and grew up there. He started playing piano at the age of 7 and began learning on electronic instruments soon after. He began taking music seriously in 2005 with his band Nerverek.[4][5][6] After he graduated from Loyola College, he moved to Byron Bay, Australia, to further hone his music production skills. He graduated from SAE Institute in 2013.

Career

In 2014, he began his career working for Harris Jayaraj as an additional programmer for the movie Yennai Arindhaal.[2]

In 2017, he began his independent music career with his first music video, October Maadham, which featured Instagram model Sameea Bangera, Directed by Ken Royson.[2]

In 2019, he wrote and produced the critically acclaimed, Therukural, a tamil hiphop album with tamil rapper Arivu[7] featuring Tenma and Roshan Jamrock.[1][8][9][10][11] The album touched topics of caste and class divide in India.[12][1][8] The album was highly acclaimed, featured in Rolling Stone India as the top ten Indian albums in 2019[13] and 5 most politically conscious hiphop in India.[14] Arivu and ofRo performed their first song, Anti Indian at Madras Medai in 2018.[15] He founded Therukural with Arivu, as community for artists and creatives. They would gather with hundreds of young artists, songwriters, beatboxers and more, at public parks to share ideas, songs and more.[1][16] ofRo's slick production is apparent in songs like Kalla Mouni and Anti Indian.[16]

He met ADK, a Sri lankan rapper in Harris Jayaraj's studio in 2015, but it wasn't until 4 years later when they would work together on a song called Lityananda - a satirical piece commenting on self proclaimed godmen.[17]

Along with co-founder and music director, Tenma, he curates Madras Medai, a premier South Indian independent music festival with the aim to build an ecosystem for future independent artists.[3] Madras Medai was first conducted at CSI Bains School on 19 May 2018. It featured performances by artists like Dopeadelicz, Dharavi United, Sunshine Orchestra, Siennor, Othasevuru, Jatayu, Arivu x ofRo, The Casteless Collective, Chinna Ponnu and Paul Jacob.[2][18][19][20]

Discography

Independent Singles (Producer/Songwriter)
Year Tracks Artists Language
2016 10 Million[21] ofRo, Keya English
2018 October Maadham[22] ofRO Tamil
2018 Anti indian (live)[23] ofRO, Arivu Tamil
2019 Snowlin[24] ofRO, Arivu Tamil
2020 Let Chennai Breathe[25] ofRO, Sofia Ashraf, Logan Tamil, English
2020 Lityananda[26] ofRO, ADK Tamil
2021 Asal Mob[27] ofRO, Asal Kolaar Tamil
2021 Vaanaambaa[28] ofRO, Asal Kolaar Tamil
2021 Jorthaale[29] ofRO, Asal Kolaar Tamil
2021 Bathroom Song[30] Madan Gowri, ofRO, Asal Kolaar, Durai Tamil
2021 Ex Love Song[31] Madan Gowri, ofRO, Atti Culture Tamil
2021 Semma Bodha[32] ofRO, Hyde Karty, Sago Tamil
Independent Album (Producer/Songwriter)
Year Album Tracks Artists Label Language
2012 Fossil Feelings[33] Before I think

Fear not of Zen

Fossil Feelings

Workahontas

ofRo Cuntroll Records Instrumental
2013 With You With Me[34] In Times Like These

Repeat & Delete

Space Between

Waiting and Fading

ofRo, Elaine Dowling Echo Vortex Records English
2019 Therukural[35] Kallamouni

Anti Indian

Snowlin

Sterlite (skit)

Thamizhachi

OKSir

Middle Class

ofRo, Arivu, Roshan Jamrock, Tenma Indie Tamil

References

  1. ^ a b c d "The Therukural Story: How Arivu met OfRo and rapped about Periyar, Politics and Parai isai". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Abraham, Rohith (30 April 2020). "Linked in". Linked In.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b Madras Medai | PA.Ranjith | Press Meet | Prime Cinema, retrieved 29 April 2020
  4. ^ "The NerveRek Diaries - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Nerverek(Chennai)". Indian Rock N Metal Music Rulzzz... 19 November 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  6. ^ Kamath, Sudhish (9 November 2009). "The Previous Band  ". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  7. ^ "தமிழ் ஹிப்ஹாப் பாடல்களுக்கு அரசியல் முகம் கொடுத்திருக்கும் 'தெருக்குரல்'!".
  8. ^ a b Tagat, Anurag (2 August 2019). "Speaking truth to power with Arivu and ofRO". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  9. ^ Shekar, Anjana (27 June 2019). "Therukural, a brilliant tamil hiphop album". www.thenewsminute.com. Retrieved 29 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "From Anti-Indian to Asifa, how Therukural has changed the face of Tamil hip hop forever". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  11. ^ "GQ spoke to the millennials who are determined to change the way we think about caste". GQ India. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Wake-up songs: Across the south, bands are using folk to rock the boat". Hindustan Times. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  13. ^ "10 Best Indian Albums of 2019 -". 31 December 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  14. ^ "5 New Politically Conscious Hip-Hop Songs Out This Election Season -". 24 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  15. ^ Arivu x ofRO | Anti Indian | Madras Medai | Tamil Album Song Live | Therukural, retrieved 29 April 2020
  16. ^ a b "ofRo, Arivu and the genome for politically-conscious Tamil hip-hop". Red Bull. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  17. ^ Kumar, Pradeep (1 April 2020). "Sri Lankan hip hop artiste ADK: 'Lityananda is not Nithyananda'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  18. ^ Sriram, Abhinaya (21 May 2018). "Madras Medai: on stage, everyone's equal". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  19. ^ Subramanian, Anupama (5 May 2018). "Madras medai". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  20. ^ Sriram, Jayant (16 March 2019). "A personal and political act: on Chennai's Casteless Collective". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  21. ^ ofRO & Keya - 10 Million (Original), retrieved 29 April 2020
  22. ^ ofRO - October Maadham | Tamil Album Song | Sameea Bangera |, retrieved 29 April 2020
  23. ^ Arivu x ofRO | Anti Indian | Madras Medai | Tamil Album Song Live | Therukural, retrieved 29 April 2020
  24. ^ SNOWLIN | ARIVU X OFRO | THERUKURAL, retrieved 29 April 2020
  25. ^ காத்த வர விடு: Let Chennai Breathe Ft. G. Logan and Sofia Ashraf, retrieved 29 April 2020
  26. ^ Lityananda - ADK X oFRo // Banana Bajanai, retrieved 29 April 2020
  27. ^ Asal Mob - Asal Kolaar x ofRo | Dir. by Ken Royson | #AttiCulture, retrieved 30 October 2021
  28. ^ #Vaanaambaa - Asal Kolaar x ofRo | #AttiCulture, retrieved 30 October 2021
  29. ^ Official #Jorthaale Video by Asal Kolaar x ofRo | Dir. by @kenroyson | #AttiCulture, retrieved 30 October 2021
  30. ^ Bathroom Song | Madan Gowri X Atti Culture, retrieved 30 October 2021
  31. ^ Ex Love Song | Madan Gowri X Atti Culture, retrieved 30 October 2021
  32. ^ ofRo - Semma Bodha Music Video | Sandy | Karthik | Sago, Hyde Karty | Think Originals, retrieved 30 October 2021
  33. ^ Cuntroll, [CUNTROLL057] OFRO - Fossil Feelings, retrieved 29 April 2020
  34. ^ "Ofro - With you With Me". SoundCloud. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  35. ^ Therukural, 25 June 2019, retrieved 29 April 2020
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