The Popular Nigerian musician, Tekno Miles

Tekno Miles

Augustine Miles Kelechi popularly known as Tekno or Alhaji Tekno is a popular Nigerian singer-songwriter, producer and a dancer. His father plays the guitar so, he started learning from a tender age too. Today, Tekno is one of the highly rated Nigerian musicians, with several musical productions.

Tekno Background

Tekno Miles was born on December 17, 1992 in Bauchi State. He hails from Ivo LGA, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. His father was in the Nigerian Army, and so he had the opportunity to live and travel to several Northern Nigerian states like Kaduna, Nasarawa e.t.c. He attended Heritage School, Kaduna for his secondary education.

Tekno Early Career

Tekno became a member of the choir early and he was enrolled into a music school at age 8. While he was in the music school, he started learning how to play musical instrument like the piano and guitar.

In 2013, Tekno released his first single titled Holiday under K-Money Entertainment. The song featured vocals from Davido. The song Holiday gained massive airplay on radio and TV and placed Tekno on the Nigerian musical map.

Onye ne kwu

Tekno met Julius Agwu, an ace comedian who took interest in him when he performed the song Onye Ne Kwu, his remix of Ice Prince’e Oleku at an event in Abuja. At the same event in Abuja, he met Iyanya and Ubi Franklyn, the manager of Made Men Music Group record label. The duo also took interest in him and encouraged him to move to Lagos to further his musical career.

Made Men Music

Made Men Music Group (MMMG) is a Nigeria based record label. Ubi Franklin is the CEO of the MMMG and Iyanya is a major act of the label. Tekno joined this record label in Oct. 2013. He signed under the label and released songs like Dance and Anything. In 2014, the group also released a compilation album titled The Evolution. Other acts under the Made Men Music Group include; Selebobo, Emma Nyra, and Baci.

Duro (Wait)

Tekno released another single titled Duro on June 18, 2015. Duro was produced by DJ Coublon. This song became a hit and received airplays on radio and television stations. Similarly, this song was positively received across Africa and the United States, and it topped several charts in Nigeria and on international charts. In November 2015, he recorded and released the remix version featuring Phyno and Flavour N’abania. Duro debuted at number 5 on capital XTRA’s Afro beats Chart Top 10 for September, 2015.

Tekno Songs

Miles has recorded and released numerous songs. Here is a list of his songs

• Holiday, 2013

• Onye Ne Kwu ft Ice Prince, 2013

• Dance, 2014

• Shoki, 2014

• Go Low, 2014

• Mess, 2014

• Zima, 2014

• Jonzing, 2014

• Anything, 2014

• Duro, 2015

• Maria, 2015

• Wash, 2015

• Where, 2016

• Pana, 2016

• Rara, 2016

• Yawa, 2017

• Be, 2017

• Samantha, 2017

• Go, 2017

• Mama ft Davido, 2017

• Only, 2017

• Your Love, 2018

• Jogodo, 2018

• Choko, 2018

• Body ft Kizz Daniel, 2018

• Woman, 2019

• Don’t jealous me, 2019

• Freak Me, 2019

• Uptempo, 2019

Records Produced By Tekno

As a Producer, some of the best songs he produced include the following;

• Show by Victoria Kimani, 2014

• Feeling You by Rima ft. Tekno, 2015

• Pray for You by Lynxx ft. Tekno, 2015

• Boss by Ice Prince, 2015

• Last Station by Stoneboy ft. Tekno, 2016

• If by Davido, 2017

• Catch You by Flavour, 2017

• Silika by Madee Ft Tekno, 2017

• Go by Tekno, 2017

• Green Light by DJ Cuppy ft. Tekno

• Jogodo by Tekno, 2018

Tekno Personal Life

Tekno is in a relationship with a singer and dancer, Rachel Akosua Garton professionally known as Lola Rae. They welcomed a child in 2018.

Tekno Net Worth

According to Naijaquest.com, his net worth is estimated at $1.7 million. It was also in the news that he signed a deal with Sony Entertainment for about 4 million naira. Tekno also signed a deal worth millions of Naira as an ambassador for MTN.

Awards And Nominations

• Best New Act of the Year, Nigeria Entertainment Award, 2014

• Best Pop Extra Video, 9th Nigeria Music Video Awards, 2015

• The Best New Act, MTV Africa Music Awards, 2016

• African Video Of The Year, MTV Africa Music Awards, 2016

Tekno Quotes

“Don’t seek to achieve to impress.”

“Don’t die for what you don’t have.”

“Rejoice for others, you won’t die.”

“What is yours will always be yours, jealousy kills.”