Biography
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Born
21 July 1973 (age 50)
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Born In
Kerala, India
Birth name = Alphons Joseph
Origin = Thrissur, Kerala
Genres = Film score
Occupations= composer, music director, singer, instrumentalist
Instruments = Guitar
Years active = 2001–present
Alphons was born in Kaachery near Nadathara, Thrissur, Kerala, India to a musically affluent Christian family. His mother was Thankamma and father was Koladi Joseph, a tablist and a singer but by profession, a KSEB sub-engineer. Alphons was the second among their 7 children. His elder brother, Joemon was a pianist and had composed music for two Malayalam films. His younger brother Paulson was a well known exponent of Sitar and had got first rank in M.A. Hindustani from Dharwad university. He was introduced to music by his father's younger brother K. K. Paul, who was a well known violinist. Alphons considers Philip, another talented musician from Thrissur, as his mentor and guru. He was the one who diverted Alphons to Western Classical Music and ghazals.
Alphons had professional training in Carnatic music from Shri. Mangad K. Nadeshan (A. I. R) and got 7th grade in classical guitar from London Trinity College of Music and 5th Grade in Western Music Theory. He took up music as a profession after he received the Kala Prathibha award by Calicut University for the years 1990 and 1992.
He is the lead guitarist, vocalist and one among the founders of Rexband, a gospel music band with a few albums to their credit. This band experimented a lot in gospel music by blending Western music with Hindustani and Carnatic. They had listeners all over the world and was the only Asian band which got a chance to participate in World Youth Day. From 2000 onwards, he started working as a composer and a sound engineer in Asianet Radio 657AM, a radio station in Dubai. He worked there even after the release of his first film soundtrack and composed many jingles and title songs as part of his work. Alphons is currently doing a M.A. in Music. He is a permanent judge in the Reality Show Amrita TV Superstar 2. He was a part of A. R. Rahman's JaiHo Concert - The Journey Home.
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