User:Akhil OSO/sandbox

Akhil Chandrashekar (born 27 September, 1994 ) better known by his stage name Akhil OSO is a highly accomplished and versatile Indian artist, renowned as a Producer, Rapper, Audio Engineer, Editor, Designer, and Creator. With a burning ambition to bring the Grammy Awards to India, he stands as a creative force focused on achieving this monumental goal.

Akhil OSO possesses a unique ability to merge his Indian cultural roots with a diverse range of musical influences, including iconic artists such as Gorillaz, Eminem, Tupac, and Radiohead. This distinctive fusion has allowed him to carve out his own distinct sound, setting him apart as one of the few artists who have truly found their artistic identity.

Early life
Akhil Chandrashekar was born and raised in the city of Bengaluru to a Tamil father Chandrashekar J and  Punjabi mother Anjali Kapoor. He attended Bethany High School and then Christ University Evening College in Bengaluru.

Growing up in a household where both his parents raised him with their favourite styles of music. He learned the Tabla & Trumpet, eventually exploring the journey of music with hip-hop and electronic genres. He began to perform live as a DJ while learning to produce EDM, he then pushed into the genre of Metal becoming one of the lead vocalist of the band "Revolution Triggered". Post his journey with the band he dove deeper into trance and electronic swing. Realising he wanted to say a lot more through his music he jumped into a genre he was all too familiar with "hip-hop". He began rapping under the moniker of 2EM later moving into production and audio engineering and finally taking on the persona that is Akhil OSO and Mssiah.

Career
His parents introduced him to music early, from when he was in the womb his mother would sing to him and when he was born she held him in her arms and sang to him everyday. In fact the only way he would be able to be put to sleep as a child was a his mother singing to him as she held him and walked out around.

Later as he developed with encouragement from his mother he would create his own musical instruments in his room as toddler and play all day. This progressed to him being introduced to playing the Tabla alongside his brother Devin Chandrashekar who learned how to play the harmonium. As he grew he joined the school band and began to learn the Trumpet for many years. Fuelled by the dream of music, he left high school and teamed up with his friends and formed a band named Revolution Triggered.

His influence grew with his age starting with the Beatles, ABBA, Metalica, Dire Straits, Linkin Park, Eminem, Tupac, Lamb of God, The Gorillaz, The Good The Bad and The Queen, Damon Albarn, Oasis and many more.

Akhil OSO's obsession for understanding the different facets of music had him then turn to being a EDM DJ with him being introduced to the trance culture and holding residencies in clubs he wasn’t old enough to enter in. He also grew into a vocalist in a metal band with his friends from high school.He progressed into producing EDM and also exploring the sounds of Electro Swing live.

All though his journey as a DJ ended quite abruptly as he realised there was so much he wanted to say and express through music that he just couldn’t get across through the EDM culture. Being a massive of fan of rap music since he was in the 3rd grade he realised hip hop was his way to express himself. He began under the stage name 2EM as only a rapper but being unable to find the sounds he had in his mind with other producers and engineers, he went down the journey of creating his soundscape in music. He then took up the name Akhil OSO