User talk:Gilad Millo

Gilad Millo ( Musician)
GILAD - BIO Gilad Millo is an international musician based in Nairobi, who records and performs soulful reggae music together with The Superband. Gilad's lyrics are fused with Swahili and English, in what has become identified as music for the soul. Gilad recently formed Harmony Africa Limited, a company focused on Brand Positioning and is its CEO. A former Israeli Diplomat, TV Journalist and Corporate Executive, married with two children, Gilad released his debut single ‘Unajua’ ft Wendy Kimani, in mid 2015, which shot to the top of many Kenyan charts immediately after its release and has remained popular since, putting him at the top of the list of Kenya’s best artistes and people’s favourite. Unajua, has a growing viewership of more than 2 million on YouTube and continues to recieve airplay on various radio stations. Gilad went ahead to work on his debut album ASANTE which he intends to release on his birthday- 27th September 2017. The album consists of 16 songs, all of which get better after every release; depicting his growth as an artiste and continued understanding of the industry. He has gotten to work with various top ranking artists from Kenya and beyond. This begins with the songstress Wendy Kimani with whom he did his debut single ‘Unajua’. He went ahead to bring us ‘Sema Milele’, the all time classic love song dedicated to his wife on their 18th anniversary, this quickly became the perfect wedding song. Moving forward, Gilad released a couple of other songs ;Rangi Ya Bahari featuring Gachago ,Salama, Karibu Nyumbani, Nakuahidi featuring Dela which is a tribute to our fallen soldiers and wrapped up 2016 with a second collaboration with Wendy Kimani, Usiende. This year, Gilad went ahead to work on even more beautiful songs, with the goal of releasing an album by his birthday and here it is! Having brought us a few more hits: Say Na na na- a collaboration with Grammy Award Winner violinist Miri Ben-Ari; who produced it as well, a celebratory song for his home- Nairobi Yangu with Superband, Nahisi Upo- a love song with Bensoul and finally released Angel Uriel. This was a celebration of his best friend Yagil Shoham’s son who passed away. The song has gotten Gilad nominated for two All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) Awards; Best male artiste in inspirational music and best artiste in African rock. Asante, the title song, is a prayer for thanksgiving featuring the legendary rapper Juliani is one of the songs on the album that we are yet to hear. Others include Music for the Soul, One Wish featuring Polycarp and Omer Millo on guitar and Mapenzi, a song truly about love with lyrics of ‘when you give love, you get love’. The journey of the album ASANTE has been characterised with plenty of shows, performances and press appearances with every single that Gilad released. It has seen him get to work and perform alongside big Kenyan and international names including the likes of Nyashiski, Nameless and Miri Ben-Ari, top notch producers including Cedo, Polycarp and MG.