My BIO
ALANAS CHOSNAU
“I have been traveling this road for many years now. Since fourteen I consciously wanted to devote my life to music and actually did so. Music means all to me – the beginning and the end of the road. I live with the music. I live for the music. I share my music with the greatest love and belief that my listener feels it.”
Alanas Chosnau is Lithuanian – Kurdish music artist born in Vilnius, grown in Baghdad and returned to Lithuania after the early loss of his beloved mother.
In 1992 ‐ 2001 Alanas was the leader of the then extremely popular band Naktines Personos which released 10 albums and 2 singles with multiple awards the Band of the Year and the Album of the Year. As soon as the first record Mes paukščiai (We Are the Birds) was released, the media immediately labelled Naktines Personos as the new age romantics able to create a solid new edge Lithuanian pop music after the fall of the Soviet Union. And the band successfully did so during their entire life until splitting in 2001.
In 2003 Alanas released his first solo album Pusiau atmerktos akys (Half‐Open Eyes) which turned into a bestseller and gained Alanas his first personal award – the Best Performer of the Year. Album Pusiau atmerktos akys also won the Golden Disc Award and the Best Song of the Year (song Letter on the Snow) awards. His following music album Mintimis su tavimi (With You In My Mind) again won the Golden Disc award in 2003.
In 2006 Alanas was twice awarded with the Best Performer of the Year prize. In 2003 – 2009 he released 7 solo albums, couple of which were mastered in the USA by Grammy Awards’ nominee.
In 2014 the band Naktines Personos was recovered with three successful national tours around Lithuania and abroad, released a digital album Pasaulis toks yra (The World is Like That), however, decided to split in 2018 October.
2018 November Alanas Chosnau released his newest solo single Tu gali arba ne (You Can or You Can Not) and announced his return as a solo artist.
Since then inspirational music work followed gifting Alanas listeners with new solo songs as well as co-produced works. Currently Alanas splits his creative work between Vilnius and Berlin.
Since 2018 Alanas works with iconic British music producer, remixer and musician from Berlin Mark Reeder and an outstanding music producer Micha Adam at Monumental Studio in Berlin. After the acclaimed response to their first love song Losing My Mind which was featured in the French cold-war movie Le Chant du Loup (The Wolf’s Call), Mark Reeder and Alanas Chosnau now return with their first outtake All Alone from their forthcoming album together, Children of Nature.
In Lithuania Alanas is currently recording the new album Planetos with a famous Lithuanian music producer and DJ Leon Somov, which will be officially released in 2021 and promoted with the national tour Planetos on March / April 2021.
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DISCOGRAPHY OF ALANAS CHOSNAU
Albums
2003 | Pusiau atmerktos akys
2003 | Mintimis su tavimi
2005 | Iš dangaus
2005 | Akustinis koncertas tamsoje
2007 | Aš kaip ir tu
2008 | Geriausios dainos
2009 | Geri laikai
2020 | Children of Nature
2022 | Life Everywhere
EP
2020 | Children of Nature (Natural Selection EP)
Singles
2018 | Tu gali arba ne
2018 | Laiškas ant sniego (White Dust Remix)
2019 | Per daug tavęs
2019 | Už sapnų (Nešk tolyn Remix)
2020 | Laukiau ilgai by Alanas Chosnau & Leon Somov
2020 | Mano naktys by Alanas Chosnau & Leon Somov
2020 | Planetos by Alanas Chosnau & Leon Somov
Main Achievements
2003 | Golden Disc Award, album ‘Half-Open Eyes’
2003 | Best Song of the Year, song ‘Letter on the Snow’
2004 | Best Performer of the Year
2004 | Golden Disc Award, album ‘With You in My Mind’
2004 | Best Male Video ‘My Love for You’
2006 | Best Performer of the Year
2006 | Best Performer of the Year
DISCOGRAPHY OF NAKTINES PERSONOS
Albums
1993 | Muzika ir daugiau
1994 | Ramiai
1995 | Tiems, kurie mūsų negirdi
1996 | Pažvelk kitaip
1996 | Tikras garsas
1997 | Sexta
1998 | Atvirai
1999 | 9 dainos
2000 | Diena. Naktis
2001 | Šilko kelias
2015 | Pasaulis toks yra
EP
1997 | Kelyje
1998 | Ša la la
Singles
2016 | Saulės kraujas
2016 | Gerumu gerumu
2017 | Tiems, kurie liko
2018 | Niekam nesakyk
Main Achievements
1993 | Best Videos of the Year ‘Ir Taip Visada’ and ‘Tavo paveikslas’
1995 | Fans Award for the Song ‘Tiems, Kurie Mūsų Negirdi’
1996 | Pop Band of the Year
1997 | Best Video of the Year ‘Aš Jaučiuosi Taip Keistai
1997 | Top Selling Albums of the Year
1998 | Best Band of the Year
1998 | Best Song of the Year ‘Sukasi Ratu’
1998 | Best Band of the Year
1998 | Most Popular Band of the Year
2000 | Best Band of the Year