Rex Vijayan

Rex Vijayan (Malayalam: റെക്സ് വിജയൻ; born 26 April 1983) is an Indian composer, guitarist, singer, record producer and multi-instrumentalist from Kerala. He is the lead guitarist for the alternative Malayali rock band Avial. He started out his career as a composer in the Malayalam film industry through Kerala Cafe by giving the score to Anwar Rasheed's segment 'Bridge'.

Rex Vijayan
റെക്സ് വിജയൻ
At The Celebrate Keralam Festival (Photographed by Anand Menon)
Background information
Born (1983-04-26) 26 April 1983
Kollam, Kerala, India
GenresAlternative rock, alternative metal
Occupation(s)guitarist, producer, composer
InstrumentsGuitar, keyboard, synthesizer, ukulele
Websitewww.facebook.com/RexVijayan

Early life

He is the son of Albert Vijayan, a music director in Malayalam films. He self-learnt to play various instruments at a very young age and began his musical career by mastering cover versions.[1] He married Chintoo Remesh on 14 March 2008 at Kollam.[2]. His brother Jackson Vijayan is also a musician.

Motherjane

Vijayan was part of the popular Kochi based rock band Motherjane, as the rhythm guitarist from 2000 to 2003.[3] Even though he left the band in 2003, He continued to associate with Motherjane as a consultant. He was the producer of the band's singles Jihad(2010), Clayplay(2015) and Namaste(2018)[4][5][6].

Avial

He is the music composer, lead guitarist and synthesizer of the Trivandrum based Malayalam alternative rock band "Avial" since 2003.

Other collaborations

He was part of an amateur German hip-hop band "Intensive Erfrischung" (Intensive Refreshment), which was based in Munich. He is also actively involved with Daksha Seth's Dance Company, which is concerned with performing on stage contemporary dance. Gibson Guitar Corporation, USA offered him to be their endorsee for their latest high end series guitar "Gibson Les Paul Classic".

Film composing

Rex debuted into film music direction with Anwar Rasheed's 'Bridge', a segment of the portmanteau film Kerala Cafe. He then did the composing of ‘Chaappa Kurishu’ directed by Sameer Thahir, ‘22 Female Kottayam’, by Aashiq Abu, helped with the background score of films 'Second Show' and 'Friday' and did music for Shyamaprasad's movie 'English' in which he collaborated with American clarinet player and music composer Shankar Tucker in the song 'Aakashame' featuring Rohan Kymal on vocals. He then did the title track for Anil Radhakrishnan Menon's debut movie 'North 24 Kaatham' starring Fahadh Faasil. Rex Vijayan become a playback singer with ‘Enthanu Bhai' in Aashiq Abu's film 'Da Thadiya'. His work for Sameer Thahir's second movie 'Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi' (after his directorial debut 'Chaappa Kurishu') in which along with five songs Rex has also sung the title track 'Neelakasham'.

"Saptamasree Taskaraha' was Rex's next film, in which he composed songs such as 'Thaane Pookum' and 'Nam Onnaayi'.[7] After that Rex went on to do the background score for 'Picket 43'. He returned after a break with Parava in 2017. Later in the year he composed music for Aashiq Abu's Mayaanadhi. Rex's composition for the film was well appreciated. The song Mizhiyil Ninnum received appreciation and singer Shahabaz Aman won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer for the rendition.[8][9]. His latest releases are Sudani from Nigeria, Thamaasha and Valiyaperunnal.

Discography

As Composer and Producer
YearFilmDirectorNotes
2009Kerala CafeAnwar RasheedSegment: Bridge
2011Chappa KurishuSameer Thahir
201222 Female KottayamAashiq Abu1 song, and co-composed background score with Bijibal
Second ShowSrinath RajendranBackground Score only
FridayLijin JoseBackground score only
2013English: An Autumn in LondonShyamaprasad
Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna BhoomiSameer Thahir
North 24 KaathamAnil Radhakrishnan MenonTitle Song only
2014Sapthamashree ThaskarahaAnil Radhakrishnan Menon
2015Picket 43Major RaviBackground score only
Lord Livingstone 7000 KandiAnil Radhakrishnan Menon
2017ParavaSoubin Shahir
MayaanadhiAashiq Abu
2018Sudani from NigeriaZakariya Mohammed
2019ThamaashaAshraf Hamza
ValiyaperunnalDimal Dennis
2020 Halal Love Story Zakariya Mohammed

As playback singer[10]
YearSongCo-singer(s)MovieMusic Director/ Composer
2011 Oru Naalum Kaanathe Rashmi Satheesh Chappa Kurishu Himself
2012 Enthanu Bhai Bijibal,
Jayaram Ranjith		 Da Thadiya Bijibal
2013 Neelakasham Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi Himself
2015 Tharangal Padunne Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi Himself
2017 Pyar Pyar Parava Himself
Uyirin Nadhiye Neha Nair Mayaanadhi Himself
2018 Cherukatha Pole Imam Majboor Sudani from Nigeria Himself
2019 Thazhvarangal Valiyaperunnal Himself
2020 Jaalame Lal Krishna, Divya S Menon, Namitha Raju, Gagul Joseph, Jackson Vijayan Trance Jackson Vijayan

As Music Producer
YearSongFilm/AlbumComposer/BandNotes
2010 Jihad [11] Anwar Motherjane
2015 Clay Play [12] Motherjane
2017 Kaattil [13] Mayanadi Shahabaz Aman
2018 Kurrah (Football Anthem) [14] Sudani from Nigeria Shahabaz Aman
Namaste [15] Motherjane
2019 Paadi Njan [16] Thamaasha Shahabaz Aman
Hey Valiyaperunnal [17][18][19][20] Saju Sreenivas
Piraanth SA Jameel
Kochi Mattanchery Unknown
Vandu Njan Mehaboob
2020 Sundaranayavane [21] Halal Love Story Shahabaz Aman

Awards
Year Award Category Film/Album/Song Notes
2018 Filmfare Awards South[22] Best Music Director Mayanadi
2018 Indywood Academy Awards[23] Best Music Director Mayanadi
2018 Mazhavil Mango Music Awards[24] Best Music Director Mayanadi
2018 Movie Street Film Awards[25] Best Music Director Mayanadi
2018 CPC Cine Awards[26] Best Music Director Mayanadi, Parava
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References
  1. "Oh brother!". The Hindu. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  2. "Two Becomes One". The New Indian Express. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  3. "The King of six strings". The Hindu. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  4. https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/motherjane-set-to-play/article6769182.ece
  5. https://www.indulgexpress.com/culture/music/2018/may/09/listen-to-motherjanes-new-single-namaste-7246.html
  6. https://www.retrokolkata.com/post/motherjane
  7. "Rex Vijayan for Sapthamasree". The IndiaGlitz. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  8. https://www.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/music/shahabaz-aman-and-i-composed-mayaanadhi-tunes-like-band-members-rex-vijayan/articleshow/62297278.cms.
  9. https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2018/jan/02/rex-vijayans-soulful-and-nostalgic-music-3866.html
  10. https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/listsongs.php?g=8460
  11. https://www.retrokolkata.com/post/motherjane
  12. https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/motherjane-set-to-play/article6769182.ece
  13. https://www.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/music/shahabaz-aman-and-i-composed-mayaanadhi-tunes-like-band-members-rex-vijayan/articleshow/62297278.cms
  14. http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/zakariya-on-his-debut-film-sudani-from-nigeria/article22761398.ece
  15. https://www.indulgexpress.com/culture/music/2018/may/09/listen-to-motherjanes-new-single-namaste-7246.html
  16. http://www.hitmalayalamsong.com/2019/05/paadi-njan-song-lyrics-thamaasha.html?m=1
  17. http://onlookersmedia.in/videos/heres-first-single-shane-nigam-starrer-valiya-perunnal/
  18. https://www.behindwoods.com/malayalam-movies-cinema-news-16/new-lyrical-video-of-shane-nigam-s-much-awaited-next-is-here.html
  19. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/valiyaperunnal-song-has-a-gypsy-quality/articleshow/72456379.cms
  20. https://www.behindwoods.com/malayalam-movies-cinema-news-16/shane-nigams-much-anticipated-next-to-release-soon.html
  21. https://www.sify.com/movies/parvathy-in-halal-love-storyposter--news-malayalam-udmk18jhejgjb.html
  22. https://www.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/music/rex-vijayan-feels-honored-to-have-won-an-award-at-the-jio-filmfare-awards/articleshow/64618909.cms
  23. http://www.indywoodacademyawards.com/winners18
  24. https://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/music/2018/08/07/mazhavil-mango-music-awards-winners.html
  25. https://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2018/02/05/fahadh-manju-aishwarya-corner-movie-street-film-excellence-awards.html
  26. http://www.asianetnews.com/entertainment/cpc-awards-2017-parvathy-fahad-best-actors
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