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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Axl Hazarika
| alias = Rainbow Trip
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| origin = [[Assam]], India
| genre = [[Electronic dance music|EDM]], [[Electronic music|electronic]], [[Avant-garde music|avant-garde]], [[Indie rock]], [[industrial rock]], [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]], [[New-age music|new-age]], [[Experimental music|experimental]], [[psychedelic rock]], [[World music|world]]
| occupation = Composer, singer, songwriter, musician, lyricist, producer, film-maker
| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|keyboards|guitar|piano|bass|synthesiser|sampler|sequencer}}
| years_active = 2006–present
| label = Elektrokore Music
| associated_acts = Elektrokore, Xaitaan Kaun, WoodNotes, DeadCall, Rainbow Trip
| website = http://axlhazarika.in
}}

'''Axl Hazarika''' is an Indian [[Avant-garde music|avant-garde]] musician and film-maker.
Hazarika, hailing from [[Guwahati]], [[Assam]], is a pioneer of [[electronica]]/[[Industrial rock|industrial]]/[[Avant-garde music|avant-garde]] music in [[Northeast India]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reverbnation.com/AxlHazarika|title=Biography|publisher=reverbnation|accessdate=31 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.last.fm/music/Axl+Hazarika|title=Biography|publisher=last.fm|accessdate=31 January 2012}}</ref><ref name="news on sevendiary.com">[http://sevendiary.com/axl-hazarika-indian-rock-artist-launched-vevo/ news on sevendiary.com]</ref><ref name="news on Sbwire">[http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/axl-hazarika-becomes-the-first-indian-rock-artist-launched-by-vevo-internationally-275101.htm news on Sbwire]</ref><ref>[http://www.naijapals.com/article/Axl_Hazarika__The_first_Indian_rock_artist_launched_by_VEVO-40120 news on naijapals]</ref><ref name="news on PRBUZZ">{{Cite web |url=https://www.prbuzz.com/entertainment/140844-axl-hazarika-becomes-the-first-assamese-to-be-officially-launched-by-vevo.html |title=news on PRBUZZ |access-date=10 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809182926/https://www.prbuzz.com/entertainment/140844-axl-hazarika-becomes-the-first-assamese-to-be-officially-launched-by-vevo.html |archive-date=9 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.vevo.com/artist/axl-hazarika featured on no.1 music video site, VEVO.COM]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tech2.in.com/video/linkedin-india/910246/t6K3stZ0mIbNnLqGuoe1ppeJvK7JorSXuKi5pbiqqISlh9qr/axl-hazarika-hum-badal-gaye-official-music-video-greatest-animation-video |title=featured in tech2india |access-date=10 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012190703/http://tech2.in.com/video/linkedin-india/910246/t6K3stZ0mIbNnLqGuoe1ppeJvK7JorSXuKi5pbiqqISlh9qr/axl-hazarika-hum-badal-gaye-official-music-video-greatest-animation-video |archive-date=12 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="necalling.com">[http://necalling.com/axl-hazarika-becomes-first-indian-rock-artist-launched-internationally-by-vevo/ news on leading website from northeast India necalling.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012184251/http://necalling.com/axl-hazarika-becomes-first-indian-rock-artist-launched-internationally-by-vevo/ |date=12 October 2013 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.mtv.com/artists/axl-hazarika/ on MTV.COM]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11pCp_atZrE News on Dy365]</ref><ref>[https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/s720x720/544662_332758560137684_219627064_n.jpg News on The Assam Tribune] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012161052/https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/s720x720/544662_332758560137684_219627064_n.jpg |date=12 October 2013 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.easternchronicle.net/pages/06072013/ec_page_2_7.gif News on The Eastern Chronicles] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012145459/http://www.easternchronicle.net/pages/06072013/ec_page_2_7.gif |date=12 October 2013 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2012/02/06/duo-brings-out-first-animation-film-from-north-east/ News on The Shillong Times]</ref><ref>[https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/181803_327988200614720_1798273970_n.jpg News on The Dainik Asam] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012195651/https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/181803_327988200614720_1798273970_n.jpg |date=12 October 2013 }}</ref><ref>[http://archive.tntmagazine.in/news/animation-film-from-northeast-india-creating-records-2012/ News on The NorthEast Today] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012184325/http://archive.tntmagazine.in/news/animation-film-from-northeast-india-creating-records-2012/ |date=12 October 2013 }}</ref>

Axl Hazarika made his official [[VEVO]] debut on 27 June ’13 with the exclusive release of the music video of his hit Indian song ‘Hum Badal Gaye’.<ref name="news on sevendiary.com"/><ref name="news on Sbwire"/><ref name="news on PRBUZZ"/><ref name="necalling.com"/><ref>[http://www.vevo.com/artist/axl-hazarika Official VEVO page, VEVO.COM]</ref>

Axl Hazarika started an [[Electronic dance music|EDM]] project called Rainbow Trip in late 2015 with the release of a [[Psychedelic trance|psytrance]] set “Trippy Experience” on [[SoundCloud]], which hit the top of SoundCloud [[Trance music|Trance]] charts within a month and stayed at #1 for 12 consecutive weeks.

Axl released the first Assamese folk EDM song Goru Bihu Song as Rainbow Trip in May 2016. The music video amassed over 1 [[lakh]]s (100,000) views within the first week of release.

==Biography==

Born and brought up in Guwahati, Assam, Axl Hazarika started his musical career in 2008. He released his album Elektrokore in 2008, which comprised the first Assamese metal song ever - ''Joi Aai Axom''.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

Axl was the first to compose and release metal songs in his regional language - Assamese. The song ''Joi Aai Axom'' is a voice against terrorism that has occurred in Assam. ''Matribhoomi'', another single was released following the 2008 Assam bombings, dedicated to the departed souls. Another hit single is ''B-deshi'', a song against the illegal immigrants in Assam. ''Jai Shiv Shankara'' and ''Maha Kali'' are a fusion of [[Sanskrit]] [[shlokas]], [[Heavy metal music|metal]] and [[electronic music]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianmusicrevolution.com/Interviews/Axl-Hazarika-Talks-About-Debut-Album-Industrial-Music-More.html|title=Interview with Axl Hazarika|publisher=IMR|accessdate=20 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212063324/http://www.indianmusicrevolution.com/Interviews/Axl-Hazarika-Talks-About-Debut-Album-Industrial-Music-More.html|archive-date=12 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalindiamagazine.com/news/guwahati-based-elektrokore-releases-debut-album-eletrokore-1|title=Guwahati based Axl Hazarika releases debut album 'Eletrokore 1′|publisher=metalindiamagazine|accessdate=20 February 2012}}</ref>

In 2008, Axl Hazarika formed an industrial metal project called Elektrokore. He released several songs as Elektrokore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianrockmp3.com/2009/02/18/elektrokore-elektrokore-ep/|title=ELEKTROKORE EP|publisher=IRMP3|accessdate=31 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianmusicrevolution.com/Reviews/Album-Reviews/Elektrokore-ElektrokoreE.P.html|title=ELEKTROKORE EP Album Review|publisher=IMR|accessdate=31 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214234938/http://www.indianmusicrevolution.com/Reviews/Album-Reviews/Elektrokore-ElektrokoreE.P.html|archive-date=14 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 1 January 2012, Axl Hazarika released an animation film titled ''[[Hum Badal Gaye]].'' Directed by Ryan Hazarika, it is also the first animation film from [[Northeast India]]. The storyline of the film focuses on the relationship between a boy and his pet cat. The ''soundtrack (OST)'' of the film was released on 14 February 2012.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://theshillongtimes.com/2012/02/06/duo-brings-out-first-animation-film-from-north-east/|title=Duo brings out first animation film from North-East|publisher=The Shillong Times|accessdate=20 February 2012}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtimes.org/social/5927.html|title=Assam's first Industrial Music Album is out of the closet|publisher=Assam times|accessdate=20 February 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303232104/http://www.assamtimes.org/social/5927.html|archivedate=3 March 2012}}</ref>

On 26 January 2012, Axl Hazarika released his solo album titled Elektrokore 1, which is the first industrial music album from northeast India.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianmusicrevolution.com/Latest-News/Axl-Hazarika-Releases-New-Album-Elektrokore-1-Today.html|title=Axl Hazarika Releases New Album Elektrokore 1 Today|publisher=IMR|accessdate=20 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012161939/http://www.indianmusicrevolution.com/latest-news/Axl-Hazarika-Releases-New-Album-Elektrokore-1-Today.html|archive-date=12 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sentinelassam.com/ghy_city/story.php?sec=1&subsec=0&id=107066&dtP=2012-02-21&ppr=1#107066/|title=New music artiste on the block|publisher=The Sentinel, Assam|accessdate=20 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100556/http://www.sentinelassam.com/ghy_city/story.php?sec=1&subsec=0&id=107066&dtP=2012-02-21&ppr=1#107066/|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== Rainbow Trip ===

Axl formed an [[Electronic dance music|EDM]] project Rainbow Trip with sister Noms Hazarika in late 2015. Their first work was a psytrance set “Trippy Experience” that topped SoundCloud Trance charts for 12 consecutive weeks and still remains in the top 50 with over 7 million plays. Rainbow Trip released their debut music video Goru Bihu Song on 27 May 2016. Goru Bihu Song is the first Assamese folk EDM song.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

==Discography==

=== Albums ===
* Deadcall (2006)
* Elektrokore (2008)
* Elektrokore – EP (2009)
* Elektrokore 1 (2012)

=== Singles ===
* Composed Reality, Drug+love, Trapt, Wrong & Di-Vine torture from the album ‘Vine Dead Straw’ (2007)
* Maatribhoomi (2008)
* Sacrifice (2010)
* Jai Shiv Shankara (2010)
* Maha Kali (2010)
* Hum Badal Gaye (OST) (2012)
* Prisoner In Me (2012)
* Hum Badal Gaye (Official Music Video) (2013)
* B-Deshi (2014)
* Goru Bihu Song (2016)
{| class="wikitable"
! || Song Name || Time
|-
| 1. || Hum Badal Gaye || 3:01
|-
| 2. || A Tribute || 1:20
|-
| 3. || Life || 3:07
|-
| 4. || Was I Waiting 4 U – i || 3:07
|-
| 5. || Anger || 2:23
|-
| 6. || Don't || 3:09
|-
| 7. || Was I Waiting 4 U – ii || 2:22
|-
| 8. || Re-Lease || 3:38
|-
| 9. || Prisoner in Me || 2:19
|-
|10.
|Sacrifice
|3:22
|-
|11.
|Jai Shiv Shankara
|3:49
|-
|12.
|B-Deshi
|5:18
|-
|13.
|Maha Kali
|4:08
|-
|14.
|Joi Aai Axom
|2:32
|-
|15.
|Maatribhoomi
|4:07
|-
|16
|Goru Bihu Song
|4:01
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://axlhazarika.in/ Axl Hazarika Official Website]
* [http://www.vevo.com/artist/axl-hazarika Axl Hazarika Official Official VEVO Page] at [[VEVO]]
* {{IMDb name|4840951}}

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