BORN VANJULA LOCHANA TALAGALA IN THE CITY OF HORANA; Lochana would call his birthplace home for only a matter of days, for shortly after his birth, Lochana's family moved from Sri Lanka to Abu Dhabi.

According to Lochana, it was here that his father first introduced him to classical Sri Lankan music - particularly to artists such as Amaradèva, Nandā Mālini, and Victor Ratnayaka (all of whom would later serve to influence Lochana's musical style).

Lochana began his musical career, at age 4 - playing the piano.  His father, Meththayana Darshan Talagala, has long been a songwriter (as had his father before him - Kularathna Talagala), and it is their influence that Lochana credits with having nurtured his musical interest and talent.

At age 6 Lochana began playing the guitar, and is now a self-proclaimed aficionado of  the entire spectrum of stringed instruments (though Priyan and Venura may be apt to disagree).  In addition to the guitar, violin, saxophone, and piano; Lochana also plays many of the traditional Sri Lankan bèra.