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Shohail Ibne Mahbub (XTR)
I'm an avid Bangla music album collector in this hobby since 2012. Having grown up in the "Underground" era of Bangla band music, I took the initiative to archive and upload album artworks. Till now, I've been recognised and acknowledged by various artists, bands, streaming and label companies for my work on Bangla CD Covers. There's a high chance most artwork you see floating around the internet are scanned by me!

Hok Kolorob by Arnob

"Hok Kolorob" is the sophomore album of renowned Bangladeshi fusion artist, Shayan Chowdhury Arnob. This album was released in August of 2006 from Bengal Music Company (BMC) ltd. After the massive success of his debut album, Chaina Bhabish, Arnob continued gaining a huge popularity among the youth with his second album. Producing evergreen hits like, "Tomar Jonno", "Hok Kolorob", "Bhalobasha Tar Por" and "Tor Jonno", Arnob's legacy had been cemented again in the Bangladeshi music scene. This album was also the start of Arnob's many releases (Solo and Compilation/Producing) from BMC.

Arnob's ex-wife Sahana Bajpaie was also heavily featured in this album providing backing vocals as well as writing the lyrics to "Tomar Jonno". Furthermore, lyricist Taufique Riaz made another return to this album with writing 7 of 13 total songs. Rajib Ashraf and Milita also contributed in writing some songs.

In the album sleeve, Arnob mentions that the songs featured in the album are really close to him and that they were composed during 1995-1998 when he was in the Art College in Santiniketan. Taufique Riaz, who lived in the same hostel as him, used to write the lyrics and delivered it to him before going to class in the mornings. He reminisces about his time in Santiniketan enjoying these works of musical art. This album was a farewell and goodbye to all of his old songs, which could be redone to be featured, and he could finally start producing new songs from his future projects.

The track "Tui Ki Janisha" has two versions, the first of which featured backing vocals of Sahana. As for the second version, Junaina, Wadid, Milita and Prescila contributed in the backing vocals. For the track "Tor Jonno", Tahmid provided backing vocals. Zubair played the Flute in "Prokrito Jol" and Arnob played the Esraj himself in "Tomar Jonno".

Arnob wrote a poem (Shokale Bikale Uthe Roj Okale.... Dim Poach) in the track, "Shomoy Katey", which was also featured in the track, "Jol Pore Pata Nore" his limited-edition 2015 album, "Khoob Doob".

The album can be streamed legally from the GAAN App available on both Android and iOS. The track "Tomar Jonno" is available from streaming on Arnob's official YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eisd3tfOC7o

The album can also be purchased from iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hok-kolorob/1201596636


Track list:

01. Bakshe Bakshe
02. Tomar Jonno
03. Hok Kolorob
04. Tui Ki Janishna
05. Bhalobasha Tar Por
06. Tor Jonno
07. Shomoy Katey
08. Chalak Tumi
09. Muhurto
10. Prokrito Jol
11. Shodbo
12. Tui Ki Janisha 2


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Lyrics-2
Inlay [Front]
Inlay [Back]

Comments

  1. can you please confirm who played the lead guitar in this album? especially i'm curious to know who played the guitar solos in "bhalobasha tarporo", "chalak tumi"?
    I find no solid info regarding this in the album cover.

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