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Welcome to the Bangla CD Covers blog!

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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!

Neon Aloy Shagotom [Band Mixed Album]

"Neon Aloy Shagotom" is a band mixed album coordinated by Ziaur Rahman Zia (of Shironamhin fame) released in 2007 from G-Series in paperback format. 13 bands ( Karnishey Magpie, Meghdol, Striking, D Minor, Shohortoli, Ajob, Dhrubo, Road House, Shorboda, B'Borton, Kanak O Kartrik, Shohor, Shironamhin ) participated in this unique project. The theme behind this album lines in the genre of the participating bands, mainly urban psychedelic and theatrical rock. The struggles of living in a big city like Dhaka, coupled with the constant need to better themselves is what drives these bands. Moreover, the project aimed to give a different flavour and presentation of "fabric and texture" of music compared to the popular hard rock and heavy metal infused rock music scene of the 2000s with an emphasis on Lyrics. Cover photograph of the album, that showed the homeless people living in Dhaka, was by "Foring ". While the rest of the photographs were taken by Zia...