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, Manob and Munir Ahmed Ononto. The sleeve design was done by Zia and Kanak Aditya.

Recording: Studio Auchin, Dreamdesk, Dhun & Rex Trax Inc. Georgia, USA.
Mixing: Zooel & Sohel except "Nefartiti" by Sazzad, "Ar Koto?" by Buno and "Kuasha" by Matthew Abercrombie.
Mastering: Zooel at Studio Auchin.

Karnishey Magpie, Meghdol, Striking, D Minor, Shohortoli, Road House, Shorboda, B'Borton, Kanak O Kartik, Shohor and Shironamhin left messages in the sleeves that explain their bands, their songwriting and words of gratitude. Shironamhin also mentioned that working in previous mixed albums wasn't to their liking, but this time it was different. They also used the album title in their song, "Muthophone".

The album is available for streaming as an Audio Jukebox on G-Series' official YouTube channel here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGwNDr8GgX4

The track "Ektu Boshia Thako" by Kanak O Kartik is available for streaming on G-Series' official YouTube channel here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y4F-zrVdrw

Track List:

01. Karnishey Magpie - Mataal
02. Meghdol - Nefartiti (written as "Nefartiti O Onnanno" inside sleeves)
03. Striking - Shondhan Chai
04. D Minor - Shadakalo
05. Shohortoli - Asader Khola Chithi (Poem taken from Asad Chowdhury's "Barbara Bidler-Ke")
06. Ajob - Ar Koto?
07. Dhrubo - wandering with clouds (Instrumental)
08. Road House - Raat O Rajpother Adda
09. Shorboda - Kuasha
10. B'Borton - Prolap
11. Kanak O Kartik - Ektu Boshia Thako
12. Shohor - Projonmer Shongram
13. Shironamhin - Muthophone

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