Bangla CD Covers

"The Miracle - 1" is the chronologically 2nd and the first solo album of Upol Islam , who is famously known to work with Fuad Al-Muqtadir since the early days of his stardom, starting with "Kranti" . It was released in 2010 from Bengal Music Company (BMC) Ltd. The album is a mix of pop and hip-hop as Upol Islam collaborated with a lot hip-hop artists, especially from Blazin' Annex . All of the 11 tracks are Upol's original compositions. According to the sleeves, Upol mentions he was really thankful and grateful to everyone for this album, especially his family members. That statement can be traced back to the release of his first album, which was titled "Ke Tumi" and released from CMV (BD) in 2001. In that album, he had collaborated with another famous singer of Bangladesh, Pantho Kanai . "Ke Tumi" featured 5 songs each from both artists. However, Upol was not satisfied with the album because at the time of recording (the whole albu...

"Jhalmuri 1 & 2" are a mixed-artists dual-album singer/songwriter project of popular Bangladeshi fusion artist, Shayan Chowdhury Arnob . They were released in 2007 from Bengal Music Company (BMC) Ltd. The albums featured up and coming singer/songwriters as well as many of Arnob's friends. Jhalmuri 1 featured Punam (from Prayer Hall , another project of Arnob), Tahmid , Abida , Gourob , Armeen Musa , Nabila , Shawjeeb , Sahana Bajpaie , Bappa Mazumder . While Jhalmuri 2 featured Sovvota , Shuvo , Laura , Rupom , Srabonti , Syed Wakil Ahmed , Habib Wahid , Nancy and Arnob .   The overall song arrangements were done by Arnob, but the songs were indeed written by the singers. The reasoning behind such an album, as per the album sleeves is that, making songs had become extremely mechanical and monotonous. It was like as if somebody came up with a lyrics, another with the tune, and finally after vocals had given by yet another person, the people behind the song itsel...

"Bujhcho?!" is the debut and only album of Prayer Hall . It was released on November 14, 2006 from Bengal Music Company (BMC) ltd. Prayer Hall comprises of popular fusion artist Shayan Chowdhury Arnob , Punam , Kushal and Saad . The quartet actually met in India while they were students at Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan. The story of why they chose the name in particular was included in the album sleeves. They all met in this beautiful place in India, known as "Land". They went there at different times to rediscover themselves and were inspired to create music. In fact, they recorded most of the songs in a room there called "Prayer Hall". Hence, the band came to be known as that name. The album also featured guest artists such as Sahana Bajpaie , Anusheh Anadil and Buno . The album was dedicated to Vishal , with love. The album can be purchased from Apple Music here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bujhcho/807397007 It can also be purc...

"Adheko Ghume" is the 5th studio album by amazing Bangladeshi fusion artist, Shayan Chowdhury Arnob. Unlike previous releases from the artist, this particular album, which contains only Rabindra Sangeet, pays homage to Rabindranath Tagore and Arnob's student life at Shantiniketan. It was composed and recorded by him at his own production house, "Adhkhana Music". The distribution was handled in domestic and abroad markets by Bengal Music Company (BMC) ltd. The album was released in June of 2012. The album was sponsored by popular telecom of Bangladesh, Robi. In the album sleeves, Arnob explains how this album had a different take on traditional Rabindrath Sangeet. Jyotirindranath Tagore, Rabindranath's elder brother, encouraged young Rabindranath by inviting him to write songs, and Jyotirindranath was talneted enough to play several instruments, of which the Piano was one his favorites. Various records in Rabindranath's journal explain how his elder br...

"Arnob & Friends Live: Songs from World Tour '08" is a unique live album by respected Bangladeshi fusion artist, Shayan Chowdhury Arnob . It was released a year later in August of 2009 from Bengal Music Company (BMC) ltd. This live album was a beautiful diary of many performances during the world tour he took with his friends and fellow artists - Andrew , Nazia , Resalat (Dhrubo) and Jibon , partnering with the non-profit, non-partisan volunteer organization called "Drishtipat" . This world tour was hosted by various chapters of the Dristipat in the USA, the UK and Canada throughout 2008, and the proceeds from these concerts were dedicated toward Dristipat's Child Domestic Workers Education project and other development projects in Bangladesh. In the album sleeves, this world tour was deemed as, "The Unheard Voices Tour". The live album is a unique mix of songs: some composed by Arnob, some traditional folk songs, and contemporary modern son...