Shayan Chowdhury Arnob is getting ready to release renewed music since his 2012 Tagore cover “Adheko Ghume.” The new album titled “Khub Doob” is expected to launch just in time for the upcoming Pohela Boishakh.
In conversation with Dhaka Tribune, Arnob also announced that he is going to take a break from his solo music career to pursue a career in directing films, behind the camera.
In the album, Arnob focuses on experimental songs, mostly with his vocals. “I don’t know where I am heading, but the whole album is an improvisational piece. Basically, I used my vocals as an instrument in order to reach my target music composition,” he said.
As the versatile singer-musician conveys a reputation of rejuvenating Tagore’s songs among the new generation with his mastery of fusion music, he made sure to include a Tagore number, “Esho Shyamolo Sundaro,” in the album. Other tracks include “Chader Shidi,” “Khub Doob,” “Takhon Jonak Dake,” “Policer Chire Tupi,” “Obhijan” and others. Apart from the singer himself, Tokon Thakur, Rajib Ashraf and Sahana Bajpaie, to name a few, have penned lyrics for the album.
Highly disappointed in the country’s intellectual property rights situation, Arnob complains, “The haphazard copyright situations are the grounds behind my decision to not make music my sole profession in the future.” Currently working on a script, he is ready to gear up his film directing operation through a short training course in the USA just after the album release.
Hopefully the album will see a digital release prior to the special edition’s limited release.