Veteran singer and freedom fighter Rafiqul Alam released a Liberation War song on Independence Day, March 26, 2024. The song was written and composed by the late rock legend Ayub Bachchu for the distinguished artist back in 2005.
The song speaks of glorifying “Shadhinota” itself. It talks about what “Shadhinota” is to the people of Bangladesh, how passionate we as a nation are about our Liberation War and that it was in exchange blood that we got our independence.
Singer Rafiqul Alam who calls Ayub Bachchu “the Van Halen of Bangladesh” reflected on the time Ayub Bachchu gave the song to him.
“Back in 2005, when we were working on another project, we discussed on several occasions about collaborating on a song but it didn’t happen due to many reasons. At last, he gave me this song and it was a very sensible choice to give me a song that speaks about our history”.
Rafiqul Alam is a renowned playback singer and vocalist of Bangladesh. He was trained by Pundit Haripada Das. In his journey, he has been groomed by several legendary music directors, amongst whom he calls Satiya Saha his musical father. Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra was a milestone in his path where he performed many of the classic songs both in group and solo during the Liberation War of 1971. “Moder Gorob Moder Asha” was one of these songs.
The music arrangement of “Shadhinota” is by Alam’s son, Farshid Alam, who is a singer/song writer, composer and bassist. This is his debut in music arrangement for his father through this song.
“The western and eastern ratio in the composition of Ayub Bachchu songs has always been 50/50 but, in this case I think he chose a 40/60 approach (40 being western and 60 being eastern) since my father is singing it,” Farshid said. “For me it was not an easy job to maintain that harmony in my arrangement. I hope I did justice to the song and I wish Ayub Bachchu could have listened to my arrangement of his composition.”
"I would like to thank my friend, my band mates - artist, composer and producer Labik Kamal Gourob and Ahnaf Khan Anik on guitars for being there by my side. The way they owned my song it added so much soul in the arrangement," he added.
