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Music of the sun Krishnakali’s warm songs bask in the sun, voyage to the earth and caress our hearts and souls, writes Faizul Khan Tanim photos by Andrew Biraj What are intimate songs? By definition they are tunes, voices, and words that your very soul recognizes and that you can identify with your own self. In a sense, all songs are intimate and personal. There is a song for every mood and moment of your life; each strikes a different chord and expresses a particular thought or emotion to the world. And then there are songs like those of Krishnakali’s, which are purely, insanely, intensely intimate. Songs that are truly candid efforts to objectify those thoughts. There is no embarrassment or shyness in representing oneself, just pure honesty, as honest as sunlight. Krishnakali is quite a bold and outspoken person, but also camera shy. She titled her album Shurje Badhi Basha (nesting in the sun) and it is a very personal album. She says, ‘It speaks of personal experiences from the diff...

Fantastic Fuad: BACK for GOOD! When fusion music was labelled a blend of East and West, Fuad Al Muqtadir’s sound from New York came and made an astounding breakthrough. His melodic recipe: one cup full of music, a teaspoon of electronic sound, a flavouring of various collaborated artists, finished off with some creative stirring. The result –HOT MINUTES of feet tapping and body shaking entertainment! Writes Faizul Khan Tanim . Yes! Big daddy producer Fuad Al Muqtadir, also known as New York Fuad recently came back to Bangladesh for good and became Dhakaiya Fooa. He landed in Dhaka with lots of expectations about the world of Bangla music comprising of our traditional culture, Tagore, Nazrul, Folk and contemporary Bangla songs. Fuad thinks that there is a very good opportunity to do music professionally in Bangladesh. ‘Taste of music listeners is getting better, thanks to a huge variation. The overall standard of our compositions is improving and, more genres like hip-hop and rap are bl...