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If you had your pick of exciting pop songs to raise the temperature blending passionate words, sensual voices, explosive lyrics and videos to make your hair stand on end, which ones would you choose? Faizul Khan Tanim 's choices These are the songs inviting you to the dance floor, lyrics enticing you to push the envelope, the beats get you ready to make some moves and the visuals get you in to the groove. Dolly Shayontonni – Rongchota Jeans Now this is an absolute classic late 80’s music video. A soundtrack by genre, it sports our hero-in-action wearing a loud red shirt, faded jeans, stylish shades, puffing some smoke and playing a macho hard-to-get fella. And then…appears our miss rebellion lip-synching Rongchota jeans er pant pora...jolonto cigarette thot-e dhora - the moment these urgent lines were aired on radio, they spread to stereos and blasted out of speakers across the country and all hell broke loose on the streets. Kaniz Shuborna – Tumi Nishho Korey Dao & Moner Chh...

Music from the sun Almost two years after Doob , Arnob is about to release his fourth studio album Roud Bolechhey Hobey under his own record label, writes Faizul Khan Tanim This Eid-Ul-Azha, Arnob’s music full of psychedelic sunlight and the spirit of survival will shine on us through these words from the title track - Ageyi tokey janiye ditam roud bolechhe hobey. Jene newar eii batasher jonmo kothay kobey – a very optimistic lyric written by Rajib Ashraf. In his studio, patterns of smoke float in spirals while spotlight rays penetrate the fumes, creating a mystical aura. The full-on sound from the monitor speakers harmonises the atmosphere in there. Blowing smoke circles, Arnob speaks in measured tones “This album is based more on acoustic instruments with less fancy digital effects, primarily because I want to be comfortable while playing them live. I used very little keyboards in the arrangements as well, keeping the song structures simple and organic." The newly f...

Shut Up and Dance Srabonti Narmeen Ali, also known as Tushi, will be releasing her debut solo album Dhadha, produced by music genius Arnob. It’s a record that will definitely travel wide and far – from dance floors to computers and mp4-devices, writes Faizul Khan Tanim and Naheed Kamal , meeting the two in Arnob’s studio Shut up and dance is the pop-puffed, rap-grooved song that will leave your feet tapping and fingers snapping. At the same time, it raises questions of facing up to and fighting realities – maybe with some fatalities on the dance floor! Not only relieving stress and lifting you out of your melancholy, it is a song that addresses many social anomalies and it will definitely influence you to listen to the entire album. It’s an inspiration to think and feel, infused with the peculiar combination of both happiness and contemplative ideas. “The best part about working with Arnob is that he takes a lot of my inputs. I have creative freedom and we shared our ideas while we wor...

Chorom Onuraag-e (Love Extreme) – sing, sing, sing this song to me! This is an animated story composed of organic melody...vocal harmony screaming phenomenon, revolution, places heavier than heaven, solace and the power of passion. And the entity between something which is rightfully yours and sinfully mine is weaved in a story called Chorom Onuraag-e and the band who piously sang it is Breach, the rock band from Bangladesh. This is a rock song which one man wants to achieve and the other obscured to explore. As this story...this rock song...got narrated to three mortals, they told this tale to a blind man seeking a rush to sway his head and experience hard rock love in a different way. So the first mortal said: This is a rock song of cosmic energy ready to explode in a cup of tea. This song is also a line by Cagil M. Kasapoglu – listening to rock is like being dragged by high tide waves taking ups and downs and suddenly finding your face hit on a hard sandy ground. It's a feelin...