সব আলো নিভে গেলে
Shob Alo Nibhe Gele
Sung by Shanila Islam and Syed Mehedi Hasan, with backing vocal by Samir Hafiz.
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هذا الوقت سيمضي
hādhā'l-waqt sayamḍī
This time shall pass
A songwriting project out of Bangladesh. One of us writes the music, one of us writes the words, and the voices that join us are the reason any of it is worth hearing.
The whole of it
The basics are always simple
Everything else that follows is ornament. This is the engine.
I
The Music
Every melody and harmony begins on a guitar, then grows until it needs other people.
II
The Words
Bangla lyrics written to be sung, not merely read. Sometimes they come first, sometimes the melody does.
III
The Voices
The artists who join us
Singers, players and producers who bring a song the rest of the way, and leave it better than they found it.
The first album
সমর্পণ
Shomorpon
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Shomorpon means surrender: the giving over of oneself. The record is still being made. Two of its songs are out in the world already, both carried by the voice of Shanila Islam, both produced and arranged by Samir Hafiz.
Why we do it this way
Whoever sings with Ashwin belongs to Ashwin
An artist who gives us a song does not leave as a session credit. They stay as family. The whole point of the project is that the people who lend it their voice and their hands should get bigger for having done so. We would rather build one more career than one more single.
Four ways in
Go deeper
I
The Crest
Two horses, a quartered shield and a line of Arabic. Nothing on it is decoration.
Read the emblem IIThe Two Horses
The twin horsemen we are named after, in six languages. One carries medicine, one carries science.
Follow the myth IIIThe Music
সমর্পণ, its two released songs and the words they are built on.
Listen and read IVThe Family
The two who start a song, and the artists who finish it.
See who we are