On the occasion of the birthday of legendary Bengali band music artist Ayub Bachchu, 20 of his popular songs are going to be released in a new music arrangement. This special album titled ‘Uttaradhikar’ will be released on a double CD as well as on digital platforms.
The album features new versions of popular songs by Ayub Bachchu, including ‘Rupali Guitar’, ‘Neel Bedna’, ‘Madhavi’, ‘Sei Tumi’ and ‘Kasht Pete Bhalobo’, performed by eight bands and 12 artists from the country.
It is known that ‘Rupali Guitar’ was sung by Dalchhut, ‘Neel Bedna’ by Arbovirus, ‘Gatakal Raate’ by Sonar Bangla Circus, ‘Chalo Badle Jai’ by Shubhojtra, ‘Chand Mama’ by Calypso, ‘Achena Jibon’ by Rocksalt, ‘Madhavi’ by Dopamine and ‘Mon Chele Mon’ by AK Rahul.
On the other hand, among the solo artists, Babna Karim and Russell Ali performed the song ‘Hasate Dekho’, Romel Ali performed the song ‘Ekhon Anok Raat’, Chandan Zaman Ali-Menon performed the song ‘Meye’, Kaniz Suborna and Sajjad performed the song ‘Kasht Pete Bhalobo’, Palash performed the song ‘Apon Keh Nai’, Joy Shahriar performed the song ‘Kasht Ka Ke Bol’, Adit performed the song ‘Ghumant Sharhar’, Bakhtiyar Hossain performed the song ‘Rater Tara’, Atika Yamin performed the song ‘Ferrari Aei Mon’, Autumnal Moon performed the song ‘Hokkar’, Kanak Acharya performed the song ‘Nirbey’ and Tawfiq-AB-Menon performed the song ‘Bangladesh’.
All the songs of the album have been mastered by Iqbal Asif Jewel. Project coordinator Chishti Iqbal said that Ayub Bachchu’s wife Ferdous Akhter Chandana contacted him with the desire to do something special on the occasion of his birthday. Then, a proposal came to release Ayub Bachchu’s popular songs in a new musical arrangement. After the discussion, the work on the ‘Uttaradhikar’ album was finalized with 20 songs.
