Eid audio market
Eid is the peak season of the year for many businesses, and the music industry is no exception. In the wake of Eid-ul-Fitr, music companies -- major and small -- try to release their best productions.
In celebration of the festival, fresh tunes find their way to the fun-filled family evenings, adda of close friends, making for great holidays.
This Eid, the audio market offers a vast collection of Bangla songs of different genres. The albums that have already hit the market or are expected to be released soon are mostly of folk, adhunik, rock, pop and remix songs.
G-Series and its sister concern Agniveena are releasing mostly pop, rock, adhunik and fusion pop albums. Their albums for this Eid include Swani Zubayeer's solo album “Chander Shorobore”; “Cactus Shomoyer Gaan” (Russel featuring Shwajeeb, Putul and Moon); ARTCELL by popular band Artcell; “Aha Re” by Minar; “Chondrokuhok Maya” by Nirjher Chowdhury; “Dekha Hobe Bole” by Topu; Khalid Hossain's “Jabi Ke Modinaye” (Islamic songs); “Shurdosshu” by Bibek featuring Avi; “Tomaro Lagia Rey” by Parveen Sultana and “Uncensored” by Mila.
Laser Vision is bringing out audio albums, music and film music videos. Its albums are “Padma Pukur” (Kanak Chanpa), “Ekta Bondhu Chai” (Samina Chowdhury and Raghav Chattopadhyay), “Surma Paar-er Gaan” (Rashedul Kayes), “Folk Factory” (Shirin Dewan and Habib Siraji), “Rabindranath-er Borshar Gaan” (Ajoy Mitra), “Aye Bhor” (Amirul Momenin, Nachiketa, Asif, Agun and Liza), “Dokhina Batash” (folk music by Shafi Mondal, Dilruba Khan, Shimul Khan, Rinku, Beauty and Salma).
Bengal Foundation's albums are in the pipeline too. Prior to Eid, they have produced two recitation albums “Megh Balika” by late actor-elocutionist Khaled Khan and noted journalist and elocutionist Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury's latest recitation album “Praner Joybarta.”
Popular music label, Ganchill, which had been lying low for four years, re-launched on 11th June, 2015 with the album “Asif er Kothay Moon er Gaan”, a series of new songs. Other popular music labels including Soundtrack, Sangeeta and Eagle Music have released new albums marking this Eid.
“We always look forward to joyous occasions like Eid. We hope for great sales as we have some exclusive music albums lined up,” said a salesman at a music outlet in Bashundhara City shopping mall. Apart from new releases, music outlets are also selling much in demand classics and old albums.
Diversity of the music offers something for everyone. The focus is on entertainment for all. However, the issue of piracy continues to hound the music industry as the artistes and production houses face falling bottomlines.
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