CD by Nash: A bonanza for music lovers
Harun ur Rashid
While outside it had started to rain again, an unfazed audience was still pouring in at the auditorium of the Russian Cultural Centre to attend the launching ceremony of a new album, Ishkuler Bondhu. Inside the auditorium songs from the album were being played on loudspeakers. And the audience discovered the talent of the new artiste, Nasrin Islam Nash.Many albums come out at regular intervals. However, not all of them can really create long lasting impression on the hearts of listeners. 'While the tunes of most of these songs seldom show innovation, the lyrics are also devoid of any creative imagination,' said eminent cultural personality Professor Abdullah Abu Sayeed at the launching ceremony on September 15. Nasrin's album, however, breaks new ground. With an unusual title, Ishkuler Bondhu, the album contains 12 songs. Some beautiful lyrics, including two folk songs, have been composed by Basu. The mix of slow and fast music, background supporting vocal--often in classical style--and a still-maturing voice of Nasrin have made the album a promising work. The lyrics of Shokal, Swapnil, Saiful Hossain Mukul, Notun Anis, TI Antor and MH Rony have an air of the teen-age nostalgia recollected at a later stage of life. Especially the title song, telling the story of a classmate--a good student who used to sit in the first bench, was favourite among the teachers and never attracted attention of the singer, has the sweet feel of one's first love. The lyrics of the song Eito prothom, Tumi bhalo theko, Tomar neeley, Srabon athoba and Akash bollo also depict the same romantic imagination. Besides composing the music, Basu has also penned a song of the album, namely Sriman. However, the music video of the album, brought out on VCD, is not a good piece of work. Music videos of six songs were shown at the programme. Cinematography, editing and relevance to the songs did not seem up to the mark. Even the models were pretty stiff in their appearance. Nasrin's introduction to music was through her elder sister at an early age. However, she took her first musical lessons at the Sangeet Bhaban of eminent Kalm Sharafi, where she learned Rabindra Sangeet. Later she went to the famous MS University at Baroda, India, in 1993. There she studied the Hindustani classical music. At present Nasrin is studying nursing in Oklahoma, USA. In the USA, Nasrin has been singing in the choir of the White Christian Church in Inola. Nasrin's voice may linger on in the minds of the audience.
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Professor Abdullah Abu Sayeed (2nd from left) inaugurating the album of Nash (centre); officials of Laser Vision are also seen |
