Lokayat ‘Underground
brought over ground’
by Asifur Rahman Khan
After the smashing hit mixed-album Din Bodol, Durey has presented us with another mixed album, Lokayat, with the promise of ‘the underground brought over ground’. Reactions varied from pure wonder at the creative music of some of the upcoming bands, to utter disappointment at hearing the same old music played by some established ones. Lokayat was released during Ramadan, and so far it’s been a hit among music lovers.
The album consists of some established bands and a lot of underground bands. Aurthohin and Black begin the album with ‘Boyosh’ and ‘Shotti’ respectively, which a lot of music fans found disappointing, since both the bands sound monotonous. Artcell, however, brings the first ray of life in the album with their track Chhera Akash. Shaju’s (Artcell’s drummer) performance was terrific, and the drumming at the end of the track was definitely one of the most creative works in the whole album, with some outstanding rolling coupled with some fast-paced double bass. But then again, people do expect such a standard from Artcell, one of the leading progressive rock bands in the country.
However, Artcell wasn’t the only one setting a high standard in the album. Crypticfate and Arbovirus deserve some good words for their tracks, which can satisfy both soft rock and hard rock listeners. There were some other bands that received some good responses, like Stentorian for their track Nilkal, Kral for Opekkha and Striking for Arto Chitkar. Icons contributed an excellent track, which somehow drew a negative response because it sounded a lot like the numbers of Black. Nonetheless, Icons’s track was regarded as one of the best in the album. Kral, surprisingly, made a very melodic rock track, unlike their normally heavy metal ones, which goes to show that they are capable of making soothing music numbers as well as heavy metal ones.
But then, no album is flawless and the piece by Bibhishika proved to be the mood dampener. It’s true that their composition was very creative, but the vocal was not on par with the performance of the other members of the band. Unlike their previous track in Din Bodol, this was a flop, and it’s reported that many music aficionados are of the opinion that if Bibhishika wants to put together a good track, it should seriously emphasise the vocals.
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