And We Win Some, And We Lose All

So here it is, Asif Hassan's masterpiece of an EP, ...

Asif's second EP

"Well, there's no use denying it. I lent my voice to my long time musical comrade, Asif Hassan's, second EP. The niche indie scene is picking up thanks to these very small artists doing music in their homes and thanks to the availability of internet platforms. The EP was conceptualized, written, and arranged by Asif Hassan, and produced by the super talented Embers In Snow, whose EP I contributed to earlier this year."

Headed in a different direction from Asif's first EP, this focuses on a narrower concept and softer and more comprehensive compositions. There were a few other artists who contributed to the compositions. I was really glad to be a part of the project, seeing as how it turned out, and I consider this to be my best vocal work after Bonfire. 

My favorite track of all is Remember the Summer.

The digital booklet: 

Wisdom gone

This bad boy came out yesterday. Having a needle inserted into my hard palate was quite the experience. 

Midway Practice

This song always gets to me.

Besides

Artwork: Mohua Mouli

I guess this is a track about sex. Fall-back sex. The song turned out really well. Composed by Rakat, and sung by Mohua.


Besides (Single)
Vocals: Mohua Mouli
Composition and Lyrics: Changing Homes

Artwork: Mohua Mouli
______________________

we'll walk out
of this room
sometime soon
sometime soon
but not in
in monsoon,
sometime soon
sometime soon

we'll make poetry today
softly quill it on our backs
as the rain taps the glass

windowed in
windowed in
windowed in
beside me
besides it's raining
let it be

hold me back
like you always do
drag me in
sit me down beside you

and you never believe me
we always hold it up
but you always need me
when you're out of luck

windowed in
windowed in
windowed in
beside me

Job complete.

So Indalo's launching turned out great. The booklet was "super" appreciated. People are loving the album, and I received much appreciation for the designs as well. I didn't know that so many people are conscious about graphic design in general. I mean, when people don't see artwork, it's usually not design to most of them.

Anyways, the experience was swell, and the funny part is that last year around this time the first album I art directed was up for grabs [The Crowd's - You're Not Allowed To Say No]. That's really what got me this gig as well. It's rare to come across design jobs that you can actually artistically get involved in. So I was really happy with how things turned out.

The booklet features photography from Kazi Ferdous Pavel, Swami Ma Banyan, and A J Ghani. It also features calligraphy and hand lettering done by SomeArtJunkie. Most importantly, the Indalo Dog which is featured on the merch, and as the CD art was created by Pretty Shitty Art. It was great working with such different material.

Celestia 1

There's light at the end of the funnel
They never tell you the other end might drop you down
If there's a fire been glowin for ages
And the light is a flame that rages on

The human is a statistic
We all think that we can make it
The human is a number
But the human likes to ride the thunder

The tide raises with it all ships
Only if a boat is fit
No one tells you the water's vast
No one tells you, you die out fast

The human is a statistic
We all think that we can make it
The human is a number
But the human likes to ride the thunder