Launching the first Bengali album on the net days before the cd release, Fossils lead man, and rockstar Rupam Islam says with the drop in sales of cds Bengali contemporary music has to follow the global practice.
"This is an interesting change. This is the first time for a Bengali album having opted for streaming of tracks. Even ten days before cds were unveiled," the mercurial singer said at the formal launch of album Fossils 4.
"It is not about Bangla rock only. It cuts across age groups and languages. The barriers between different audience segments is blurring since 1999, the time Fossils came into being," Rupam said.
Rupam, who tagged this change with the evolving of people's taste over the years, said, "In past we had seen people had gradually got used to our lyrics, tunes and acoustics whenever an album was launched. This had been the practice ever since Usha Uthup had launched our first album."
"This time we had seen people got into the groove of our kind of music hours after streaming. It is the first time happening. And we got over 99 per cent positive review. The songs are a reflection of the times we are passing through which tells upon our very existence," the well-known playback singer said.
Asked to comment on the times, Rupam said it manifests in every way. "People don't head towards outlets to buy cds these days. There has been drop in physical sale of cds worldover but the digital form is the next thing. You might brood over the positives and negatives but that's all you can."
The album contains new numbers including 'Cut the Crap' with typical Fossils hard rock soundscape.
