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Moheener Ghoraguli Free Music

Moheener Ghoraguli

Effective period / Period of releases: 1979 - 1999

Members: Tapas Das, Pradip Chatterjee, Gautam Chattopadhyay, Tapesh Bandyopadhyay, Ranjon Ghoshal

Moheener Ghoraguli (Bengali: মহীনের ঘোড়াগুলি, literally "Moheen's Horses") is a Bengali indigenous rock group from Kolkata, established in 1975. Their music drew from wide variety of influences, including Bengali folk, Baul, urban American folk, and jazz. They sometimes described their style as "Baul jazz." Established in the 1970s during a period of stagnation in Bengali music, when commercial film songs were the dominant market force, the lyrics (and to some extent the compositions) of leader Gautam Chattopadhyay were radically new. They were of a very personal or social nature, similar to the urban folk movement led by Bob Dylan in the 60s. Though they were almost unknown in their time, in recent years they have undergone a critical re-evaluation much like the Velvet Underground. In recognition of this renewed interest, Gautam released a compilation of Mohiner Ghoraguli covers by contemporary artists, Aabaar Bochhor Kuri Pore in 1995. They have since come to be considered as one of the earliest Bengali rock bands,and pioneers of the jibonmukhi style and ethics.

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