Life and Career
Habib's father Ferdous Wahid was one of the trailblazers of Bangla pop music in the 1970s and 1980s. Habib started to pick up tunes on his father's keyboard from the time he was a little boy. Later, he studied music and audio engineering at the School of Audio Engineering in London. During this time, he had the opportunity to work with Asian Underground pioneer Nitin Sawhney among others.Habib conceived his first folk-remix album Krishno while he was still a student in London. "I had the concept and even the tracks arranged..and was looking for a vocalist," he said. Kaya, the vocalist Habib was looking for is a Sylheti restaurant owner in London and amateur singer. The first few songs arising from their collaboration proved to be unexpected hits on the underground scene, both in London and in Dhaka. Krishno was a massive success when it was eventually released in Bangladesh, its unique blend of age-old folk and modern electronica introducing a radically new sound to the Dhaka music scene.
Since then, Habib has released two more albums: Maya (2004) and Moyna Go (2005). Both have been bestsellers. Habib features new voices in all his albums. Besides Kaya he uses Helal (who has a great voice and lots of feel in his singing), Julie, Konica,and Nirjhor. In the album, "Moyna Go" Habib himself appears singing two awesome new romantic songs. In "Moyna Go" he also has his father, Ferdous Wahid singing a song at his best (like always) and a perfect folk song sung by Milon Mahmood. Habib also has little rap, r&b, hip-hop, and reggae type add-ins to songs that fit things like that done by Kunle. Habib
