Oni Hasan
| Oni Hasan | |
|---|---|
 Hasan in concert in Dhaka, 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Born |
August 1, 1984 Faridpur, Bangladesh |
| Genres | Rock, Metal |
| Occupations | Musician, Songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 2004 - present |
| Labels | G-series, Dead Line Music |
| Associated acts |
Warfaze 2007–present Vibe 2005–2007 |
Oni Hasan (born August 1, 1984) is the lead guitarist and composer for the Bangladeshi heavy metal, hard rock band Warfaze. Multiple changes have taken place in its membership since its foundation in 1984. Oni hasan joined Warfaze in the late 2007.
Oni Hasan is in Warfaze with the current members Mizan Rahman (vocals), sheikh Monirul Alam Tipu (drums and percussion), shams Mansoor Ghani (keys) Mizan Rahman (vocals), Sheikh Monirul Alam Tipu (drums and percussion), Shams Mansoor Ghani (keys) Naim Haque roger (bass), and Ibrahim Ahmad Kamal (guitar)and the past members Babna Karim, Sunjoy, Russel Ali, Faud Ibn Rabbi, Saidus Salehin Khaled Summon, Iqbal Asif Jewel, Balam, Biju, Cézanne, and Sazzad Arefeen.
Early life
Saleh Hasan Oni was born on 1 August 1984; in Faridpur. He is of Bangladeshi decent and comes from a family of greater Comilla district, where musicians like Ustad Allauddin Khan, S.D. Burman, and R.D Burman have grown up. He is the eldest child in the family, with two younger brothers, Sunny and Sayem Hasan. His father Mr. Kamrul Hasan is a textile engineer and his mother’s name is Ruma Hasan who is a home maker. His father played classical instruments and the two younger brothers who are guitarists as well.[1]
Musical influences
Being a self-taught musician he started playing the guitar at the age of 18.In an exclusive interview named "ONI MANIA" given to the episode magazine he says "sunny (his younger brother) used to play the guitar and by seeing him, I use to play a little too, but as time passed by, I was getting more into the guitar, I got more serious and would actually spend 10 hours of my time on guitar each day. I became a guitar freak later on, there was this guy who used to live right under my floor, who basically showed me my first guitar chords, that was it, I went with my life like that, with 7 chords only I would practice on my own, never had a teacher, would learn from magazines, books, and mostly what helped me was that I knew sa re ga ma from my dad, I would jam with TV, radio and I would play whatever I heard, so there it was, I sacrificed all my friends and all other recreations of life and would just concentrate on my playing and played till my fingers bled."[2] His major influences are guitarists like, Dimebag Darrel, Yngwie Malmsteen, Slash, and Paul Gilbert.
Career
His career started like any other typical underground musician. He worked his ways up, starting from the very basic to the top. The first band that he started playing with was called Illusive Dreams. He did his first ever live gig with them at RCC, the birthplace for tons of musicians in Bangladesh. He was soon asked to play in one of the prominent under ground bands called Dethrow. After that he started doing gigs with bands like, Warfaze, Art Cell, Stentorian, Aurthohin in a very young age, just in 3years time of learning Guitar. Feeling that the band wasn’t moving towards anything he had to make a move; he quit and was soon asked to join the band called Metal Maze. He stayed in the band for a year or so, and in the mean time he also joined the band called Vibe in the late 2005. After which he started recording Vibe’s debut album “Chena Jogot”
Vibe-Chena Jogot (2007)
Chena Jogot came out in the year 2007, and got nation wide appreciation, soon it was a huge hit in the country. (Shopnodeb, Shesher Opashey, Bidhatari Rongey Aka, Chena Jogot, Odhora, Money Porey, Ashar Prodip Jeley, Urey Choley Jae, Amar Shongbidhan, Obak Shob Shopno, Nostalgia) Vibe released a single “optripto praan” in the band mixed album Underground 2 in the following year. And won the 4th City Cell Band award in the year 2008. Vibe members had to leave countries for higher studies and the Bands in a pause ever since. After this he got the big break in warfaze.
Career with Warfaze
Warfaze-Pothchola (2008)
He was asked to join Warfaze by Ibrahim Kamal Ahmed founder and lead guitarist of Warfaze in the late 2007. he joined Warfaze with the line-up, Kamal bhai on the Guitars, Balam bhai on the voice, Roger Bhai on the Bass, Shams bhai on the Keys and Tipu bhai on the drums. Did his first show with Warfaze in the beginning of 2008 with that line up. That lineup soon broke as Balam had to leave for his solo career and Mizan came back again as the main voice and we released Warfaze’s 7th album "Pothchola" in the year 2008. Pothchola was a remake of some old songs mainly focusing on the new generation and the album also consisted of two new tracks (Omanush, and Tomakey). Pothchola song list (1. Boshey Achi, 2. Tomakey, 3. Omanush, 4. Obak Bhalobasha, 5. Hotasha, 6. Nei Proyojon, 7. Shadhikar, 8. Joto Durey, 9. DHushor Manchitro, 10. Asha, 11. Shomoe, 12. Ashamajik, 13. Pothchola. ) Warfaze Pothchola won the 6th City Cell Channel I Award in 2010.[citation needed]
Warfaze covering Lalon (2011)
He did covers of 3 Lalon songs in a mixed album by Bangla Link named "Shomorpon", where Aurthohin and Habib had songs as well. Songs they covered were: Khachar Bhitor, Jaat Galo and Aarshi Nogor.
Warfaze-Shotto (2012)
In 2011, he had to leave the country for his higher education in UK, at Keele University to study Marketing and Music Technology. He came back in March 2012, taking a leave from the University to record the 8th Warfaze album. Warfaze’s 8th Album got released in Oct 2012 with 8 brand new tracks and one unreleased track. He has two compositions of his own in the album: Naa and Purnota. Both the tracks went big hits.
Shotto track list: Agami, Na, Rupkotha, Purnota, Shotto, Jedin, Jonosrot, Projonmo 2012, Protikhkha
Personal life
Still single and living with his family in the capital Dhaka city, Oni spends most of his time practicing, learning and teaching the guitar. Apart from this, he is very health conscious, goes to the gym everyday and he does not drink nor smoke. He has got two tattoos on his right arm, a star which is his favorite symbol and “absolute perfection” written in Japanese under it. He believes everything he does, be it music or personal life related, should be done with so much dedication that it is turns out to be absolutely perfect.[1]
Equipment
- Guitars: Jackson RR24, Jackson RR3Pro
- Amplifiers: Marshall JVM
- Effects: Boss Acoustic Stimulator, Boss Noise Suppressor NS2, Boss Compressor Sustainer CS3, Electro Harmonics Metal Muff, Boss EQ GE 7, Boss Digital Delay DD7, Line 6 products
- Accessories: Jazz 3 Guitar Picks
Other associated bands
- Redhun: Mon Haralo, Eka, Miche.
- Ashique O Ekota: Onnorokom feat. Simin
- Hyder Hossain- Bangladesh Police theme song
- Mixed Album 69 Radio Mix-2, Screaming Demons
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 playlist magazine, article name:master player, oni hasan, march 2012
- ↑ episode magazine, oni mania 2009
- ↑ Jamil Mahmud (2010-04-18). "Music without borders". Archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
- ↑ Nusrat Jahan Pritom (2009-12-09). "Warfaze and its reign of metal". Archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
- ↑ Hafez Ahmed @ http://www.daily-sun.com (2012-08-30). "tha hood | Oni In Retrospect". daily sun. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
- Episode Magazine, Article Name: Oni Mania, 2nd Issue 2009
- Playlist Magazine, Article Name: Master Player, Oni Hasan, March 2012
- Sonic Magazine: Nov-Dec Edition 2012