Artcell

Artcell was formed in November of 1999 by Ershad, Lincoln, Cezanne, and Shaju who were friends from their high school days. From the beginning, the lineup has not changed yet. They used to get together to practice some Metallica stuff and started performing them for other friends and thus it all started. Artcell was thought of as the name for a cultural movement of a friend circle, working collectively on different mediums of art like music, literature with a similar kind of aesthetic philosophy.

So, the band is not limited to the four founders only. Artcell is all about the friendship of a few people of the same age, growing up together. The first song the band composed was 'Onnoshomoy'. 'Onnoshomoy' made them believable in believing themselves. The song set the standard for all the songs yet to come along the way.

The first song released by Artcell was 'Odekha Shorgo', which was recorded for the great Azam Khan for a mixed album he was planning on. Later, it was released on a mixed album called 'Charpotro'. The song 'Onnoshomoy' was written by Rumman Ahmed and 'Odekha Shorgo' by Rupok. Both Rumman and Rupok were very close friends of the band members, and together they wrote most of the songs for Artcell. But unfortunately, Rupok passed away after being infected by the fatal disease called 'Cerebral Malaria' in 2002.

This incident changed everything. It changed their feelings that made the band sound much older than they actually were. Rupok left when the band was working on their first solo album 'Onno Shomoy', which was later released and was dedicated to Rupok in 2002. After four years of releasing 'Onno Shomoy', Artcell came up with their second album 'Oniket Prantor' in 2006. Thus, the journey of a core music band in Bangladesh is going on and creating a new aura of music every day.

Band Members:

George Lincoln D'Costa
Kazi Faisal Ahmed
Saef Al Nazi Cézanne
Kazi Shazzadul Asheqeen Shaju
Badhan Barman (Manager)

Past member(s):
Ershad Zaman