Bassbaba Sumon

This article is about the Bangladeshi musician from Aurthohin. For other uses, see Sumon.

Bassbaba Sumon
250px Sumon at a 2014 CUET concert
Background information
Birth name	Saidus Salehin Khaled (সাইদুস সালেহীন খালেদ)
Born	(1973-01-08) 8 January 1973 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Genres	Heavy metal, Progressive metal, Hard rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer-songwriter, producer, actor, businessman
Instruments	Bass, vocals, guitar, keyboard
Years active	1993–present
Labels	G-Series
Associated acts	Feelings, Faith, Warfaze, Trimatrik, Faith, Artcell, Kronic, dNA, Severe Dementia, Kral, Stentorian
Website	aurthohin.com
Notable instruments
Custom MTD 5-string bass NS Design electric upright bass

Saidus Salehin Khaled, known as Sumon, is a bass player, singer and songwriter, music producer from Bangladesh and the vocalist for Aurthohin. He is also known as "bassbaba" ("father of bass") by his audiences for his bass guitar playing.

Early life and career

Bassbaba Sumon started playing slide guitar at the age of 7. He picked up his first Spanish guitar & formed his first band when he was 12. He started playing bass guitar when he was 15. He joined one of the most popular bands of BD Feelings as a bassist when he was 17. He did the first ever unaccompanied bass solo in Bangladesh when he was 17. He played with 11 bands by the age of 19. He wrote, sang, produced his first solo album when he was 20.

Saidus Salehin Khaled (Sumon), better known as Bassbaba (the father of bass, in Bengali) is a bassist from the south Asian country Bangladesh. He is known for his nice grooves, excellent use of different bass playing techniques, and, mostly, for his quite frequent bass solos in his band Aurthohin's songs.

Bangladesh is a country where Rock Music, specially Metal and Alternative Rock, is getting popular and 'Bassbaba' Sumon is credited as one of the few most influencing artists in this sector. He has single handedly changed the role of bass guitar in Bangladeshi Music. It is said that Bass playing has become a hugely attractive thing to the young music lovers of this country almost only because of the influence of Bassbaba Sumon. He is also a key figure in promoting Rock music in this country.

Bassbaba Sumon is also the vocalist for his band Aurthohin. He is an MTD endorsee (mtdguitars.com).

Illness

After the release of Aurthohin's fourth album, Dhrubok, Sumon's health deteriorated. In 2011, it was announced that he had stomach cancer. After surgery and chemotherapy, Sumon was pronounced cancer-free in 2013. He wrote a song about his illness, "Cancer", which appeared on Aushomapto 2. Cancer came back and he had to go through total of 12 surgeries in 5 years.

Personal life

Sumon has two children: Ahnaf (born 1997) and Aurora (born 2003).

Discography

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Sumon in 2012

• Solo Albums:
  • Sumon O' Aurthohin (1997)
  • Shopnogulo Tomar Moto (2001)
  • Megher Deshe (John Denver tribute) (2004)
  • Sumon O' Aurthohin-2: Boka Manushta (2007)
• Duet:
  • Ekhon Ami (Fuad al Muqtadir, featuring Sumon and Anila) (2006)
• Warfaze:
  • Oshamajik (1998)
• Aurthohin:
  • Trimatrik (2000)
  • Biborton (2001)
  • Notun Diner Michile (2002)
  • Dhrubok (2003)
  • Aushamapto-1 (2008)
  • Aushomapto-2 (2011)
• Singles:
  • "Kokhono" (Tarader Gunjone) (1999)
  • "Jodi Kovu" (6 Band 99) (1999)
  • "Ektu Ghum" (Rock with Radiomania)
  • "Olotpalot" (Bappa with Rockers)
  • "Aaj Eshechi" (Coming Back to Life) (2011)
  • "Protichobi 2012" (online release) (2012)
  • "Maa" (online release) (2013)
  • "Chador" (online release) (2013)
  • "Amjonota" (online release) (2013)
  • "Kothay Tumi" (online release) (2014)
  • "Hridoyer Smrititgulo" (online release) (2014)

See also

• Artcell
• Cryptic Fate

External links

• Bassbaba - Sumon on Facebook
• Bassbaba Sumon 's channel on YouTube
• BassBaba on Blogger
• Sumon at a TEDx talk YouTube "Why I lived happily despite being afflicted with cancer"