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Level Five look to make a mark
“My friend actually made me listen to Level Five’s songs. He put on Gholate Megh, but I was like this is an acoustic song and I am a metal guitarist. Afterwards, I listened to the rest of the album and liked it. So, I called Razin bhai to say I was ready to join,” said Yaber.
AAQIB HASIB
60’s Love , you’ve surely heard the name, but the faces behind this song might not be familiar to most. Shockingly enough, Level Five have been in the music scene for quite some time now, having originally formed in 2011.
Level Five came into fruition with founding members Ehsan Kaizer and Aiedid Rashid. The two wanted to do something a little different and so chose to focus on being an indie band, initially starting out covering a variety of bands.
Soon, after a year, they would be joined by their drummer, Sadmaan Asif Guppu and would start performing more regularly. A little after that, Kaizer would see Razin performing a cover of Snow and would ask him to join the band as their bassist. With all members assembled, Level Five would start working on their album Obosheshey.
After they were done with most of the recordings and arrangements for the album, Kaizer had to leave for the US.
“After finishing the recording of the last song for the album, Obosheshey, all we had left to do was mix and master the album. While we were having chaa, Kaiser bhai handed the hard disk with all of our recordings on it. He told me that I am giving you the hard disk and the rest is on you. If you go to the studio, the album will happen. Otherwise, Level Five will be done,” said Razin.
Thankfully, all of them kept at it. Soon, they would release Obosheshey with an album release concert, when Kaiser returned in February, 2019.
They would soon bring in Ashiqul Alam Ashiq, a junior in the same university club as Guppu, to join as their guitarist. While things were looking up, there was still a struggle to get booked on shows.
“We thought one particular show in Adamjee would be our last. Me and Razin had planned to stop after,” shared Aiedid, “That show changed everything. The reception they gave us, the way they sang our songs. After finishing the show, Razin and I looked at each other and came to a decision to keep going.”
Then the quest came to get another guitarist. Level Five wanted to make more music and needed fresh blood to join the fray. A friend of the band helped them find Yaber Hasan.
“My friend actually made me listen to Level Five’s songs. He put on Gholate Megh , but I was like this is an acoustic song and I am a metal guitarist. Afterwards, I listened to the rest of the album and liked it. So, I called Razin bhai to say I was ready to join,” said Yaber.
It would be during the pandemic that 60’s Love would blow up, becoming their first song to cross a million views on YouTube.
“One day I woke up and saw the comments on 60’s Love . I remember seeing someone write that their girlfriend had died during COVID and that he was sitting next to her grave, listening to the song and relating to the lyrics. This touched me and humbled me. It was this moment that helped motivate me to keep making music,” shared Guppu.
I have interviewed a lot of bands and musicians, but I have rarely become as invested in their story and journey as I have with Level Five.
Currently, Level Five have 7-8 songs ready as demos and are planning to release them in the near future. Whenever they release their songs, whether as an album or as singles, I will definitely be following them closely, because if nothing else, I want to see them flourish.