Solo

In 1980, Tulu composed the 2nd audio album in the history of Audio Cassette industry of Bangladesh. The album was titled "Golden hits of Zulfikar".^[13] In 1982, he composed Azam Khan’s first audio cassette album, Alal Dulal.^[14][4][15] In 1983, he started playing bass as a session player in Bangladesh movies. From 1986 to 1990, he was a bassist in popular Bengali singer Sabina Yasmin's band.^[13]

From 1990, Tulu began music direction for television plays, and produced title music and scores for various TV dramas.^[13] In 1991, Tulu started his own sound company Polyphonic in Bangladesh.^[13] In 1993, he was elected as the 2nd General Secretary of the BAMBA (Bangladesh Musical Band Association).^[13][16] From 1995 to 1998 Tulu composed several record albums of contemporary artists such as Syed Abdul Hadi, Ishtiak, Shakila Zafar, Tapan Chowdhury, Fakir Alamgir, Firoj Shai, Samina Chowdhury, Shubir Nandi, Kumar Bishwajit, Maksud, Partho, among others.^[17][13]

In 2001, Tulu released his first solo album, titled "Kon Kheyale". It was released from Soundtek.^[19][20] The album consisted of 12 tracks voiced by him. Tracks were written by Niaz Ahmed Aungshu, Hasan, Ripon Sikdar, Bappy Khan, among others.^[21]

In 2002, Tulu started working as an in-house music director at Ektaar Music.^[17] In 2006, he contributed to Bangladeshi musician Autumnal Moon's album Paper, as a bassist and keyboardist, released from Ektaar.^[22]

In 2005, Tulu composed the first studio album of Hyder Husyn, titled Phaishya Gechhi.^[15]

From 2016 to 2020, Tulu worked as a music producer with multiple Bangladeshi Audio Video production companies.^[13][23]

Freezing Point

After finishing his high school, Tulu joined an amateur band named Freezing Point in 1980, at the invitation of his close friend Shuvro. He was the son of Tulu's Bengali teacher at Udayan School. He learned guitar play-up skills with the help of Shuvro. Tulu toured sporadically with the band before it broke up in 1982, after Shuvro left for London.^[11]

Chime

On 16 December 1983, Tulo and his friend Al-Amin received an offer to perform in a show as a group, at that time they were a part of a local collective called Freezing Point. Later that month, Tulu lead the formation of the rock band Chime.^[30][31] In 1984, Tulu began touring with Chime in numerous concerts throughout the country.^[32] Their debut concert was staged at T.S.C. in early 1984. In 1986, he composed the first album of the band titled "Chachir Dhukkho", which was released in January 1987.^[33] It was released under the banner of recording label SARGAM.^[30] A song from the album titled "Nati Khati Bela Gelo" became a national hit.^[30][34]

Over the years, Tulu toured with Chime in hundreds of shows in Bangladesh, including Flood Aid, Band Aid, and Bapri Aia. They also toured in foreign countries, namely in Qatar in 1988.^[30] He left the band in 1987 due to personal disputes.^[13][35][10]

ARK

After leaving Chime, Tulu met Pancham and several other musicians, notably Partha Majumder, elder brother of Bappa Mazumdar, with whom he formed the band, Ark in 1991.^[36] He was the band leader, composer, keyboardist and Vocalist. The band's first line-up consisted of keyboardist and vocalist Ashiquzzaman Tulu, lead guitarist and vocalist Pancham, Partha Pratim, lead vocalist Shamim, bassist Ferdous, Mobin and Jagu.^[37][38][39]

Discography

Other works

• Tulur Golpo, autobiography book, 2020^[52]
• Pachani, telefilm, producer, 2023^[52]
• ABAR, a mixed album featuring Tulu. The album comprises 41 songs by 38 artists from 33 bands of the 1990s.^[53]