Music

The band I played in back in Dhaka, and what I play now. The player at the bottom of the page has the Owned songs in it. Press play and it follows you around the site.

Owned: Dhaka · Lead guitar

Owned was my band in Dhaka. I played lead guitar. In 2011, ABC Radio 89.2 named us Band of the Year, and in 2012 we released our first album.

Ratul was our frontman and our producer. In July 2025 we lost a brother, a generational talent and a gem of a human being, all too soon. He was 34. These are the songs we made together.

Ratul, you may be gone, but your soul lives on in the tremendous musical legacy you left behind to fuel our redemption arcs in your name.

The people who loved him have built a memorial for him. There is a letter from his mother, the music he produced, and a place to leave a memory of your own. If these songs reach you, go and spend some time there. In memory of A.K. Ratul

Mush on stage, head down, playing a red single-cut electric guitar. — On stage, the Owned years · Photo: Towhidul Islam Khan

Mush laughing on stage while playing a sunburst Stratocaster. — Photo: Towhidul Islam Khan

Tapes

There’s no stage anymore. I play now because it’s how I settle down. These are single takes with the mistakes left in: loud nights in a basement with friends, and quiet ones alone with an acoustic or the piano.