HAQUE FARUK’S OCTAVARIUM Miles: The Name of Eternal Love The songs of Miles are intertwined with the childhood joys of several generations, stormy concerts, and the dreamy nights of cassette and CD players. Mainly a pop band, Miles delivered timeless songs by blending rock, jazz, blues, samba, salsa, and many other genres. Those songs spread beyond Bangladesh to the whole world. At least twenty of their songs are still sung by people today. Alongside Hamin Ahmed’s melodic guitar riffs and solos with aesthetic vocals, Shafin Ahmed’s sweetness of voice and the groove of his bass guitar, Manam Ahmed’s magical keyboard pieces, and at different times Milton Akbar, Mahbub, and later Turjo’s rhythmic drumming, as well as Iqbal Asif Jewel’s distinctive playing and voice as guitarist and vocalist — altogether Miles has always been a bright name in the pop and rock music of Bangladesh, as well as in band music. Like various Western rock bands, they were the first to bring the taste o...