Poramati is a musical band from Dhaka, Bangladesh formed in 25th August 1997. As the first Bangladeshi musical group, poramati created and performed Avant-garde and Experimental genre of music. They are distinguished by their emerged compositions, intermingles experimentation and Ironical and philosophical lyrics..
Poramati were founded in 1997 by Emdad Hossain (Hasu) (guitar, vocals), Emrul kayes ( lead guitar)and Shummon ( guitar). Nazir Ahmed (Titu) joined November 1998 as lead vocalist and Philip Hazra joined in April 2000 as Cellist and music arranger; Muhammad hossain ( Lavlu) joined in 1999 as second vocalist .Emdad Hossain Hasu is the primary lyricist and main tuner, devising the concepts behind Poramati most successful Songs. kayes is thematic leader and he implement the music concepts.
Financial crisis and following personal tensions, Emdad Hossain (Hasu) left poramati in 2003, followed by Philip Hazra in 2004.That time Siful Alam joined the band as vocalist, lyricist and tuner. After 2005 the activities of Band was totally closed due to china journey of Emrul kayes.
After 15 years, in 2019 Emrul kayes (Lead Guitar), Emdad Hossain Hasu(Guiter, vocal) , Philip Hazra (cello) and Nazir Ahmed Titu ( Lead vocal) restart the poramati again.
Poramati the Bangladeshi first Avant-garde and Experimental music group. Poramati began their career at as underground music genres. The term "avant-garde" implying a critique of existing aesthetic conventions, rejection of the status quo in favor of self- freedom and the idea of deliberately challenging or alienating audiences. Poramati opposed to institutionalized composition and conventional concepts of aesthetic music.
Poramati lyrics tell about materialistic and dialectics, reality and phenomenon, negation and manifestation, causality and chance, compassion and indifference. It Satire against the status quo particularly with regard to social, political, religious, class discrimination, state of social structure and values and their hegemony.