Paban Das Baul (born 1961) is a noted Baul singer and musician from India, who also plays a ''dubki'', a small tambourine and sometimes an '' ektara'' as an accompaniment. He is known for pioneering traditional Baul music on the international music scene and for establishing a genre of folk- fusion music.

Early life

Born in Mohammedpur, a small village in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal, where his early musical influences were his father, and wandering baul singers.

Career

In 1988, Das Baul started collaborating with Sam Mills, a London-born guitarist who had performed with experimental, avant garde group 23 Skidoo between 1979 and 1982. Their collaboration resulted in the acclaimed album ''Real Sugar'' (1997), a

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release, it marked one of the first fusions of Bengali music and Western pop music. He has also collaborated with the London-based State of Bengal and Susheela Raman. In 2005, the Baul tradition was included in the list of "

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" by UNESCO. He also performed at the

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and the " Nine Lives" Concert, 2009 in London, of

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Personal life

He met Mimlu as a concert audience in 1982 in Paris, they later married and lived in Paris for many years. He has taught himself to read, not just Bengali, but Hindi, English and French.

Discography

;Solo albums *''

Inner Knowledge ''Inner Knowledge'' is the debut solo studio album by Bengali Baul singer and musician Paban Das Baul. The album was released in the United Kingdom on 4 November 1997 by Real World Records and was produced by Michael Brook. Production and recordin ...

'' (1997) *''

Music of the Honey Gatherers ''Music of the Honey Gatherers'' is the second solo studio album by Bengali Baul singer and musician Paban Das Baul. The album was released in the United Kingdom on 24 May 2010 by Riverboat Records and World Music Network. Production and recording ...

'' (2010) ;Collaboration albums *'' Real Sugar'' (1997, with Sam Mills) *''

Le Chant Des Bauls - Manuche O Rautan ''Le Chant Des Bauls - Manuche O Rautan'' is a 2002 Bengali Baul song album by Paban Das Baul, Gour Khyapa, Nimai Goswami and Mimlu Sen. It was released by Brussels based Belgian Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Be ...

'' (2002, with various artists) *''

Tana Tani ''Tana Tani'' ( bn, তানা এখন; 'Push and Pull') is a studio album by musicians State of Bengal and Paban Das Baul, released on 12 April 2004 by Real World Records. Critical response Adam Greenberg of John Bush of AllMusic rated ''T ...

'' (2004, with State of Bengal)

Filmography

* ''

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'' (1983) (as performer at song "Doriyay Ailo Tufan") * ''

Shukno Lanka ''Shukno Lanka'' is a 2010 Bengali-language Indian drama film directed by Gaurabh Pandey, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Debashree Roy and Sabyasachi Chakrabarty. Premiere ''Shukno Lanka'' is the story of a Junior artist living in a tinsel tow ...

'' (2010) (as performer at song "Sundori Komola") * ''Hunger & Love: Tobu O Bhalobasha'' (2017) (as composer)

References

External links

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at '' last.fm'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baul, Paban Das Indian male folk singers 1961 births Living people People from Murshidabad district Real World Records artists Bengali singers Bengali musicians Musicians from West Bengal