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	==Early life==		==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.		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==		==Career==
	[[File:Paban Das Baul01.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Mimlu Sen and Paban Das Baul, Baul musicians, at International Asian Movies festival in [[Vesoul]], France]]		[[File:Paban Das Baul01.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Mimlu Sen and Paban Das Baul, Baul musicians, at International Asian Movies festival in [[Vesoul]], France]]
	In 1988, Das Baul started collaborating with Sam Mills, a London-born guitarist who had performed with experimental, avant garde group [[23 Skidoo (band)\|23 Skidoo]] between 1979 and 1982. Their collaboration resulted in the acclaimed album ''Real Sugar'' (1997), a [[Peter Gabriel]]'s [[Real World Records]] release,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.realworldusa.com/albumpages/paban/default.html \|title=Paban Das Baul & Sam Mills \|website=Real World Music, US \|access-date=2010-11-27 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010305135028/http://www.realworldusa.com/albumpages/paban/default.html \|archive-date=2001-03-05 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> it marked one of the first fusions of [[Bengali music]] and Western pop music.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Broughton \|first1=Simon \|first2=Mark \|last2=Ellingham \|first3=Richard \|last3=Trillo \|title=World Music: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific (Volume 2 of World Music) \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QzX8THIgRjUC~~&pg=PA116~~&dq=Paban+Das+Baul&cd=~~3#v=onepage&q=Paban%20Das%20Baul&f=false~~ \|year=2000 \|publisher=[[Rough Guides]] \|isbn=1-85828-636-0\|page=111}}</ref> 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 "[[Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity]]" by [[UNESCO]].<ref name=unesco>{{cite web \|url=http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=30973&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html \|title=Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity \|website=[[UNESCO]] \|date=September 25, 2005}}</ref>		In 1988, Das Baul started collaborating with Sam Mills, a London-born guitarist who had performed with experimental, avant garde group [[23 Skidoo (band)\|23 Skidoo]] between 1979 and 1982. Their collaboration resulted in the acclaimed album ''Real Sugar'' (1997), a [[Peter Gabriel]]'s [[Real World Records]] release,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.realworldusa.com/albumpages/paban/default.html \|title=Paban Das Baul & Sam Mills \|website=Real World Music, US \|access-date=2010-11-27 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010305135028/http://www.realworldusa.com/albumpages/paban/default.html \|archive-date=2001-03-05 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> it marked one of the first fusions of [[Bengali music]] and Western pop music.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Broughton \|first1=Simon \|first2=Mark \|last2=Ellingham \|first3=Richard \|last3=Trillo \|title=World Music: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific (Volume 2 of World Music) \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QzX8THIgRjUC&dq=Paban+Das+Baul&pg=PA116 \|year=2000 \|publisher=[[Rough Guides]] \|isbn=1-85828-636-0\|page=111}}</ref> The album features [[Psychedelic music\|psychedelic]] elements to it and has been compared to the work of artists such as [[George Harrison]], [[Ananda Shankar]] and [[The Bombay Royale]].<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Wiser \|first=Danny \|date=2022 \|title=INDIA/UK: Real Sugar - Paban Das Baul & Sam Mills \|url=https://www.200worldalbums.com/post/india-uk-real-sugar-paban-das-baul-sam-mills \|access-date=2023-10-15 \|website=200worldalbums.com \|language=en}}</ref> 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 "[[Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity]]" by [[UNESCO]].<ref name=unesco>{{cite web \|url=http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=30973&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html \|title=Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity \|website=[[UNESCO]] \|date=September 25, 2005}}</ref>

	He also performed at the [[Jaipur Literature Festival]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/ \|title=Jaipur Literature Festival \|website=[[Jaipur Literature Festival]]}}</ref> and the "[[Nine Lives: in Search of the Sacred in Modern India\|Nine Lives]]" Concert, 2009 in London, of [[William Dalrymple (historian)\|William Dalrymple]].<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091101/jsp/graphiti/story_11679042.jsp\|title=Spiritual journey: William Dalrymple makes a comeback to travel writing with his new book \|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)\|The Telegraph]] \|location=Calcutta \|date=November 1, 2009}}</ref>		He also performed at the [[Jaipur Literature Festival]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/ \|title=Jaipur Literature Festival \|website=[[Jaipur Literature Festival]]}}</ref> and the "[[Nine Lives: in Search of the Sacred in Modern India\|Nine Lives]]" Concert, 2009 in London, of [[William Dalrymple (historian)\|William Dalrymple]].<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091101/jsp/graphiti/story_11679042.jsp\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120917140505/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091101/jsp/graphiti/story_11679042.jsp\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=September 17, 2012\|title=Spiritual journey: William Dalrymple makes a comeback to travel writing with his new book \|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)\|The Telegraph]] \|location=Calcutta \|date=November 1, 2009}}</ref>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
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	==Further reading==		==Further reading==
	* {{cite book \|last=Sen \|first=Mimlu \|title=Baulsphere \|year=2009 \|publisher=Random House \|isbn=81-8400-055-3}}		* {{cite book \|last=Sen \|first=Mimlu \|title=Baulsphere \|year=2009 \|publisher=Random House \|isbn=978-81-8400-055-9}}
	* {{cite book \|last=Sen \|first=Mimlu \|title=The Honey Gatherers: Travels with The Bauls: The Wandering Minstrels of Rural India \|year=2010 \|publisher=Random House \|isbn=1-84604-189-9 \|url-access=registration \|url=https://archive.org/details/honeygathererstr0000senm }}		* {{cite book \|last=Sen \|first=Mimlu \|title=The Honey Gatherers: Travels with The Bauls: The Wandering Minstrels of Rural India \|year=2010 \|publisher=Random House \|isbn=978-1-84604-189-1 \|url-access=registration \|url=https://archive.org/details/honeygathererstr0000senm }}

	==References==		==References==
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Paban Das Baul
| image = Paban Das Baul, Festival international des cinémas d'Asie de Vesoul 2009 (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Paban Das Baul at Festival international des cinémas d'Asie de Vesoul 2009
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| birth_name = Paban Das
| alias =
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1961}}
| birth_place = Mohammedpur, [[Murshidabad district]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<ref name="pb">{{cite web |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/bio/paban-das-baul/568921 |title=Paban Das Baul Biography |website=[[Artistdirect]]}}</ref>
| origin =
| instrument = {{hlist|[[Dugdugi]]|[[Ektara]]}}
| genre = [[Baul music]], [[Folk music|folk]]-[[Fusion (music)|fusion]]
| occupation = Singer, composer
| years_active = 1970s–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Real World Records]]|Fonti Musicali}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://realworldrecords.com/artists/paban-das-baul |title=Paban Das Baul |website=[[Real World Records]]}}</ref>
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'''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 music|folk]]-[[Fusion (music)|fusion]] music.<ref name="da">{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2005/01/01/music.htm |title=Rendezvous With Paban Das Baul |volume=4 |issue=28 |date=January 7, 2005 |newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|Daily Star]] |location=Bangladesh}}</ref>

==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==
[[File:Paban Das Baul01.jpg|right|thumb|Mimlu Sen and Paban Das Baul, Baul musicians, at International Asian Movies festival in [[Vesoul]], France]]
In 1988, Das Baul started collaborating with Sam Mills, a London-born guitarist who had performed with experimental, avant garde group [[23 Skidoo (band)|23 Skidoo]] between 1979 and 1982. Their collaboration resulted in the acclaimed album ''Real Sugar'' (1997), a [[Peter Gabriel]]'s [[Real World Records]] release,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.realworldusa.com/albumpages/paban/default.html |title=Paban Das Baul & Sam Mills |website=Real World Music, US |access-date=2010-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010305135028/http://www.realworldusa.com/albumpages/paban/default.html |archive-date=2001-03-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> it marked one of the first fusions of [[Bengali music]] and Western pop music.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Broughton |first1=Simon |first2=Mark |last2=Ellingham |first3=Richard |last3=Trillo |title=World Music: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific (Volume 2 of World Music) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QzX8THIgRjUC&pg=PA116&dq=Paban+Das+Baul&cd=3#v=onepage&q=Paban%20Das%20Baul&f=false |year=2000 |publisher=[[Rough Guides]] |isbn=1-85828-636-0|page=111}}</ref> 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 "[[Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity]]" by [[UNESCO]].<ref name=unesco>{{cite web |url=http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=30973&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html |title=Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity |website=[[UNESCO]] |date=September 25, 2005}}</ref>

He also performed at the [[Jaipur Literature Festival]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/ |title=Jaipur Literature Festival |website=[[Jaipur Literature Festival]]}}</ref> and the "[[Nine Lives: in Search of the Sacred in Modern India|Nine Lives]]" Concert, 2009 in London, of [[William Dalrymple (historian)|William Dalrymple]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091101/jsp/graphiti/story_11679042.jsp|title=Spiritual journey: William Dalrymple makes a comeback to travel writing with his new book |newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |location=Calcutta |date=November 1, 2009}}</ref>

==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]]'' (1997)
*''[[Music of the Honey Gatherers]]'' (2010)

;Collaboration albums
*''[[Real Sugar (Paban Das Baul & Sam Mills album)|Real Sugar]]'' (1997, with Sam Mills)
*''[[Le Chant Des Bauls - Manuche O Rautan]]'' (2002, with various artists)
*''[[Tana Tani]]'' (2004, with [[State of Bengal]])

==Filmography==
* ''[[Nagmoti]]'' (1983) (as performer at song "Doriyay Ailo Tufan")
* ''[[Shukno Lanka]]'' (2010) (as performer at song "Sundori Komola")
* ''Hunger & Love: Tobu O Bhalobasha'' (2017) (as composer)

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Sen |first=Mimlu |title=Baulsphere |year=2009 |publisher=Random House |isbn=81-8400-055-3}}
* {{cite book |last=Sen |first=Mimlu |title=The Honey Gatherers: Travels with The Bauls: The Wandering Minstrels of Rural India |year=2010 |publisher=Random House |isbn=1-84604-189-9 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/honeygathererstr0000senm }}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{AllMusic}}
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*[http://www.last.fm/music/Paban+Das+Baul Paban Das Baul] at ''[[last.fm]]''
*{{Facebook}}

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