Ektara Foundation
Folk Music & Spiritual Baul ancestral indigenous Heritage of Birbhum West Bengal India. The Ektara in this one and only indigenous ancestral lineage of Baul is also, called the Gopi Yantra or Gopi Chand.
We understand that Baul songs and Kirtans are not Folk Songs. The Ektara foundation is about Baul songs and kirtans because that is Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu indigenous ancestral ancient Cultural Lineage. He has preserved his lineages songs, Kirtans, practices for over 60 years, that is his legacy and his spiritual base and he is the only authority of that. He however is an Music Composer, lyricist, Music producer and an Indian Music Composer of all of Indian Music. He categorized all of the Folk Music of India for the largest Music Companies of India. He has been composer music for folk singers in Bengal from age 11. He knows the difference between Folk Music and Baul Music, he has been an expert on this matter.
There will be many arms of the Ektara Foundation
The main goal is preservation of Indian Music whether that be Classical, Folk, Indian Cinema, Baul, Bhajans, Kirtans and the deeply sound of India.
World Folk Music
As a Music Composer and Film-maker 'Babu Kishan' aka 'Krishnendu Das Baul' worked in Indian Cinema first in the Calcutta Industry and in Bombay for over 40 years with all to Management, Musicians, Music Composer, Actors and Artist in every area of life in India.
When he worked for all the biggest Music Companies of India on the side as a consultant he categorized all the Folk Music of India. Having an academic Masters degree in the Folk Music of India and having traveled around India since a child learning the cultures and languages of India he was the expert they needed. This is how he knows without a shadow of doubt what is a Baul song and what is not.
Baul songs are spiritual songs and have been appropriated. The Ektara Foundation was created decades ago, to present true information about the history of Indian Folk and Spiritual Baul Music in Bengal so that it is preserved for future generations accurately. Somehow over the past few decades through intellectual property theft and indigenous fraud the story has been changed to the point of non-existence.
The Ektara is the musical instrument of this lineage of indigenous Bauls, The Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Bauls of Birbhum, West Bengal India. They are the indigenous one and only lineage of Bauls. The Ektara is their focal point aka named The Gopi Yantra or the Gopi Chand as they are Gosia Chand Das Baul. It is a symbol of peace through its the earthly sound of OM (AUM).
Authentic Indigenous ancestral Baul of Birbhum, the one and only lineage of Baul, the pioneering Bauls who introduced India and the world to Baul.
Das Baul and Dasi (Gosia Chand). Ektara is their instrument aka the Gopi Yantra as in Tantra Mantra Gopi Yantra. While others use a geometrical Yantra the geometrical focal point for the Bauls in the practice of Tantra is a Gopi Yantra, their instrument infused with Shakti through mantric (sacred Sanskrit Sounds), through Sanskrit Kirtans, and Baul vernacular Birbhum songs.
The Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Bauls of Birbhm, W Bengal India
The roots of Baul (Vayu Tula) B is V in vernacular Bengali, Baul is composed of 2 Sanskrit words Vayu and Tula which has a great significance to the Bauls as Vayu is the wind God and Tula means to balance the wind, Gosia's are master of the senses and the mind, this Vayu (Wind) pranayama (Vayu Dharma there name for pranayama) balances the mind. Baul does not mean afflicted by the wind, Baul is not a wind disease (vata derangement) Vatula, this a completely different word. This shows the importance of the indigenous Bauls have a right to their own self-determination, Baul is not what every self-titled expert, academic scholar, or fake pretendian Baul tells you it is.
Heritage & Authentic Culture of India
Authentic Culture of India
Ektara Foundation
Folk Music & Spiritual Heritage of India
The Ektara is the Baul focal point of peace and harmony between all people, a focal point of holding humanity up to its highest vision of Peace.
As a Music Composer and Film-maker Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das Baul worked in Indian Cinema first in the Calcutta Industry and in Bombay for over 40 years with all to Management, Musicians, Music Composer, Actors and Artist in every area of life in India. When he worked for all the biggest Music Companies of India on the side as a consultant he categorized all the Folk Music of India. Having an academic Masters degree in the Folk Music of India and having traveled around India since a child learning the cultures and languages of India he was the expert they needed. This is how he knows without a shadow of doubt what is a Baul song and what is not.
Baul songs are spiritual songs and have been appropriated. The Ektara Foundation was created decades ago, to present true information about the history of Indian Folk and Spiritual Baul Music in Bengal so that it is preserved for future generations accurately. Somehow over the past few decades through intellectual property theft and indigenous fraud the story has been changed to the point of non-existence.
The Ektara is the musical instrument of this lineage of indigenous Bauls, The Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Bauls of Birbhum, West Bengal India. They are the indigenous one and only lineage of Bauls. The Ektara is their focal point aka named The Gopi Yantra or the Gopi Chand as they are Gosia Chand Das Baul. It is a symbol of peace through its the earthly sound of OM (AUM).
Authentic Indigenous ancestral
Baul of Birbhum, the one and only lineage of Baul, the pioneering Bauls who introduced India and the world to Baul.
Das Baul and Dasi (Gosia Chand)
The Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Bauls of Birbhm, W Bengal India
The roots of Baul (Vayu Tula) B is V in vernacular Bengali, Baul is composed of 2 Sanskrit words Vayu and Tula which has a great significance to the Bauls as Vayu is the wind God and Tula means to balance the wind, Gosia's are master of the senses and the mind, this Vayu (Wind) pranayama (Vayu Dharma there name for pranayama) balances the mind. Baul does not mean afflicted by the wind, Baul is not a wind disease (vata derangement) Vatula, this a completely different word. This shows the importance of the indigenous Bauls have a right to their own self-determination, Baul is not what every self-titled expert, academic scholar, or fake pretendian Baul tells you it is.
Baul Songs: were designated,
'Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity'
by UNESCO 2005 under false pretences, Bauls only oral tradition is not URDU and Bauls is not Muslim or from Persia, Turkey, Uzbekistan or anywhere other than BIRBHUM, W BENGAL INDIA.
THE ONLY ORAL LANGUAGE OF THE BAULS IS ORAL SANSKRIT (with manuscripts) Vernacular Birbhum Bengali, Baul Sandhya Bhasha, and Braja Bhasha. This ancestral lineage recorded back at least 13 generations is the only lineage of Baul it is their ancestors that preserved Baul and the only way anybody would ever have know about Baul.
Unfortunately, this was one of the biggest scams pulled off in Baul history has to do with a 9 million probably USD jackpot pulled off by this Bangladeshi United Nations official, where is the money, what is the preservation of Baul, and why was Baul made Muslim from Persia?
This lineage made Baul famous pioneering Baul out of the villages of Birbhum W Bengal India to all of Bengal, all of India. Nabani Das Khyapa Baul was the first Baul to sing on stages all over India as part of the freedom Movement and as Nehru's opening for his speeches. Then Purna Das Baul the first ever and last famed Baul singer and Indian singer (vocalist) who popularized Indian singing outside of India. He was a Baul singer and a Indian singer and millions would come to see him on the biggest stages around the world.
His eldest son Krishnendu Das Baul aka (his Indian Cinema Bollywood name) Babu Kishan is the pioneering first and last Baul to organize, Cultural Programs, teaching at Universities around the world starting in the 1970's, he recorded, produced and composed the music in his fathers Purna Das Bauls award winning albums of which 80% he was responsible for. Why are pretendian Bauls retracing, copying the songs, style, dance, where they go and everything they do being fake taking the names pretendian they are the ones who did all this lineage has accomplished. We now have fake Bauls retracing, reworking, making Baul random even trying to claim Babu Kishan's 40 years in Bollywood aka Indian Cinema? It can all be proven and is documented.
Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das has preserved Baul over 60 years in every way possible, I have watched, researched, documented everything for almost 20 years, my files of huge full of false narratives, I have read every paper, research paper, book and academic Book regarding Baul, it is shocking how they have it all wrong.
The Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Bauls of Birbhum, West Bengal India are an indigenous ancestral one and only Lineage, there is not another, or any based on one or two generations of a poet. Baul is ancient and it has been copied, which is an indigenous Identity theft, and not copied out of appreciation, copied and used for recording contracts, international travel, donations and worst of all fundraising for huge financial jackpots to preserve Baul, when Baul has already been preserved by Babu Kishan. What are they going to do, poach, and create more indigenous fraud?
When Baul became popular all of the fake and pretendians came out of the woodwork, they created Muslim Bauls, they created fake Baul Guru's, Fake Lineages and they created the Bauls of Bangladesh and one crooked United Nations official wrote a fake thesis that Baul was from Persia? This is how the above title in 2005 was procurred under dubious lies.
Baul is not from Persia, Turkey, East Pakistan, of Bangladesh. we have proof. Baul is only from the villages of Birbhum W Bengal India and Baul (Vayu Tula) V is B in vernacular Bengali. Baul is ONLY Synergistic within Sanatan Dharma or Hinduism.
Folk Music & Spiritual Baul ancestral indigenous Heritage of Birbhum West Bengal India. The Ektara in this one and only indigenous ancestral lineage of Baul is also, called the Gopi Yantra or Gopi Chand.
We understand that Baul songs and Kirtans are not Folk Songs. The Ektara foundation is about Baul songs and kirtans because that is Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu indigenous ancestral ancient Cultural Lineage. He has preserved his lineages songs, Kirtans, practices for over 60 years, that is his legacy and his spiritual base and he is the only authority of that. He however is an Music Composer, lyricist, Music producer and an Indian Music Composer of all of Indian Music. He categorized all of the Folk Music of India for the largest Music Companies of India. He has been composer music for folk singers in Bengal from age 11. He knows the difference between Folk Music and Baul Music, he has been an expert on this matter.
There will be many arms of the Ektara Foundation
The main goal is preservation of Indian Music whether that be Classical, Folk, Indian Cinema, Baul, Bhajans, Kirtans and the deeply sound of India.
World Folk Music
As a Music Composer and Film-maker 'Babu Kishan' aka 'Krishnendu Das Baul' worked in Indian Cinema first in the Calcutta Industry and in Bombay for over 40 years with all to Management, Musicians, Music Composer, Actors and Artist in every area of life in India.
When he worked for all the biggest Music Companies of India on the side as a consultant he categorized all the Folk Music of India. Having an academic Masters degree in the Folk Music of India and having traveled around India since a child learning the cultures and languages of India he was the expert they needed. This is how he knows without a shadow of doubt what is a Baul song and what is not.
Baul songs are spiritual songs and have been appropriated. The Ektara Foundation was created decades ago, to present true information about the history of Indian Folk and Spiritual Baul Music in Bengal so that it is preserved for future generations accurately. Somehow over the past few decades through intellectual property theft and indigenous fraud the story has been changed to the point of non-existence.
The Ektara is the musical instrument of this lineage of indigenous Bauls, The Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Bauls of Birbhum, West Bengal India. They are the indigenous one and only lineage of Bauls. The Ektara is their focal point aka named The Gopi Yantra or the Gopi Chand as they are Gosia Chand Das Baul. It is a symbol of peace through its the earthly sound of OM (AUM).
Authentic Indigenous ancestral Baul of Birbhum, the one and only lineage of Baul, the pioneering Bauls who introduced India and the world to Baul.
Das Baul and Dasi (Gosia Chand). Ektara is their instrument aka the Gopi Yantra as in Tantra Mantra Gopi Yantra. While others use a geometrical Yantra the geometrical focal point for the Bauls in the practice of Tantra is a Gopi Yantra, their instrument infused with Shakti through mantric (sacred Sanskrit Sounds), through Sanskrit Kirtans, and Baul vernacular Birbhum songs.
The Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Bauls of Birbhm, W Bengal India
The roots of Baul (Vayu Tula) B is V in vernacular Bengali, Baul is composed of 2 Sanskrit words Vayu and Tula which has a great significance to the Bauls as Vayu is the wind God and Tula means to balance the wind, Gosia's are master of the senses and the mind, this Vayu (Wind) pranayama (Vayu Dharma there name for pranayama) balances the mind. Baul does not mean afflicted by the wind, Baul is not a wind disease (vata derangement) Vatula, this a completely different word. This shows the importance of the indigenous Bauls have a right to their own self-determination, Baul is not what every self-titled expert, academic scholar, or fake pretendian Baul tells you it is.
Heritage & Authentic Culture of India
Authentic Culture of India
Ektara Foundation
Folk Music & Spiritual Heritage of India
The Ektara is the Baul focal point of peace and harmony between all people, a focal point of holding humanity up to its highest vision of Peace.
As a Music Composer and Film-maker Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das Baul worked in Indian Cinema first in the Calcutta Industry and in Bombay for over 40 years with all to Management, Musicians, Music Composer, Actors and Artist in every area of life in India. When he worked for all the biggest Music Companies of India on the side as a consultant he categorized all the Folk Music of India. Having an academic Masters degree in the Folk Music of India and having traveled around India since a child learning the cultures and languages of India he was the expert they needed. This is how he knows without a shadow of doubt what is a Baul song and what is not.
Baul songs are spiritual songs and have been appropriated. The Ektara Foundation was created decades ago, to present true information about the history of Indian Folk and Spiritual Baul Music in Bengal so that it is preserved for future generations accurately. Somehow over the past few decades through intellectual property theft and indigenous fraud the story has been changed to the point of non-existence.
The Ektara is the musical instrument of this lineage of indigenous Bauls, The Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Bauls of Birbhum, West Bengal India. They are the indigenous one and only lineage of Bauls. The Ektara is their focal point aka named The Gopi Yantra or the Gopi Chand as they are Gosia Chand Das Baul. It is a symbol of peace through its the earthly sound of OM (AUM).
Authentic Indigenous ancestral
Baul of Birbhum, the one and only lineage of Baul, the pioneering Bauls who introduced India and the world to Baul.
Das Baul and Dasi (Gosia Chand)
The Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Bauls of Birbhm, W Bengal India
The roots of Baul (Vayu Tula) B is V in vernacular Bengali, Baul is composed of 2 Sanskrit words Vayu and Tula which has a great significance to the Bauls as Vayu is the wind God and Tula means to balance the wind, Gosia's are master of the senses and the mind, this Vayu (Wind) pranayama (Vayu Dharma there name for pranayama) balances the mind. Baul does not mean afflicted by the wind, Baul is not a wind disease (vata derangement) Vatula, this a completely different word. This shows the importance of the indigenous Bauls have a right to their own self-determination, Baul is not what every self-titled expert, academic scholar, or fake pretendian Baul tells you it is.
Baul Songs: were designated,
'Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity'
by UNESCO 2005 under false pretences, Bauls only oral tradition is not URDU and Bauls is not Muslim or from Persia, Turkey, Uzbekistan or anywhere other than BIRBHUM, W BENGAL INDIA.
THE ONLY ORAL LANGUAGE OF THE BAULS IS ORAL SANSKRIT (with manuscripts) Vernacular Birbhum Bengali, Baul Sandhya Bhasha, and Braja Bhasha. This ancestral lineage recorded back at least 13 generations is the only lineage of Baul it is their ancestors that preserved Baul and the only way anybody would ever have know about Baul.
Unfortunately, this was one of the biggest scams pulled off in Baul history has to do with a 9 million probably USD jackpot pulled off by this Bangladeshi United Nations official, where is the money, what is the preservation of Baul, and why was Baul made Muslim from Persia?
This lineage made Baul famous pioneering Baul out of the villages of Birbhum W Bengal India to all of Bengal, all of India. Nabani Das Khyapa Baul was the first Baul to sing on stages all over India as part of the freedom Movement and as Nehru's opening for his speeches. Then Purna Das Baul the first ever and last famed Baul singer and Indian singer (vocalist) who popularized Indian singing outside of India. He was a Baul singer and a Indian singer and millions would come to see him on the biggest stages around the world.
His eldest son Krishnendu Das Baul aka (his Indian Cinema Bollywood name) Babu Kishan is the pioneering first and last Baul to organize, Cultural Programs, teaching at Universities around the world starting in the 1970's, he recorded, produced and composed the music in his fathers Purna Das Bauls award winning albums of which 80% he was responsible for. Why are pretendian Bauls retracing, copying the songs, style, dance, where they go and everything they do being fake taking the names pretendian they are the ones who did all this lineage has accomplished. We now have fake Bauls retracing, reworking, making Baul random even trying to claim Babu Kishan's 40 years in Bollywood aka Indian Cinema? It can all be proven and is documented.
Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das has preserved Baul over 60 years in every way possible, I have watched, researched, documented everything for almost 20 years, my files of huge full of false narratives, I have read every paper, research paper, book and academic Book regarding Baul, it is shocking how they have it all wrong.
The Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Bauls of Birbhum, West Bengal India are an indigenous ancestral one and only Lineage, there is not another, or any based on one or two generations of a poet. Baul is ancient and it has been copied, which is an indigenous Identity theft, and not copied out of appreciation, copied and used for recording contracts, international travel, donations and worst of all fundraising for huge financial jackpots to preserve Baul, when Baul has already been preserved by Babu Kishan. What are they going to do, poach, and create more indigenous fraud?
When Baul became popular all of the fake and pretendians came out of the woodwork, they created Muslim Bauls, they created fake Baul Guru's, Fake Lineages and they created the Bauls of Bangladesh and one crooked United Nations official wrote a fake thesis that Baul was from Persia? This is how the above title in 2005 was procurred under dubious lies.
Baul is not from Persia, Turkey, East Pakistan, of Bangladesh. we have proof. Baul is only from the villages of Birbhum W Bengal India and Baul (Vayu Tula) V is B in vernacular Bengali. Baul is ONLY Synergistic within Sanatan Dharma or Hinduism.
Indian Cinema, Folk Music, World Music, Spiritual Music of India,
Bhajan, Kirtan, Mantra, Chants, Indian Classical, Baul Fusion
50 years of Babu Kishan Music
All Purchase of Babu Kishan's Music go to support the Ektara Foundation:
The Ektara Foundation since the 1990's, Babu Kishan's goal has always been to preserve his lineage The Vaishnava Tantric Bauls of Birbhum Bengal.
He has preserved the Baul songs, however, he needs help with translation, books and documentaries from inside storytelling that is accurate, not reduced or watered down versions.
Registered in Mumbai 2007
Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das is the creator & pioneer of 'Baul Fusion Music' since 1970.
A leading pioneer of 'World Music' since 1970.
Bhajan, Kirtan, Mantra, Chants, Indian Classical, Baul Fusion
50 years of Babu Kishan Music
All Purchase of Babu Kishan's Music go to support the Ektara Foundation:
The Ektara Foundation since the 1990's, Babu Kishan's goal has always been to preserve his lineage The Vaishnava Tantric Bauls of Birbhum Bengal.
He has preserved the Baul songs, however, he needs help with translation, books and documentaries from inside storytelling that is accurate, not reduced or watered down versions.
Registered in Mumbai 2007
Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das is the creator & pioneer of 'Baul Fusion Music' since 1970.
A leading pioneer of 'World Music' since 1970.
Organized all of the Folk Music of India's for Bombay's biggest Music Companies in Bombay.
Award Winning Music Composer since 1970.
Music Composer, Musican adept at 13 instruments, Music Producer
Baul songs are ancient spiritual songs from the soil and soul of India, some consider them legendary folk songs of Bengal.
They were brought to the World Music scene in the 1950's, to USA in 1967 and Europe in 1970 by this one and only Lineage.
Babu Kishan aka (Krishnendu Das Baul) is an 13th generation Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Baul of Birbhum Bengal'. Along with his Legendary Grandfather & Guru Nabani Das Khyapa Baul, father Padma Shree Baul Samarat Purna Das Baul and himself they are the Legendary pioneers who introduced Baul to all over India and then to the World. Authentic indigenous ancestral Baul does not follow anybody, others follow them, they follow their songs, style, dance, dress where they go and what they already have lived as part of Baul Culture.
Babu Kishan created Baul fusion Music collaborating with famous Indian Cinema singers and famed western folk and rock singers since the 1970's. He created Baul fusion 2 decades before random pretendian Bauls are claiming?
Babu Kishan is the first Baul to preserve, organize and bring Baul culture & music to World Music, Universities, Festivals, Media, Film, Cinema, Drama, Baul Poetry, recorded, produced, made famous with leading music companies, from vinyl records, cassettes to the digital world, to stages around the world as the chief attractions including Royal Albert Hall and Carnegie Hall and all the largest stadiums in India.
He single handedly created a concrete platform for other Bauls to follow, when he started there was no internet and no one knew what a Baul was, today most people know what a Baul is after his 4 decades of taking Baul around the world and organizing tours lectures at Universities.
He worked from the ground up for decades.
He is the first Baul to be educated in English, first to write books on Baul, his new book will be his 4th.
All new Baul singers follow his style including his family, they sing this lineages songs including Babu Kishan own lyric without giving credit, they dress as them and follow Nabani Das Style Ektara, Baya, Nupoor and Khamak (mystic drum) which Nabani named the mystic drum the
'Ananda Lahari 'and it has 2 strings only thanks to Nabani. Today those using the name Ananda Lahari do not even know where the name came from, yet they are making up new fake lineages?
They are the one and only lineage of Baul, and no one in this world would even know about Baul
without them. They are the only Pioneers and thanks to Nabani Das Khyapa Baul who was associated with all of Bengal and India's top.
Nabani Das Khyapa Baul was the only Baul who initiated Rabindranath Tagore into Baul.
Photo of Nabani Das Khyapa Baul taken by Rabindranath Tagore who is the first Indian Nobel Peace Prize recipient for Literature in 1913.
Tagore wrote the Indian National Anthem, The Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan National Anthems.
Award Winning Music Composer since 1970.
Music Composer, Musican adept at 13 instruments, Music Producer
Baul songs are ancient spiritual songs from the soil and soul of India, some consider them legendary folk songs of Bengal.
They were brought to the World Music scene in the 1950's, to USA in 1967 and Europe in 1970 by this one and only Lineage.
Babu Kishan aka (Krishnendu Das Baul) is an 13th generation Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Baul of Birbhum Bengal'. Along with his Legendary Grandfather & Guru Nabani Das Khyapa Baul, father Padma Shree Baul Samarat Purna Das Baul and himself they are the Legendary pioneers who introduced Baul to all over India and then to the World. Authentic indigenous ancestral Baul does not follow anybody, others follow them, they follow their songs, style, dance, dress where they go and what they already have lived as part of Baul Culture.
Babu Kishan created Baul fusion Music collaborating with famous Indian Cinema singers and famed western folk and rock singers since the 1970's. He created Baul fusion 2 decades before random pretendian Bauls are claiming?
Babu Kishan is the first Baul to preserve, organize and bring Baul culture & music to World Music, Universities, Festivals, Media, Film, Cinema, Drama, Baul Poetry, recorded, produced, made famous with leading music companies, from vinyl records, cassettes to the digital world, to stages around the world as the chief attractions including Royal Albert Hall and Carnegie Hall and all the largest stadiums in India.
He single handedly created a concrete platform for other Bauls to follow, when he started there was no internet and no one knew what a Baul was, today most people know what a Baul is after his 4 decades of taking Baul around the world and organizing tours lectures at Universities.
He worked from the ground up for decades.
He is the first Baul to be educated in English, first to write books on Baul, his new book will be his 4th.
All new Baul singers follow his style including his family, they sing this lineages songs including Babu Kishan own lyric without giving credit, they dress as them and follow Nabani Das Style Ektara, Baya, Nupoor and Khamak (mystic drum) which Nabani named the mystic drum the
'Ananda Lahari 'and it has 2 strings only thanks to Nabani. Today those using the name Ananda Lahari do not even know where the name came from, yet they are making up new fake lineages?
They are the one and only lineage of Baul, and no one in this world would even know about Baul
without them. They are the only Pioneers and thanks to Nabani Das Khyapa Baul who was associated with all of Bengal and India's top.
Nabani Das Khyapa Baul was the only Baul who initiated Rabindranath Tagore into Baul.
Photo of Nabani Das Khyapa Baul taken by Rabindranath Tagore who is the first Indian Nobel Peace Prize recipient for Literature in 1913.
Tagore wrote the Indian National Anthem, The Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan National Anthems.
The above album won 'The Best World Music Award' in Germany in the 1980's, it is one of the first World Music Albums, Music Composed, Recorded and Produced by
'Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das'
'Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das'
Rare recording of Nabani Das Khyapa Baul (1890-1969) singing a Baul song.
When the Roots World Music, Baul Music and Folk Music are cut the tree of these will die!
Krishnendu Das Baul aka Babu Kishan is an expert in the 'Folk Music of Bengal and India'. He was a Music consultant during the 1980 and 1990's for CBS India and Manager A&R, specifically hired to categorize all of India's Folk and Classical Music because of his expertise.
RELEASED 500 ALBUMS SUCCESSFULLY "PRIVATE AND INDIAN CINEMA"
RELEASED 300 Film ALL TOP LABELS AND FILM LABELS IN INDIA.
MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST PLAYING, Master of 15 INSTRUMENTS
Composed, Produced, Marketed Successfully 60 ALBUMS
200 or more of his poetry (lyrics) have produced super duper hit songs.
150 MUSICAL SCORES FOR INDIAN CINEMA
Babu Kishan has Composed- Profile - Principle - Live Background Music for more than 10 Bengali & Hindi Drama & Theatre Productions. The most popular Sri Chaitanya MahaPrabhu, Aposh, Marg, Amla Madhu and In Hindi Koi Nahi, Atma and more...
● He has Produced many successful TV series, documentaries for Indian National and other TV Stations.
Senior Management in Indian Cinema, Music Consultant, Major Bollywood Event Film and Music Release Event Planner. Lifetime friends with Senior Journalist of all Major News Sources and Connected Politically from a young age.
Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das has been a Cultural Representative of India for 45 years appointed by the Government of India, traveling through India and Worldwide for the Indian Government as a representative of Indian Culture AND MUSIC since 1970 through Sangeet Natak Akademi "Indian National Academy of Music Dance and Drama" & ICCR "Indian Council of Cultural Relations"
Krishnendu Das Baul aka Babu Kishan is an expert in the 'Folk Music of Bengal and India'. He was a Music consultant from the 1980's to 2000's for CBS India and other Music Companies and he was an Manager A&R, specifically hired to categorize all of India's Folk and Classical Music because of his expertise.
Babu Kishan is a Master of Indian Folk and Indian Classical as a Music Composer and Master of Indian Music.
Career History – Senior Management – Music & Film Industry India
1978 – 1990 HMV- Composer, Writer of Music for famous India singers.
1986 -1993 Venus/Tips/Music India, Music Producer, and Composer
1986-1993 CBS - Music Producer, Creative Director India, promoter, of artist such as Cindy Lauper, Micheal Jackson, New Kids on the Block, Pink Floyd, Gypsy Kings and others.
1991 -2004 Digital Music Studio – Owned, and Operated by Babukishan – Composer, Music Production for Film.
1994-1996 Time Audio Video – ABCL Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd - Quality Assurance Manager Film & Music Production/Marketing, and Event Management. Film, and Music Promotion.
1997-2004 Universal Music Label - Music Producer, Music Composer, Consultant
1996-1999 PEN Audio Video Film - Music Producer, Promoter, Consultant
1996-2001 T-series- Music Producer - Composer
Babu Kishan has profitably successful marketed and sold 300 Films and 500 Albums. Composed, Produced, Sold and Marketed at least 60 of his own albums. He is an expert at Creating Film from the start to the selling it successfully.
He is a Master Music Composer Producer from beginning to end sales and has been successful in the business of Film and Music for over 40 years.
Babu Kishan sold Film Rights More than 300 - Super Hit Albums & Films in the
1978 - 2008
Babu Kishan has traveled throughout India hundreds of times with Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and his family singing Baul Mystic Music and playing on all the largest stages in India and around the world.
The Vaishnava Bauls are known as the wandering rural Bengali street singers. Babu Kishan and his pioneering family brought Baul out of the villages of Bengal to India and the world. Babu Kishan was born in Suri Bengal a village, into an ancient Lineage of Folk and Mystical Music. He was awarded the Youngest Music Composer of Bengal during the 1970's. He is a multi instrumentalist playing 15 instruments.
He has been recording and preserving the folk music of India for 40 years. Born on the soil and soul of Bengal into a ancient Vaishnava Baul family, with a Masters degree from Calcutta University in Folk Music.
He has recorded, produced, promoted
through India's top Music Labels the biggest Folk Musicians of India including,
Dr. Bhupen Hazarika
Purna Das Baul
Manju Das
Gostho Gopal
Aarti Mukerjee
Sapna Awasthi
Sapna Chakroborty
Amar Pal
Allan Fakir
Abida Parveen
Sharada Sinha
Anuradha Paudwal
Hemlata
Mahendra Kapoor
Phalguni Pahak
Daiyanti Bai
Mshola
Baba Pagla
Monohar Khepa
Gopa Bose (UK) now
and many more.
'Click' - on the 2 links below to listen to Folk Music Composed, Produced by Babu Kishan then known as Krishnendu Das
Babu Kishan's spiritual music is heard in all temples of India he is the first person to record and produce the Hanuman Chalisa singing by Hari Om Sharan which is now the most listened to Indian Devotional music ever with over 3 billion listens on youtube.
Music Composed, Arranged and paid for by Babu Kishan
Babu Kishan has Composed Music for and recorded:
Anuradha Padwal,
Anup Jalota,
Suresh Wadkar,
Mahendra Kapoor,
Sadhana Sargam,
Ravindra Jain,
Ravi Shankar,
Ali Akbar Khan,
Kavita Krishnamurti,
Jai Mataji Temple,
Shirdi Sai Baba Temple,
Sita RamDas Omkarnath,
Balak Bramachari,
Anandamayi Ma,
Osho,
Swami Narayan,
Nitin Mukesh
Lata Mangeshkar,
Babu Kishan was one of the rare people that was allowed in Lata Mangeshkars music room.
Asha Bhosle is the younger sister of Lata Mangeshkar, she was married to RD Burman,
who was Babu Kishan's Indian Cinema Guru he spent 13 years as RD Burman's assistant.
and many more...
Babu Kishan has created more than 60 albums in: HINDI, BENGALI, SANSKRIT Oral and Classical, BHOJPURI, PUNJABI, GUJURATI, RAJASTANI & ENGLISH: with reputed music labels as, Universal Music, EMI, Polygram Music, CBS, Star Music, Sony, HMV,T-Series, and TIPS music and film labels, he has composed for feature film music and background music, private albums, Documentary films.
He has composed music for more than 150 musical film scores.
He has released over a thousand albums for others.
He toured with Bob Dylan’s & The Band in their 1985 that Babu Kishan called the East and West tour, a 40 city tour, Babu Kishan arranged to be in this tour and brought his parents along, although they did not participate in but a few, it was Babu who was friends of Bob Dylan and The Band.
He has performed and recorded with music industry greats such as George Harrison, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Chakka Khan, Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussain, Tom Petty, Miles Davis, Allan Fakir, Herbie Mann, Third World, Bob Dylan's the Band Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Ziggy Marley, R.D.Burman, and many others independently.
R.D Burman was Babu's Bollywood Guru and friend for more than 13 years.
RD Burman's father SD Burman was a super fan of Nabani Das Khyapa Baul
Babu Kishan is rare, he has been to the top and has witnessed India through 6 decades though the eyes of all the top in Indian Music and Film he has met them, worked with them traveled with them. Politicians, singers, actors, and he was state singers for Indira Gandhi, Sanjiv Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi as part of the family personally traveling all over India. His Grandfather Nabani Das Khyappa Baul was Baul Guru dance teacher to Indira Gandhi and state artist singer for Nehru during the Indian Independence movement. He has done hundreds and hundreds of travels throughout India performing.
Babu kishan has been a cultural ambassador of India for 40 years traveling worldwide recognized through the Government of India's Sangeet Natak Academi "Indian National Academy of Music Dance and Drama" and ICCR "Indian Council of Cultural Relations"
He has performed at The Royal Albert Hall in London to the Carnegie Hall and all Big Stadiums in India in front of millions of people.
Festivals (Mela's)
In Bengal he created the huge Gopal Nagar Festival for the Bauls in the 1980's, it was successful but when he started to work in Mumbia nobody could keep it up.
World Music New York, Los Angles, San Diego, San Francisco, Taiwan, Mauritius, Seattle, Woodstock, Washington, Chicago, London, Germany, all over Europe in the 1970's and 1980's for 20 years and into the 1990 and 2000's he continued.
Montreal Pop Music Festival 2010
Attended Fundraisers, stage performances in London 1972, 1974, 1975 with his family along with Ravi Shankar and others, they were the Indian Musicians who performed as part of the fundraiser for Bangladesh created and hosted by the Rolling Stones, Beatles ect..
This is when he first met the Mick Jagger and is the only one to continue any relationship with the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and George Harrison over the years.
Babu Kishan Composed all the below Music, Produced, Recorded and Promoted all of these albums and more, he dedicated himself to Baul for decades. He used much of his own Baul poetry on these Albums, and they all have been a super duper hit. He worked with a determination like no other Archiving and Preserved Baul from the 1970's. Baul was Archived and Preserved decades ago, there is no need to remake the wheel, it has been done. All safe and when and after all this circus of Baul is over Babu Kishan will release all to the world.
As a taste of the already archived Baul history, Babu Kishan's 4th Book on the Das and Dasi Lineage of Baul, Historical Baul will be released in late 2018 or 2019, as only a taste of what is to come, after this the Authentic One and Only Baul Archive. After the book release the Archived Baul history will be further released with much caution and copyright. Babu feels after what he has seen being done with his families music and heritage and past cultural appropriation of the songs of this lineage, it is past time to step out of the shadow and it is time to speak out.
These songs are now going to be preserved with the correct poets names and if you want to record, if the correct poets name is not used there will be a copyright infringement made.
Sad to say but a true Baul does not use Baul for their own benefit making claims that are not true. Nobody wants to do this but because of the lack of respect this will be the future of Baul because it must be at least accurate. We are in the process of looking at legal action regarding Nabani Das Baul Poetry and this lineages poetry if Baul were not extinct it would not matter. Please Stay tuned.
Babu Kishan Composed all the above and below Music he Produced, Recorded and Promoted all of these albums and more, he dedicated himself to Baul for decades. He used many of his own Baul poetry on these Albums, and they all have been a super duper hit.
He worked with a determination like no other Archiving and Preserved Baul from the 1970's. Baul was Archived and Preserved decades ago, there is no need to remake the wheel, it has been done. All safe and when and after all this circus of Baul is over Babu Kishan will release all to the world.
Lila Roy Rabindranath Tagores personal English Translator and the Editor of my first English Book on Baul.
Remember Lila Roy, Rabindranath Tagore's English Translator and my English Editor of the English book I wrote on My Lineage, which was supported and sponsored by my great friends and well wishers George Harrison and Ravi Shankar. I had performed many times with Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan through Indian, Europe and America. Ravi Shankar and his family were our family friends. I have recored music with both George Harrison and Ravi Shankar.
Lila Roy was the only Western person who was a real Master of Bengali and understood the Soul and Soil of Bengal, she was a Legend and I do not want the world to forget her.
Babu Kishan designed the patchwork (Guduri) dress that now most Bauls wear today for performances, this is 'Baul History' if you wear or wore this dress or your GURU wore this dress, you follow this lineage.
If you sing the songs of this lineage you follow this lineage, if you dress as the women Baul from the film Tagori, Babu Kishan designed that style and dress too, it is the film about his aunt Radharani Dasi.
If you use Ektara Baya and Nagpur around your feet you are following Nabani Das Khyapa Baul (Period).
Babu Kishan Albums, Music Composed, Lyrics, Produced, Marketing on Top Labels by Babu Kishan
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WHO IS LILA ROY?
First Let'sDiscover
Vaishnava Baul is an oral Sanskrit tradition and vernacular Birbhum Bengali, the stories are recorded in the songs.
The whole Bhagavad Gita is one song, oral storytelling and teaching about he Bhagavad Gita. Baul starts with Radha and Krishna 5000 years ago, world music from the 1960's on World stages around the world, including Albums.
Babu is the eldest son of Purna Das Baul and the late Manju Dasi. He was raised by Sri Nabani Das Khyapa Baul and Brajabala Dasi in Siri Birbhum until age 8, then moved to Calcutta and spent 12 years at the Ramakrishna Mission.
Manju Dasi his mother is the first Women Baul to travel the world starting back in the 1960's until the mid 2000's she traveled every corner of the globe and performed on every stage, her story is truly what legends are made of. Manju was an extremely talented Folk musician, an HMV/EMI and Polydor artist.
Manju was the first Female Baul (Baulini) and perhaps the only to date to be a"A class female Baul singer in India" she was the first Baul to introduce Harmonium to Baul, before her the Bauls did not use the harmonium. Manju was the first Baul to introduce official Lalon Fakir songs to Radio, TV, recordings and film.
Brajabala Dasi his Grandmother and his Aunt Radharani Dasi were Baul Women Guru's who taught all the women.
The people who are fundraising to preserve Baul do not mention and deleted their names, this is Cultural Appropriation. There is no Baul without these Women, they are the only Legendary Baul Women. Baul is extinct.
Babu Kishan is the only Baul to preserve his one and only Lineage of Baul, he started to preserve it in the 1960's and it was complete by 2007.
Without mentioning the names of this family there is no Baul there is no other lineage (period). Why because they are history and the only lineage, the rest is just made up stories, trying to take the stories of this tradition, their stories, their songs deleting the names and making up your own.
Now let's WORKPreserve
Folk Music of India and Bengal must be preserved by someone who understands Folk Music and Baul.
Baul Music is one of the first World Music to be spread around the world since the 1950, 1960's onward.
Babu Kishan is one of the first people to compose Indian Folk, World Music and Baul he is a pioneer and creator of Baul Fusion Music.
BabuKishan is the only one of the very few living authentic oral Sanskrit authorities alive today regarding the Bauls from inside the tradition who is also, a Scholar .
He is a pioneer in preserving Baul and no Baul would have songs to sing if he and his family had not recorded all back in the 1950, onward.
Today fake Bauls are singing their songs recorded in the 1960's and as if they are the writer of the song.
Not only that there are some who are putting other poets names on songs that were recorded by this family long ago.
Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das is starting to speak now because he is seeing a prolific amount of mis-information on Baul by the many scholars, PhDs, new Bauls singers and writers who are lacking information in what the authentic Baul lineage is really about,
THE ONLY LINEAGE OF BAUL
IT'S UP TO US
True knowledge and wisdom from the real Folklore, the real authentic Folk traditions comes from understanding the music and languages of the land.
It has to start from the people who have lived the traditions, outsiders can not understand because they do not have an understanding of the deep culture of the land. They do not understand how the people of the land think, it is easy today to take pictures and copy and paste all sorts. We live in a world of internet Guru's who have not lived the tradition.
We must bring out the real and give the real a voice. Support our Folk Traditions at the ground level. Support World Music.
There are other Folk traditions without a voice. We must support this silent voice. The true authentic hidden away in the cracks that have the true stories.
Cultural Appropriation is a real issue and needs to be acknowledged. The stories of the soul and soil of the land need to be respected.
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Some Past Lectures and Baul Performances @ Universities around the world.
UCLA, Columbia, Chicago University, Boston University, Pennsylvania Music College, Baltimore Music College, Philadelphia Arts and Music College, Kansas University Music, St Louis University, Washington and Lee, University of Washington, University of Toronto, Harvard, Mumbai University, Whistling Woods Film Institute in Mumbai, San Francisco College of Arts, Berkeley University Music School, Red Wood University, San Diego University, University of Victoria, Cambridge and Oxford in UK, Berlin Music College, Stuttgart University, Bremen University Germany, Hamburg University, Cologne University, University Germany, Zurich University, Geneva University, Brussels University, Rome University of Fine Arts, University of Honk Kong, University of Bangkok, University of Singapore, Delhi University, University of Mauritius, University of Johannesburg South Africa ... more to be listed
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