Bolo Kotai

Bolo Kotai is a track from the collaborative album Tana Tani by British-Asian producer State of Bengal (Sam Zaman) and Bengali folk musician Paban Das Baul. The song appears as the ninth track on the album with a duration of 4 minutes and 49 seconds.

Released on 12 April 2004 under Real World Records, Tana Tani is a studio album that blends Baul folk traditions with electronic and experimental production. The label, founded by Peter Gabriel, distributed the album in CD format. The track Bolo Kotai exemplifies the fusion of Das Baul’s vocal and instrumental Baul styles with State of Bengal’s electronic textures, though specific lyrical themes or compositional details remain undocumented in available sources.

The album Tana Tani marks a cross-cultural collaboration between the two artists, with State of Bengal producing the electronic arrangements and Das Baul contributing vocals, ektara (one-stringed instrument), and khamak (percussive string instrument). The project emerged from sessions that explored the intersection of Bengali folk music and contemporary global sounds. No additional singles, remixes, or alternate versions of Bolo Kotai are confirmed in public records.

Critical reception and commercial performance of Tana Tani are not extensively cataloged, though the album aligns with Real World’s focus on world music fusions. The tracklist includes ten original compositions, with Bolo Kotai positioned as a mid-album piece. Further context about the song’s creation, live performances, or subsequent reinterpretations is not widely available.