Dohai Allah

Dohai Allah is a collaborative track by British-Asian producer State of Bengal (Sam Zaman) and Bengali folk singer Paban Das Baul. The song appears as the eighth track on the album Tana Tani, released on April 12, 2004, under Real World Records. The album adopts a CD format and blends traditional Baul folk music with electronic production elements.

The track runs for 7 minutes and 43 seconds. Paban Das Baul delivers the vocal performance in the Baul tradition, characterized by devotional lyrics and a rustic melodic style. State of Bengal integrates electronic textures, drum programming, and ambient soundscapes, creating a fusion of South Asian folk and contemporary production techniques. The lyrical content of Dohai Allah reflects themes of spiritual longing and divine invocation, consistent with Baul philosophical traditions.

Tana Tani marks one of several collaborations between State of Bengal and Paban Das Baul, following earlier projects that explored cross-cultural electronic-folk fusion. The album received distribution through Real World, a label founded by musician Peter Gabriel to promote global music traditions. No additional details about the track’s recording location, session musicians, or specific instrumentation are publicly documented.

The composition exemplifies the broader trend of Asian Underground music in the early 2000s, where artists merged classical and folk forms with electronic dance music. State of Bengal contributed to this movement through prior releases, while Paban Das Baul represented the Baul tradition’s oral and improvisational heritage. The track remains a noted example of transnational collaboration in Indian classical and fusion genres.