Tana Tani

Tana Tani is a collaborative studio track by British-Asian producer State of Bengal (Sam Zaman) and Bengali folk musician Paban Das Baul. The song appears as the fourth track on the album Tana Tani, released on April 12, 2004, under Real World Records. The album adopts a fusion format that blends Baul folk traditions with electronic production, issued primarily on CD.

The track runs for 5 minutes and 18 seconds. State of Bengal contributes electronic textures, drum programming and studio arrangements, while Paban Das Baul provides vocals, ektara (a single-stringed drone instrument) and khamak (a percussion-string hybrid). The composition integrates Baul lyrical themes with layered synth pads, breakbeats and sampled field recordings. The title Tana Tani references a call-and-response structure in Indian classical music, reflected in the track’s interplay between Baul melodic phrases and rhythmic electronic patterns.

The album Tana Tani marks a documented collaboration between State of Bengal and Paban Das Baul, following earlier projects where Zaman incorporated South Asian folk elements into electronic music. Real World Records, founded by Peter Gabriel, distributed the release as part of its series on global fusion works. No chart positions, commercial performance data or alternate versions of the track are publicly verified. The original CD pressing includes liner notes with translations of Baul lyrics but omits detailed session credits.