what’s on my mind from last few days is this mesmerizing balmy tone garnished with baritone voice, a folk song in hindi. the song goes like baarve jharne--`ooo naa naa ooo haaa o baarve jharne ja ke dena sagar ko sandesha,suhana sapne le ke,tujhe pa diya. this songs dealt with the wild and amok stream. singer is using nature as a friend and asking her to convey all the love and care for the people. lyrics caries the humble and staid feelings as most of the songs were written in the Himalayas, the LP has a very obvious touch of nature, within its intricate details.As he played live, prior to each song he explained the themes to songs. ambient electronic, acoustic folk perfect for my ears.. Woops. My brain switched stations again and didn't bother to warn me. Such a jerk i am! A perfect cadence to wobble my ears. and it’s really nice to a part of this live gig.
Second on the line up was another song about nature. its about Rain.‘Baarish Ki Boondein’, its really carries the sound of the rain. He sang some Folk asomiya song following it up with another similarly-themed song, not featured on the album. From thereon, the gig went uphill despite the below par sound production by the Lower Parel venue
Really a talented folk song ,or a fusion one. When I came to know about the upcoming performance of papon i was really excited. He is one of the singer from the off-stream whom i like. i am not a great fan of asomiya (Assamese song), but Papon got an intriguing voice. This folk singer launched his debut Hindi album, The Story So Far (deets here) at Blue Frog, Mumbai on January 12, a few years too late.papon is one such type of singer who will give a spliff to the people who thinks hindi folk songs are boring. He can be so enigmatic, yet so simple. Every time i listen to him, the sing remains the same yet the feeling varies. i wonder sometime how a 5 or 4 minutes song can do so much marvel. One rule . he rules my boat among today`s off- beat song. We were four friends at blue frog ,lower parel. We hit the threshold by 9 pm and guzzled couple of tuborg pint.And i wasnt at all squiffy and for an hour we talked about different topics . The show started around 10.20 pm after some sound check. Angarag Mahanta (Papon) is one the most talent musician of India. Featured in The Dewarist and MTV coke studio. The East India Company`s singer Papon is a experimental singer. lyrically damn good. The album shows a progress in his sound from absolutely folk-sy to electronica influences in recent years. And he was cracking a lot of jokes during the gig and most of them were so so lame. And for an excuse he said-
“This is not me talking. It’s the whiskey”
And dropped ‘Naina Lagey’ by Midival Punditz (from their album Hello, Hello) in the movie Soundtrack. His earlier band was Midival Punditz along with world renowned tabla player Karsh Kale. ‘Boitha Maro’ garnered a massive sing along, clearly being a popular track amongst the crowd. What was amazing to see was the number of fans Papon has gained over the last couple of years, and the regional support he gets at gigs across the country. It’s really good to see that. And guess what was unexpected. Yeah Mohan and Koco (of Agnee) and Shilpa Rao (who also featured on an episode The Dewarists alongside Agnee and Parikrama; more here) joined the singer on stage for a short jam. It was gripping. He wrapped the set with ‘Banao Banao’, a song about Hemp ..haha what a befitting end to a horsepower packed performance which i wish had gone on for longer. And later i flicked CDs from the counter. Clicked some snaps with papon da and got my Lp singed yipeeee..
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