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Papon and the East India Company Papon and the East India Company

Papon and the East India Company

Papon (Angaraag Mahanta) - a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and singer has become one of the most recognizable-and-sought-after voices in India. While rooted in folk, Papon has a wide variety of influences and considered to be an extremely versatile artist. His initial training has been in Indian classical and traditional music (devotional and folk) from Assam. His innovative experiments are rich with ambient electronica, acoustic folk, electroghazals to new-age Ind-classical sounds.

Papon’s popularity and legend grew after his appearances on all three seasons of Coke Studio India. Papon left an indelible impression on music fans as a composer in Season 2 and 3. Papon sang for highly acclaimed British Asian music composer Nitin Sawhney and received rave reviews for his performance.

Papon and his folk-fusion band the East India Company, performed at all the music festivals in India. Papon & The EIC also performed at the du WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL in Dubai in April 2013. The festival saw performances from Italian singer-song writer/ multi instrumentalist classical soloist Andrea Bocelli, Nine times GRAMMY Winner Natalia Cole, Australian Jazz Fusion Guitarist Frank Gambale, famous American rock band Guns & Roses and also Indian bands as Raghu Dixit, Soul Mate many more.

The year 2014 was kick started with 3 performances at the prestigious Celtic Connections, Glasgow, Scotland.

Papon & the East India Company will perform in Belgrade on
3rd of November 2014,
20.00 hrs.
Dom Omladine,
Big Hall
Makedonska 22
Belgrade
2666 520:

Links on Papon & the East India Company:
Website : www.papon.in
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/AngaraagPAPONMahanta
Twitter : @paponmusic
Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papon_(singer)
Youtube : www.youtube.com/paponmusic

http://mtv.in.com/videos/episodes/coke-studio-mtv-season-3/khumaar-btm-papon-coke-studio-mtv-season-3-100103903.html

http://mtv.in.com/videos/episodes/coke-studio-mtv-season-3/jhumoor-papon-dulal-manki-simantha-shekhar-coke-studio-mtv-season-3-100103902.html

http://mtv.in.com/videos/episodes/coke-studio-mtv-season-3/dinae-dinae-papon-harshdeep-kaur-coke-studio-mtv-season-3-100103900.html

http://mtv.in.com/videos/episodes/coke-studio-mtv-season-3/benaam-khwaayishein-papon-anweshaa-coke-studio-mtv-season-3-100103898.html

http://mtv.in.com/videos/episodes/coke-studio-mtv-season-3/tauba-papon-benny-dayal-coke-studio-mtv-season-3-100102237.html