[3] Born in Mohammedpur, a small village in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal, where his early musical influences were his father, and wandering baul singers.

In 1988, Das Baul started collaborating with Sam Mills, a London-born guitarist who had performed with experimental, avant garde group 23 Skidoo between 1979 and 1982.

[5] The album features psychedelic elements to it and has been compared to the work of artists such as George Harrison, Ananda Shankar and The Bombay Royale.

In 2005, the Baul tradition was included in the list of "Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" by UNESCO.

[7] He also performed at the Jaipur Literature Festival[8] and the "Nine Lives" Concert, 2009 in London, of William Dalrymple.