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Papon is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Zubeen Garg, Palak Muchhal, Monali Thakur, Kailash Kher and Rabbi Shergill. Those roots explain a lot about how Papon arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mohit Chauhan, Atif Aslam, Shreya Ghoshal, Ankit Tiwari and Lata Mangeshkar, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Anweshaa, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Papon, reaching back through Zubeen Garg and forward to Anweshaa. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Angaraag Mahanta, known by his stagename Papon, is an Indian playback singer and composer from Assam. Papon has sung in Assamese, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Urdu, Mishing, Bodo, Tiwa, Punjabi and Odia. He is the lead vocalist and founder of the folk-fusion band Papon and The East India Company. He is the son of the noted Assamese singer Khagen Mahanta and Archana Mahanta.
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Papon connections
Papon grew out of Zubeen Garg, Palak Muchhal, Monali Thakur and Kailash Kher, shares an orbit with Mohit Chauhan, Atif Aslam, Shreya Ghoshal and Ankit Tiwari, went on to shape Anweshaa. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Papon
Sounds and acts that shaped Papon.
Artists similar to Papon
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Papon.
- Mohit Chauhanartist
- Atif Aslamartist
- Shreya Ghoshalartist
- Ankit Tiwariartist
- Lata Mangeshkarartist
- Gajendra Vermaartist
- Kishore Kumarartist
- Mohammed Rafiartist
- Kailash Kherartist
- Mohammed Irfanartist
- Monali Thakurartist
- Roop Kumar Rathodartist
- Shaanartist
- Javed Aliartist
- Sunidhi Chauhanartist
- Shilpa Raoartist
- Rashid Aliartist
- Sukhwinder Singhartist
- Rekha Bhardwajartist
- Himesh Reshammiyaartist
- Asha Bhosleartist
- Piyush Mishraartist
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