The acclaimed group State of Bengal have released their fourth album, Skip-iJ, through Betelnut Records. It is the creation of Sam Zaman, the man behind State of Bengal, who produced and recorded the album over a period of 3 years in his living room in East London.

The album contains collaborations and contributions from traditional and contemporary musicians and singers from across the globe. The band say the unusual title “refers to music that is not defined by a particular period and has the ability to skip through the ages”.

Since forming in 1987, State of Bengal have regularly toured internationally. Sam Zaman has worked with Bjork, Massive Attack, Ananda Shankar, Jolly Mukherjee and Paban Das Baul among others. Their track Flight IC408 was recently featured on the new Mira Nair film Namesake.
The album is available through stateofbengal.com and betelnut-records.com and myspace.com/stateofbengal. The band plan to tour the USA and Turkey this year to promote the album.

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