SYNTHESIZING - 10 RAGAS TO A DISCO BEAT by CHARANJIT SINGH

CD Version
SKU55961
ArtistCHARANJIT SINGH
TitleSYNTHESIZING - 10 RAGAS TO A DISCO BEAT
LabelBOMBAY CONNECTION
Catalog #BC 302CD
Tag
ReleaseW 29 - 2010
FormatCD - EUCD
Import
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Tracks

  1. Raga Bhairav
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/55961_synthesizing_-_10_ragas_to_a_disco_beat/1_raga_bhairav.mp3
  2. Raga Lalit
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/55961_synthesizing_-_10_ragas_to_a_disco_beat/2_raga_lalit.mp3
  3. Raga Bhupali
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/55961_synthesizing_-_10_ragas_to_a_disco_beat/3_raga_bhupali.mp3
  4. Raga Megh Malhar
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/55961_synthesizing_-_10_ragas_to_a_disco_beat/4_raga_megh_malhar.mp3
  5. Raga Yaman
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/55961_synthesizing_-_10_ragas_to_a_disco_beat/5_raga_yaman.mp3
  6. Raga Kalavati
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/55961_synthesizing_-_10_ragas_to_a_disco_beat/6_raga_kalavati.mp3
  7. Raga Madhuvanti
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/55961_synthesizing_-_10_ragas_to_a_disco_beat/7_raga_madhuvanti.mp3
  8. Raga Todi
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/55961_synthesizing_-_10_ragas_to_a_disco_beat/8_raga_todi.mp3
  9. Raga Bairagi
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/55961_synthesizing_-_10_ragas_to_a_disco_beat/9_raga_bairagi.mp3
  10. Raga Malkauns
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/55961_synthesizing_-_10_ragas_to_a_disco_beat/10_raga_malkauns.mp3

Description

A 1982 released LP called 'Ten ragas to a disco beat' containing Kraftwerk-like acid house music, years before the genre was invented ! TIP!Performed on the synths that would later define Acid House, the Roland TB-303 and TR-808, the album sounds light years ahead of its time with its repetitive beats and hypnotic electronic melodies. Its maker, Bollywood session musician Charanjit Singh, set out to translate ancient Indian classical Ragas to the modern synthesizer and in doing so seems to have invented House music along the way. The 10 tracks make a consistent listen from A to Z. Its restrained minimalism and lack of cheesiness makes it incredibly contemporary, sounding animated, fluid and unabashedly alive.

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