Saturday, November 12, 2011
Charanjit Singh: 2010
"In 1982, veteran Bollywood composer Charanjit Singh visits Singapore and gets his hands on the now holy trinity of a Roland 303, 808, and Jupiter 8 - the core of acid house and arguably the precursor to electronic dance music as we know it today.
Later that year, EMI India releases an album limited to a few thousand copies: "Synthesizing: Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat". It presents Charanjit's effort at using what was then entirely new technology to bridge the gap between programmed beats, synth lines, and classical Indian music motifs.
It essentially sinks without a trace.
In 2010, Dutch label Bollywood Connection re-releases this LP to an unsuspecting and wholly ignorant public, convinced that these beats were established in the clubs of Chicago, Detroit, and Manchester in the mid to late eighties.
They weren't.
Charanjit Singh still lives in Bombay. We met him."
This one in via Dustin.
Also see:
Raga Bhairav - 1982 - SYNTHESIZING: TEN RAGAS TO A DISCO BEAT - Charanjit Singh
The First TB-303 Record Ever - from 1982
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This is nonsence because it doesn't sound at all like chicago acid.
ReplyDeleteThe beat has the same sound because its the same instruments used thats all,same with the synthesizers used.
Its abouth style and mood and his stuff has nothing to do with chicago house or acid lol.
Stupid ppl.