Waves

Pretty cool. And good music.

Charanjit Singh, acid house pioneer | Music | The Guardian

Charanjit Singh doubtless stood out as unusual in the Hindi film industry of the 1960s and 70s. Veteran of countless Bollywood soundtrack orchestras, Singh was the sort to turn up at session with the latest new synthesiser, acquired at great expense from London or Singapore. He was not, however, widely regarded among his country folk as someone "pushing things forward". His band, the Charanjit Singh Orchestra, made their rupees touring weddings, performing the hits of the day, and while he played on many popular Bollywood recordings, Charanjit Singh was never a household name.

In 1982, though, Singh did something unusual. Inspired by the sound of disco imports from the west making waves among Bombay's hipster cognoscenti, he went into the studio with some new kit – a Roland Jupiter-8 keyboard, a Roland TR-808 drum machine and a Roland TB-303 – and decided to make a record that combined western dance music with the droning ragas of Indian classical music. Recorded in two days, Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat garnered some interest, excerpts finding their way on to national radio, but it was a commercial flop and was soon forgotten.

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Mafoo

its trippy cuz with reason i can kinda recreate that acid synth sound. fucking with the resonance and attack/release can change the sound so much

good post waves, most people dont even know what i mean when i talk about acid house

a more mordern form

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FistsForPeace

That's pretty damn awesome. What are examples of some good acid house?

Waves

yeah hes also a beast with the pitch bend knob :P

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Captain Cannabis

oh tr-808, is there anything you can't do?

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PhishDude

Thanks for posting this.

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Suliman

sick, thanks for the post, i had no idea acid house was that old 0.o

whats with india and electronica?

Bearsy

very cool

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Mafoo

this isnt the orginal version, but its got that acid feel

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