Charanjit Singh-Ten Ragas to A Disco Beat-WEB-2010-DPS

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Artist.....: Charanjit Singh
Title......: Ten Ragas To a Disco Beat


Rip Date...: Mar-25-2010 Cat.No.....: BC302-MP3
Style......: Acid Label......: Bombay Connection
Quality....: 320kbps Type.......: Album
Size.......: 113,8 MB Source.....: Web



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Until recently it wasnÆt much more than some rumours on the web: a
1982 released LP called TEN RAGAS TO A DISCO BEAT containing
Kraftwerk-like acid house music, years before the genre was
invented.

So it turns out, the record was no rumour. Only a few hundred
copies of the LP were ever pressed, and only a handful seem to
have survived. Moreover, the LP outdoes all expectations.
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.

http://www.bombay-connection.com/en_GB/site/page/1/releases



p l a y l i s t



01 Raga Bhairav 04:56
02 Raga Lalit 04:52
03 Raga Bhupali 04:50
04 Raga Todi 04:49
05 Raga Madhuvanti 04:56
06 Raga Megh Malhar 04:58
07 Raga Yaman 05:03
08 Raga Kalavati 05:05
09 Raga Malkauns 04:59
10 Raga Bairagi 05:07

49:35 min