Talvin Singh – Traveller
Cliff’s recent post about Charanjit Singh reminded me of some other successful “east meets west” music. Released back in 1998, classically trained tabla player Talvin Singh‘s debut album “O.K” seamlessly blended Indian/ eastern Asian melodies and rhythms with the western dance music styles of intelligent drum & bass and jungle. The opening track “Traveller” is [...]
Charanjit Singh – Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat
Bollywood soundtrack producer Charanjit Singh decided he wanted to use disco sounds on a film score and in 1982 created one of the maddest records I’ve ever heard “Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat”. To achieve this Charanjit used a Rolland 303 and 808. The sounds created pre-dated the first acid house records of the [...]
