Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat – Charanjit Singh.
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.
More on the album and the culture of ‘80s Indian synthesizer stuff here and here.
Mark Larson 