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Disco in India (Geeta Dayal/theoriginalsoundtrack.com)
In 1983, well after Studio 54's heyday, a musician in India named Charanjit Singh released an album called Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat. But it was hardly a Diana Ross rip-off. Writer Geeta Dayal says it predicted electronic music to come. She joins us with the recently re-issued Ten Ragas and other deep cuts from Indian disco.
Comments [3]
this doesn't really surprise me because my musical experience with disco house hip hop punk reggae etc. the sounds are ancient but invigorated with the electronic energy. what is surprising is that people have not heard these sounds.
This is interesting in the same way that the World Music 2.0 episode and reflects more the modern era of dance music and the influence other cultures were having on the disco and dance culture in that period.
Cybotron, Juan Atkins' first group released their first work in 1980. While this may present India's take on disco, and is interesting in that way, Juan Atkins and Co. beat that album by two years.
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