In 1982 Charanjit Singh recorded Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat, using the classic building blocks of acid house: 303 for the bass lines, an 808 for the drums. He uses a Juno 8 as a sitar substitute.
He is 78 years old, last Friday myself, Rachel Pelly and Pip went to see his UK debut at the Shacklewell Arms. It was absolutely bananas. He noodled his way through the ten ragas, looking up every now and agian with the faintest glimmer of wry smile every time he dropped a tough 808 kick drum, much to the delight of the odd crowd. The kit that he was using is the same kit he recorded the original album on in 1982. Here he is getting his Jupiter noodle on:
Here is one of his bonkers tracks:
He is 78 years old, last Friday myself, Rachel Pelly and Pip went to see his UK debut at the Shacklewell Arms. It was absolutely bananas. He noodled his way through the ten ragas, looking up every now and agian with the faintest glimmer of wry smile every time he dropped a tough 808 kick drum, much to the delight of the odd crowd. The kit that he was using is the same kit he recorded the original album on in 1982. Here he is getting his Jupiter noodle on:
Here is one of his bonkers tracks:
Charanjit appears to have invented acid house years before Phuture's Acid Trax hit the scene. This is either the case or else it's an elaborate hoax which is going to embarrass a bunch of Dalstonites at some point.
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