Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat  

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Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat (1982) is an album by Indian musician Charanjit Singh. It is noted for its early use of a TB-303, especially in conjunction with a Roland drum machine and pre-dated the sound of acid house by at least half a decade, but forgotten in obscurity until his rediscovery in the early 21st century.

The album was originally intended as a fusion of electronic disco music with Indian classical ragas. Singh's use of both the TR-808 drum machine and TB-303 bass synthesizer has led some music journalists to suggest that it is perhaps the earliest example of acid house music; predating Phuture's seminal Chicago acid house record "Acid Tracks" (1987) by five years. Comparisons have also been made with the work of other electronic dance musicians who were inspired by acid house such as Ceephax, Phuture 303, and Aphex Twin. According to The Guardian writer Stuart Aitken, Singh's record was "far ahead" of its time. Aitken also discussed the importance of the record on US radio station PRI's The World.

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Track listing

  1. "Raga Lalit" – 4:55
  2. "Raga Bhupali" – 4:53
  3. "Raga Todi" – 4:52
  4. "Raga Madhuvanti" – 4:59
  5. "Raga Meghmalhar" – 5:01
  6. "Raga Yaman" – 5:06
  7. "Raga Kalavati" – 5:08
  8. "Raga Malkauns" – 5:02
  9. "Raga Bairagi" – 5:07


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