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state51.bandcamp.com/album/the-nid-tapes-electronic-music-from-india-1969-1972

first song preview -

SC Sharma -After the War

links to audio documentary and in depth article on the background

amp.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/14/i-found-the-roots-of-electronica-in-a-cupboard-the-tale-of-indias-lost-techno-pioneers

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000j969

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BIO

The NID Tapes’ presents a collection of early Indian electronic music uncovered at the archives of the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad. Recorded between 1969-1972 the compilation chronicles electronic works from the previously unknown Indian composers Gita Sarabhai, I.S. Mathur, Atul Desai, S.C. Shama and Jinraj Joshipura who worked at the nation’s first electronic music studio founded at the NID during the utopian years following India’s independence - a radical period of visionary experimentation and artistic freethought.

The studio was founded with support from the New York composer David Tudor who personally set up a Moog modular system and tape machine in the autumn of 1969, and The NID Tapes also includes an excerpt from Tudor’s work discovered amongst the collection of tapes. The release developed from a long-term research project by the British artist and electronic musician Paul Purgas who travelled to Ahmedabad over many years to explore the origins of electronic music in India. This resulted in the discovery of the electronic music archive at the NID and its eventual restoration and digitising, which featured in the acclaimed BBC radio documentary Electronic India.

The compilation presents excerpts from the 27 reels of archive tape spanning the three years of the studio's operational history, showcasing work from the pioneering electronic composers which included the musician and poet Atul Desai, NID teachers and technicians I.S. Mathur and S.C. Shama, Gita Sarabhai who had previously studied with John Cage in New York in the 1940's and the young architecture student Jinraj Joshipura who was just 19 years old at the time of first composing with the Moog synthesiser. The audio showcases their various visions for electronic music production, exploring a***ogue synthesis, tape collages, voice experiments and field recordings revealing a meeting point of Western and Indian avant-garde traditions, and offering a unique insight into South Asia’s post-colonial sonic imaginary. The vinyl and digital is a collaborative release by Strange Attractor Press and State51 and has been mastered by Hari Shankar Kishore (HVAD) with design for the release and a vinyl etching created by Shreya Aurora a recent graduate from the National Institute of Design.

Launching at the same time through Strange Attractor Press will also be a book titled ‘Suncontentinental Synthesis: Electronic Music at the National Institute of Design, India 1969–1972’. Edited by Paul Purgas this collection of critical essays will reflect on the larger cultural and political dialogues surrounding the studio and will feature an audio CD of The NID Tapes as well as written contributions by Geeta Dayal, You Nakai, Rahila Haque and Jinraj Joshipura the last surviving composer from the NID.

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Electronic scene must be crazy in India, mfs invented goa trance and pioneered psytrance
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You got any recommendations when it comes to goa trance and psytrance?

@sab @safe @s I've been thinking about this for a very long time but is there any way to find/see every one of OP's threads?

I wish I started years ago but I think @AudioConsulting has built one of the most incredible collections of music/recommendations on the internet ever and I want to archive everything for easy access in the future for myself and others

You can only see their past threads up to a certain point and I can't find every single thread via the search function here or Google

i’ll look into it

i think the good news is i did an experiment i went back and looked at the first post i had in google.

it is accessible and this likely means it is all there. i’ve been putting together my storage locker and pretty soon i’ll have all the drops this year in different easy to flip through categories

Next after that- i’ll probably re-write all my posts to be easier to scroll through. Everything will probably be on substack where everyone who missed out on everyone i featured it will all be there

so there’s a update 😎

Here are some of my favourites

Thank you!!

Please let me know if you're able to find anything on this front if you ever do

This is fantastic to hear, thank you so much.

I really cherish everything you've put together over these last 3.5 years and I really want as many people to see and hear all of that amazing work

keep me posted on this @op

New single out

Were you ever able to find out anything on this front?

Thanks AudioConsulting

Good idea

This is so dope, OP

Thank you

It needs to happen, AC got one of the best collections of music suggestions to ever hit the web

bilnaes.bandcamp.com/album/nos-habet-caramel

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Tag me when this drops

He should be able to load his entire thread history himself and right click save complete webpage and hand you that?