Charanjit Singh

Thom Yorke shares BBC guest mix, cancels US tour

Thom Yorke’s BBC Radio 6 Music playlist includes tracks from The Fall,Moor Mother & Billy Woods, Q-Tip, and more.

Charanjit Singh, RIP

Indian musician Charanjit Singh passed away in his sleep on Sunday in his Mumbai home, reports The Wire. He was 75. His 1982 album Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat, predated (and inadvertently predicted) acid house and has since been heralded as a classic…

SXSW 2015 2nd round of artists announced

The Cribs at MHOW in 2012 (more by Guy Eppel) A ton of artists were already announced for SXSW 2015 (March 17-22), and now the second artist announcement has come with several more including Twin Shadow, The Cribs, Swervedriver, Gang of Four, KEN mode, Weyes Blood, Wild Throne, Elvis Depressedly, SURVIVE, Juan Wauters, San Fermin, Lydia Ainsworth, The Blind Shake, Ex-Cult, Ikonika, King Tuff, Pujol, The Velvet Teen, The Zombies, Zookeeper, Yumi Zouma and tons m…

Charanjit Singh played 3 NYC shows, playing one w/ Heems

Charanjit Singh @ Lincoln Center Out of Doors (photo by @chayyray) Indian electronic music pioneer Charanjit Singh just played three NYC shows (his first ever here), including Lincoln Center Out of Doors and MoMA PS1 Warm Up…

pioneering Italian DJ Daniele Baldelli playing the US, including Warm Up & Output; Simian Mobile Disco DJing Cameo

A founding father of the Cosmic Disco sound, Italian DJ Daniele Baldelli rose to prominence with his mixture of European electronica, synth pop (often played at slower speeds), equalizer effects, and ethnic folk music…

Indian electronic music pioneer Charanjit Singh playing US dates, including three in NYC (Warm Up & more)

In 1982, ace Bollywood session player Charanjit Singh recorded and released Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat. The album did exactly as its title suggested, using 808 drum machines and synthesizers to modernize Indian classical ragas…

Warm Up at MoMA PS1 2014 lineup (Evian Christ, Lone, Cibo Matto, Sophie, Forest Swords, Pantha du Prince & more)

Warm Up 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Each year, the Warm Up summer concert series brings forward thinking electronic music (and other related genres like indie pop, hip hop, etc) to the outdoor courtyard at Long Island City’s MoMA PS1…