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ARTIST
TITLE
Sitar Beat!: Indian Style Heavy Funk Vol. II
FORMAT
2LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
SBR 202LP SBR 202LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
12/20/2010

2012 repress, originally released 2007. "Sixteen tracks of rare and funky Indian flavor, blending heavy beats with the sounds of the sitar and the inimitable vocal sounds of beloved Indian singers such as the ubiquitous Asha Bhosle and producers/songwriters like Kalyanji Ananji and R. D. Burman. Most of the tracks are culled from Bollywood sound tracks from the 70s and early 80s. Enormously popular, often wild and packed with action and romance, these films put the intense music of star composers like Burman and Kalyanji & Anandji at the forefront. The strange, psychedelic sounds possess their own cultural mish-mash of flavors -- combining traditional Indian instrumentation and melodies with film music's intensity, and incorporating styles from American/Western music from about 5 years or so behind the trend. All this to say -- expect funk, psychedelic rock, disco and proto-electro to jump out from the grooves of Sitar Beat Volume 2 and hit you harder than a mouth full of spicy masala. This is soul from the Sub-continent at its best!"