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Saturday, July 11, 2015 Favoriting
Remembering Charanjit Singh, Bollywood Synth Guru and Unlikely Acid Jazz Pioneer

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Charanjit Singh was a Bollywood-veteran keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist, not a dance club DJ. But he has been called an “acid jazz pioneer” for his early 80s electronic transformation of Indian classical music, the LP Synthesizing - Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat.

Sadly, Singh passed away this past Sunday. On this week's show we'll hear an interview recorded last summer with Charanjit Singh and Dutch DJ and Producer Thee J Johanz, Singh's collaborator on recent live performances. And we'll enjoy highlights from their July 27th, 2014 Lincoln Center Out of Doors performance.

This Week's Playlist:

(* = new)

Snowgoose: Crawl Out Your Window Favoriting / Harmony Springs (0:00:00 Pop-up)

Anna & Elizabeth: Ida Red Favoriting / Anna & Elizabeth / * (0:09:03 Pop-up)
GIG: The Living Room, 134 Metropolitan Ave, 8 pm.

Big Blood: Indang Pariaman (orig by Samsimar from Sumatra) Favoriting / Strange Maine (0:12:25 Pop-up)
GIG: Saturday July 25th, 8:30 pm at WFMU's Monty Hall, 43 Montgomery St. Jersey City NJ w/ Human Adult Band, Picastro. Note - this and many other Big Blood albums are available free from WFMU's Free Music Archive.

Gnawa Diffusion: Lala Mira Legnawia Favoriting (0:21:31 Pop-up)
GIGs: w/ Innove Gnawa at Littlefield, DeGraw St. in Brooklyn this WED and free at Lincoln Center Rubinstein Atrium, Broadway and 63rd St. this THURS

Inti-Illimani: Lo Que Mas Quiero Favoriting / Grandes Exitos (0:24:30 Pop-up)
GIG: Thursday July 22, free concert outdoors at Lincoln Harbor, Weekhawken NJ waterfront, 7 pm.

Charanjit Singh: Manje Re Favoriting / Various Artists: Bollywood Steel Guitar / Subliem Frequencies (0:32:40 Pop-up)
Instrumental cover version of a song originally in the 1973 Bollywood film Bandhe Haath

Kalyanji Virji Shah (of Kalyanji Anandji): Been Favoriting / Nagin (0:38:47 Pop-up)
Features the clavioline

Charanjit Singh: Koi Ladki Koi Ladka Favoriting / Instrumental Film Tunes / Odeon (0:41:52 Pop-up)
Instrumental cover version of a song originally in the 1972 Bollywood comedy Seeta Aur Geeta - features the clavioline

Asha Bhosle: Dum Maro Dum Favoriting / Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971 Bollywood Soundtrack) / Odeon (0:50:38 Pop-up)

Charanjit Singh with Thee j Johanz: Recorded live at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, Sunday July 27, 2014 Favoriting (1:03:27 Pop-up)

Charanjit Singh with Thee j Johanz: Raga Bupali - Recorded live at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, Sunday July 27, 2014 Favoriting (1:20:26 Pop-up)
A couple of times during this raga you hear Charanjit drop in a little vocal excerpt from the song "Sayonara" (from the film Love in Tokyo, 1966) - you also hear him quote it instrumentally in the next raga.

Charanjit Singh with Thee j Johanz: Raga Yaman - Recorded live at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, Sunday July 27, 2014 Favoriting (1:34:39 Pop-up)

Charanjit Singh with Thee j Johanz: Raga Kalavati - Recorded live at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, Sunday July 27, 2014 Favoriting (1:50:38 Pop-up)

Charanjit Singh with Thee j Johanz: Raga Bairagi - Recorded live at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, Sunday July 27, 2014 Favoriting (2:02:44 Pop-up)

Bomba Estéreo: Solo Tu Favoriting / Amanecer / Sony Music Latin / * (2:14:25 Pop-up)
GIG: Highline Ballroom, w/ Mitú, 431 W 16th St, Fri July 24, 7 pm.

Systema Solar: El Boton del Pantalon Favoriting / La Revancha del Burro (2:18:42 Pop-up)

Khaleba: Marary Fo (Heartbroken) Favoriting / Various Artists: Feedback Madagascar / ARC Music (2:24:25 Pop-up)

Las Alegres Ambulancias: La Cosita Favoriting / Chimakongo / Om Producciones (2:28:30 Pop-up)

Los Gaiteros De San Jacinto: Josefa Matia Favoriting / Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto (2:35:54 Pop-up)
GIG: July 11 (Sat) The Wick, 260 Meserole St., Brooklyn: Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto + El Caribefunk + Que Bajo feat Uproot Andy & Geko Jones. Late show: 11 pm. PLUS - Loa Gaiteros play Terraza 7, 40-19 Gleane St., Elmhurst, Queens, Thursday (July 16) at 8 pm.

Meridian Brothers: El Festival Vallenato Favoriting / Salvadora Robot (2:38:37 Pop-up)

Titi Robin and Mehdi Nassouli: Flamenhijaz Favoriting (2:44:26 Pop-up)

Vieux Farka Touré: Allah Wawi Favoriting / Mon Pays (2:53:17 Pop-up)
GIG: Thurs @ Prospect Park Banshell, Celebrate Brooklyn w/ Tamikrest

Tamikrest: Tarhamanine Assinegh Favoriting / Toumastin (2:56:04 Pop-up)
Same as above



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Listener comments!

Avatar 6:36pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Hullo Rob! I will be unfashionably 1st to say the program's always both an adventure & a familiar comfort & it is appreciated.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:38pm Rob W:

Thanks RR, good evening everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:53pm listener james from westwood:

WFMU classic right here!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:54pm northguineahills:

Flash and Gary did great tributes to Charanjit Singh this week on the GTDS stream.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:15pm Philthy woman:

Lovin this!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:15pm Philthy woman:

Theramin!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:20pm Ike:

Wiiiiiiiild!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm northguineahills:

I'm in awe, and I've never heard of him until last year, either through you or Jesse from GTDS.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm dave:

Cool stuff!
  8:01pm Jill G.:

Amazing! I love this show.
  8:35pm JakeGould:

Hey! @Ike: Went to that Jersey City St. Anthony’s fest. The food wasn’t bad, the potato pancakes and pierogi tasted no better/no worse than the same stuff you can get elsewhere. So hey.
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