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January 2009 - What happens when Indian
Sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar plays his
instruments over a Reggae drum and bass
line? Indeed: 25 years after the fact, we're
still talking about it.
The year is
1984 and in the UK, we have Adrian Sherwood
with his On-U Sound experimenting with just
about everything one can experiment with
when it comes to DUB. The producer also
worked one this one: a collaboration between
the British band DUB Syndicate and Indian
Sitar player Ravi Shankar.
Shankar is
one of the lesser known musical stars of the
1960's. It was the hippie time, when groups
like the Beatles went to India to study what
they perceived to be Hinduism. A time
wherein the sound of the sitar was well
sought after as it brought that vibration
many were looking for.
25 years
ago, the Hippies were already history. At
least, the time of "peace, love and
hippieness" had already been replaced
by the colder vibe of the 1980's.
This did
not matter to Adrian Sherwood then, as it
doesn't matter to us now. What matters is:
the Sound of Shankar's Sitar goes very well
with the Drum and Bass lines of the DUB
Syndicate band.
Enjoy!
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