ABOUT THIS ITEM

Funky fuzzy psychedelic tracks from 60s and 70s India, from the label responsible for the phenomenal archive collections "Psych-Funk 101" and "Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas". Indian music has become a global musical language but its South Asian roots remain strong, diverse and local. As with WPFC’s other anthologies of this kind, "Psych Funk Sa-Re-Ga!" covers the golden years of the movement, from approximately 1970 until 1983. Much of the music on this compilation springs from the Bollywood film industry; composers such as RD Burman and the brothers known as Kalyanji Anandji, who recorded and released an inordinate amount of soundtracks. That experiments in the fusion of India’s classical traditions of Hindustani and Carnatic music, and folk strains such as bhangra and dandiya, with Western psychedelia and funk would occur at some point is only natural. Also included are off the beaten path Indian experiments in psych-funk - for example, two songs from the Simla Beat garage-psych albums, and an oft-heard Deep Purple cover by the ground-breaking Atomic Forest - and examples of the Indian psych-funk influence on European 70s musicians. Throughout the extensive liner notes, WPFC attempts to broaden the definition of global psychedelia. "Psych Funk Sa-Re-Ga!" contains 20 Indian Psych-Funk masterpieces, with deluxe 20-page booklet with detailed annotation. All these rare and previously unreleased tracks have been restored and remastered, many from the original master tapes.