| Title |
The NID Tapes: Electronic Music From India 1969-1972 |
| Artist |
Various |
| Format |
2xLP (side 4 etched) |
| Barcode |
CONNACOL 001LP |
| Genre & Label |
The state51 Conspiracy - Experimental Electronic |
| No. Of Discs |
2 |
| Track list |
- SC Sharma - "After The War"
- Atul Desai - "Compositions"
- SC Sharma - "Dance Music I"
- Gita Sarabhai - "Gitaben's Composition I"
- David Tudor - "Tape Feedback With Moog"
- Jinraj Joshipura - "Space Liner 2001 I"
- SC Sharma - "Electronic Sounds Created On
- Moog I"
- SC Sharma - "Dance Music II"
- IS Mathur - "My Birds"
- IS Mathur - "Moogsical Forms"
- Gita Sarabhai - "Gitaben's Composition II"
- IS Mathur - "Once I Played A Tanpura"
- SC Sharma - "Electronic Sounds Created On
- Moog II"
- Atul Desai - "Recordings For Osaka Expo 70"
- SC Sharma - "Wind & Bubbles"
- SC Sharma - "Dance Music III"
- Jinraj Joshipura - "Space Liner 2001 II"
- IS Mathur - "Shadows Of The Snow"
- IS Mathur - "Soundtrack Of Shadow Play"
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The NID Tapes is a collection of early Indian electronic music uncovered at the archives of the National Institute of Design (NID) in Ahmedabad, India. The compilation includes works by Gita Sarabhai, I.S. Mathur, Atul Desai, S.C. Shama and Jinraj Joshipura, who worked at India's first electronic music studio founded at the NID in 1969, with support from the New York composer David Tudor. A throwback to the early days of analog composition, the compilation escapes the usual tendency towards Eurocentrism in championing this field, and showcases the collective's experiments with Moog synthesizer, tape collage, vocal techniques and field recordings - creating a unique fusion of Western and Indian avant-garde traditions.
