V/A - The NID Tapes: Electronic Music from India 1969-1972 (Vinyle neuf/New LP)
V/A - The NID Tapes: Electronic Music from India 1969-1972 (Vinyle neuf/New LP)
- 2024, UK
- 2xLP
- Neuf/New
- The State51 Conspiracy
The NID Tapes’ presents a collection of early Indian electronic music uncovered at the archives of the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad. Recorded between 1969-1972 the compilation chronicles electronic works from the previously unknown Indian composers Gita Sarabhai, I.S. Mathur, Atul Desai, S.C. Shama and Jinraj Joshipura who worked at the nation’s first electronic music studio founded at the NID during the utopian years following India’s independence - a radical period of visionary experimentation and artistic freethought.