Charanjit Singh: A Beginner's Guide | Songlines
Thursday, June 11, 2026

Charanjit Singh: A Beginner's Guide

A Bollywood session man who spent the 70s smuggling synths into film scores until he put ragas to a disco beat in 1982 and imagined the future of club music. Anita Bhadani traces a journey from Mumbai to Berlin

Charanjit Singh 01 Photo Courtesy Of Singh Family (1)

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