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Music Appreciation

ornotna

(11,566 posts)

8. Very cool

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Fri Jan 31, 2020, 10:46 PM

Jan 2020

A little more on Rupa.

After her album Disco Jazz sold a handful of copies in 1982, Rupa Sen Biswas faded into anonymity. All that was left was her first name on the album cover, on which she is pictured in a red dress, beaming and holding a cordless mic.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jun/21/from-bengal-to-boogie-rupa-biswas-indias-rediscovered-disco-diva

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How a Long-Lost Indian Disco Record Won Over Crate Diggers and Cracked the YouTube Algorithm [View all] MrScorpio Jan 2020 OP

Link... MrScorpio Jan 2020 #1

I'm going to down load it, I think it's world music and a good sound. Like an Indian Brazil 66. marble falls Jan 2020 #2

Meh. Too minimalist for me. (And I've test listened some deliberately minimalist music.) eppur_se_muova Jan 2020 #3

cool AllaN01Bear Jan 2020 #4

What a find. alfredo Jan 2020 #5

I've been listening to a lot of Indian jazz and funk since yesterday and I just wanted to ... marble falls Jan 2020 #6

Good music, and a beautiful lady! colorado_ufo Jan 2020 #7

Very cool ornotna Jan 2020 #8