Ananda Shankar

Ananda Shankar's 1970 self-titled debut fuses sitar-centered Indian classical techniques with rock, funk, and psychedelic production. The record layers electric bass, organ, and drum grooves with sitar and Indian percussion, offering extended, modal arrangements and distinctive reworkings of contemporary rock songs alongside original pieces. Its exploratory, cross-cultural sound is an early example of East-meets-West fusion in a rock and experimental context.