Raga rock is a term used to describe rock and roll records with heavy South Asian influence, either in construction, timbre or use of instrumentation, such as sitar and tabla. More recently it has been adopted by scholars describing British rock and roll from the 1960s and 1970s that utilizes South Asian musical materials and instruments and Western ideas of South Asia.

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  • Raga rock is a term used to describe rock and roll records with heavy South Asian influence, either in construction, timbre or use of instrumentation, such as sitar and tabla. More recently it has been adopted by scholars describing British rock and roll from the 1960s and 1970s that utilizes South Asian musical materials and instruments and Western ideas of South Asia. The term as commonly used does not refer to a specific genre of music, but rather as a general descriptor for any sort of rock with heavy, audible debts to Indian classic music. Since Indian influences extend in particular through much 1960s rock, the term is most frequently used to refer to certain sounds from that decade, although heavily Indian-derived sounds are found in some post-1960s rock. Ragas are specific melodic modes used in classical music of South Asia. Thus, any rock songs with obvious Indian influences may be deemed "raga-rock" although the term is frequently used to refer to much more explicitly Indian musical outings. The advent of raga rock is often traced to the July 1965 release of "See My Friends", a top ten single for The Kinks in the UK, although The Yardbirds' "Heart Full of Soul", released the previous month, featured a sitar-like riff by guitarist Jeff Beck. The Beatles' "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)", Love You To and "Within You Without You" popularized the genre. In the 1970s guitarist John McLaughlin and his Mahavishnu Orchestra introduced a virtuoso version of raga rock, playing to packed houses and releasing instrumental albums that entered the main Billboard charts. McLaughlin has since played with Indian musicians in the instrumental groups Shakti and Remember Shakti. In the 1990s the British rock group Kula Shaker had a multiplatinum album entitled simply K, which featured Top Ten raga rock hits including "Tattva" and "Govinda", both of which included Sanskrit lyrics. Kula Shaker reformed in 2005 after a hiatus of some years, and have since been touring in Britain, Europe and Japan, introducing new material including the raga rock "Song of Love/Narayana".
  • Raga Rock war vor allem zwischen 1965 und 1970 eine populäre Strömung in der Rockmusik, die rhythmische und melodische Elemente sowie traditionelle Instrumente der indischen Musik zu adaptieren versuchte. Vielfach beschränkten sich diese Versuche auf die klangliche Exotik der Instrumente und auf einfache, naive Nachahmungen der klassischen indischen Musik. Die kulturellen Unterschiede zwischen den europäisch-afroamerikanischen Musiziertechniken und denen der indischen Musik waren vermutlich zu gravierend und daher nur schwer zu vereinen. Vertreter dieser Strömung waren in den 1960er Jahren vermehrt in den Charts vertreten und der Raga Rock erlebte mit der britischen Band Kula Shaker Mitte der 1990er Jahre eine kurzweilige Renaissance. Es begann im Juli 1965 mit der Veröffentlichung der Single See My Friends von der Gruppe The Kinks. Ein Zwischenstop in Mumbai, während einer Reise nach Australien und Neuseeland im Januar 1965, inspirierte Ray Davies, den Sänger und Komponisten der Kinks zu diesem Stück. Die Beatles (Norwegian Wood, 1965; Within You Without You, 1967) unternahmen ebenfalls Versuche dieser Art. Begeistert von Ravi Shankars Sitarmusik reiste George Harrison 1966 für sechs Wochen nach Indien, um bei Shankar persönlich das Sitarspiel zu lernen. Auch die Gruppen Yardbirds, Jefferson Airplane und John McLaughlins Mahavishnu Orchestra sowie Bluesmusiker Paul Butterfield (East West, 1966) verwendeten Elemente des Raga Rock. Ebenso werden die Byrds und die Incredible String Band mit dem Begriff in Verbindung gebracht.
  • Raga Rock - Genere musicale in voga per qualche tempo negli anni '60 che coniugava le sonorità orientali prodotte dal sitar (simulate spesso con una chitarra elettrificata a sei o a dodici corde) con quelle tipicamente rock. A lanciare questo tipo di musica - particolarmente suggestivo - fu, secondo i critici dell'epoca, il complesso californiano dei Byrds che su tale sonorità basò quasi completamente gli album Fifth Dimension del 1966 e Notorious Byrd Brothers del 1968. La prima composizione pop in assoluto ad utilizzare lo strumento indiano è stata, però, Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), dei Beatles, inserita nell'album Rubber Soul, pubblicato il 3 dicembre del 1965. Altri esempi di raga rock sono ravvisabili in alcuni brani dei Beatles quali Rain e Paperback Writer ed anche in molte canzoni dell'album Revolver del 1966, nel quale venne usato in maniera massiccia appunto il sitar.
  • Raga rock gatunek rocka w którym wprowadzono orientalne rytmy i instrumenty. Narodził się w Wielkiej Brytanii na fali fascynacji kulturą Indii w latach 70. i 80.
  • Raga rock — термин, появившийся во второй половине 60-х годов и призванный обобщить первые результаты экспериментального синтеза рок-музыки и индийской музыкальной культуры. Впоследствии он стал использоваться и в отношении индийских исполнителей, использующих в своем творчестве элементы современной западной музыки. Возникновение термина в 60-х годах было связано, прежде всего, со стремительным ростом популярности на Западе индийских исполнителей — таких, как Рави Шанкар и Али Акбар Хан (Ali Akbar Khan) Первыми известными поп- и рок-группами, использовавшими индийские влияния в своем творчестве, были The Beatles и Traffic, а также The Kinks, The Yardbirds и The Rolling Stones. Для раннего рага-рока были характерны ритмическая цикличность, специфические звуковые орнаменты (gamaka), использование экзотических музыкальных рисунков и аранжировок, а также продолжительные импровизации, рассчитанные на достижение гипнотического эффекта. Впоследствии влияние рага-рока проникло в творчество фолк-групп (Quintessance, Fit & Limo, Flute & Voice) и исполнителей прогрессивного рока. Ключевыми пластинками жанра ресурс Prog Archives называет «Natural Elements» (Shakti & John McLaughlin, 1977), «Magic Carpet» и «Crawling To Lhasa» (Сalacakra, 1972). К началу 90-х годов ХХ века термин утратил специфичность и сейчас используется в самом широком смысле — по отношению к любым разновидностям рок- и поп-музыки, содержащей в себе элементы, мотивы, аранжировки, так или иначе связанные с южноазиатскими музыкальными традициями.
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  • Raga rock is a term used to describe rock and roll records with heavy South Asian influence, either in construction, timbre or use of instrumentation, such as sitar and tabla. More recently it has been adopted by scholars describing British rock and roll from the 1960s and 1970s that utilizes South Asian musical materials and instruments and Western ideas of South Asia.
  • Raga Rock war vor allem zwischen 1965 und 1970 eine populäre Strömung in der Rockmusik, die rhythmische und melodische Elemente sowie traditionelle Instrumente der indischen Musik zu adaptieren versuchte. Vielfach beschränkten sich diese Versuche auf die klangliche Exotik der Instrumente und auf einfache, naive Nachahmungen der klassischen indischen Musik.
  • Raga Rock - Genere musicale in voga per qualche tempo negli anni '60 che coniugava le sonorità orientali prodotte dal sitar (simulate spesso con una chitarra elettrificata a sei o a dodici corde) con quelle tipicamente rock. A lanciare questo tipo di musica - particolarmente suggestivo - fu, secondo i critici dell'epoca, il complesso californiano dei Byrds che su tale sonorità basò quasi completamente gli album Fifth Dimension del 1966 e Notorious Byrd Brothers del 1968.
  • Raga rock gatunek rocka w którym wprowadzono orientalne rytmy i instrumenty. Narodził się w Wielkiej Brytanii na fali fascynacji kulturą Indii w latach 70. i 80.
  • Raga rock — термин, появившийся во второй половине 60-х годов и призванный обобщить первые результаты экспериментального синтеза рок-музыки и индийской музыкальной культуры.
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