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Points: 23104 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 10 2012 at 13:57
Just remembered this thread!
I'm currently listening to an old Swedish psych folk album called Handgjort (Self-made), which has a fair deal of sitar incorporated.

Here is Farmer Jack off it - he's pretty slow to begin with, but once the LSD gets going, he starts swirling like a ballet-dancer on rollerskates:
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Points: 17887 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2012 at 12:08
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Ohhh boy ... here I go getting broke again with things to buy!
 
You guys are a very bad influence! Sax man
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Points: 4828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2012 at 17:20
Finnish band Aalto would be my recommendation among to the mentioned classics. Smile
Two sitar-flavoured links to their MySpace player, for songs Tulet and Tuulilabyrintit.



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Points: 12152 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2012 at 14:47
Loove Atoms suggestion by Andre Fertier's Clivage. Their 77 debut Regina Astris is equally essential.



Baba Yaga - Mokscha. The last six minutes are missing. Far out kosmiche sitar. Somehow similar to the one by Boredoms.


Ananda Shankar. 70's indian grooves (Secret Chiefs 3 covers this one live)



I have plenty more I could suggest... just need to think some. Is more jazzy stuff 'n' sitar interesting too? 

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Grovjobb - Skogsgläntan Vättarnas Fest

Possibly my favourite use of sitar by any prog act. No YouTube link unfortunately. :(
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Points: 265 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2012 at 07:43
The best sitar use in prog-related music ever:



Pentangle's "Once I Had A Sweetheart", with most beautiful lead vocals (including the haunting Bert Jansch vocals in the outro), a restrained jazzy drum backing and a trippy sitar backing absolutely unlike the contemporary



"House Carpenter" has that beautiful banjo-sitar-interplay which I had never thought to be that successful before listening to it the first time.


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Points: 17887 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 04 2012 at 22:07
Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

You can hardly improve on the real thing (classical Indian raga)!!  

When I need an electric fix of Indian flavored guitar, John McLaughlin usually fits the bill...this cat is GOD!


 
Yeah ... an album that we all should have.
 
You want to know what a "raga" and "music" is all about? ... yeah ... there it is!
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Points: 17887 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 04 2012 at 22:03
Originally posted by Kotro Kotro wrote:

 
Saturnia
 
Far out ... I finally have the list of 3 new things to get ... thanks a great bunch. This is really nice, too!


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Points: 17887 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 04 2012 at 22:01
Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

You could check out the Boredoms' "Seadrum/House of Sun" album.  Two 20-minute tracks, the first of which is a fast, rollicking instrumental with lots of piano trills and wordless vocals, and the second of which is a droning bliss-out instrumental featuring the sitar.

I love the sitar too, so I'd be interested in seeing other responses to this thread.  I have that Samsara album and enjoy it a lot, btw.

 
This is also far out ... and the only other thing I have ever heard that sounded close or similar is the 2nd cut on AD2's Wolf City album. The track with the German name, which is pure electronica that is really far out.
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Points: 17887 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 04 2012 at 21:58
Originally posted by Lima96 Lima96 wrote:

Can anyone please recommend me some psychedelic rock bands/albums/songs featuring a sitar in them?

Perhaps something like this (well, at least the introduction Tongue):

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Wow ... I enjoyed that immensely.
 
While I listening to this, it brought back memories of listening to "Yeti" for the very first time for me ... totally awesome and excellent!


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Points: 29028 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 28 2012 at 02:19
This is slightly unusual as its a neo prog band using it
 
 
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Fareed Haque just posted this rough mix from his "Flat Earth Ensemble" onto Facebook, he mixes up all sorts of guitar, oud, sitar, tablas etc. and gets a very nice sound!

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Points: 1455 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2012 at 21:28
Does Mike Keneally playing electric sitar as back-up to Steve Vai on G3 "For the Love of God" (1996) count?
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Wonderwall Music by George Harrison.  And there is another band he produced and had a hand in that is of an indian religious bent, i cant think of the name right now though.

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Points: 1281 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 24 2012 at 22:12
"Love You Too" by The Beatles.

There's also a guitar that sounds like a buzzsaw, so that's a plus.
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Among others, Magic Carpet, Oriental Sunshine, to quote some vintage ones.
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Points: 7401 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 18 2012 at 23:28
You can hardly improve on the real thing (classical Indian raga)!!  

When I need an electric fix of Indian flavored guitar, John McLaughlin usually fits the bill...this cat is GOD!
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Points: 445 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 18 2012 at 23:07
Thank you for all the suggestions!
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