The state51 Conspiracy

Transparent with Gold Smoke vinyl. Signed A4 sheet music booklet. Folded A2 Wishbone film poster. Limited pressing of 300.

“At the foundations of this strange sound world is a brimming passion for record collecting, an openness to all sounds and an unbound capacity for invention.”

The NID Tapes’ presents a collection of early Indian electronic music uncovered at the archives of the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad.

This tour-de-force of turntablism, proto-hip-hop, polyrhythms, and b-boy electro, sprung from the disruptive & fertile mind of punk architect Malcolm McLaren.