Indian Talking Machine

From 2012 to 2013, Robert Millis worked as a senior research fellow for the Fulbright program in India, studying the Indian music recording industry. The earliest recordings in this country were made as far back as 1902. This was one of the first non-Western outposts of the recording industry. In December 2015, Sublime Frequencies published a book by Millis, which included two discs of music from his collection of Indian shellac records released between 1903 and 1949. The album features virtuosic instrumental solos and vocal pieces, folk music, and recordings of theatrical performances. The digitization of the records was done by Jonathan Ward (Excavated Shellac), and the mastering was done by Michael Graves (Analog Africa, Dust-to-Digital, Hank Williams Garden Spot Recordings).

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