In the 21st century, Charanjit Singh gained attention for his 1982 release Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat, an album originally intended as a fusion of electronic disco music with Indian classical ragas. Singh's use of both the TR-808 drum machine and TB-303 bass synthesizer has led some music journalists to suggest that it is perhaps the earliest example of acid house music;[16] predating Phuture's seminal Chicago acid house record "Acid Tracks" (1987) by five years.[3][10] Comparisons have also been made with the work of other electronic dance musicians who were inspired by acid house such as Ceephax, Phuture 303, and Aphex Twin.[17] According to The Guardian writer Stuart Aitken, Singh's record was "far ahead" of its time.[10]
