An Indian sub-genre of rock that focuses on the blending of Indian styles of music with western music, in this case, rock. As mentioned before, the term of non-Indian bands using Indian instrumentals and vocal in rock is raga rock, however, Indian fusion also encompasses attempts by Indian pop musicians and film composers to incorporate rock music into their work, starting in the 70s with film scores like those of the Amitabh Bachchan classics.

The Brown Indian Band features accomplished Indian classical musicians in concert with jazz virtuosos. Indian classical music can be compared to jazz as both are forms of improvised music. Indian classical music is linear and uses just one scale (raga) to improvise within a composition whereas jazz has a much broader palette for improvisation where multiple scales can be used to improvise through harmonic changes. Indian classical music however, has some of the world's most complex rhythm structures and subtle quarter tones that add an exciting new dimension to jazz. The Brown Indian Band uses the best of both forms of improvisation to create India's contribution to world music.

There are also other new Indian bands coming up with a wonderful blend of Indian & Western music, incorporating different styles like Rock, Jazz, Folk etc. and fusing them with Indian Classical & other forms of Indian music, to create an Experimental style of FUSION Music. Some of these bands are Mrigya (Delhi), Indian Ocean (Delhi), KASP (Mumbai), Advaita (Bangalore) etc.

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