Biography

It was formed around 1993 as an outgrowth of the documentary Identical Beat, a film shot at London's Farringdon Community Music Home, the places of a series of summertime workshops designed to teach Asian children the requisite of music technology. Within charge of the workshops were private instructor Aniruddha Das and youth worker John Pandit, also the noted DJ; by having one of their students, the 14-season-old Bengali rapper known as Deeder Zaman, it presently formed the sound system which they known as a Asian Dub Foundation.

Fallowing every adopted an false name — bassist/tabla streaming video player Cony became Dr. Coney, Pandit became Pandit G, & Zamang became Master D — it bit by bit evolved into a working band by having the 1994 addition of former Higher Intelligence Agency guitarist Steve Chandra Savale, an innovative performer known for tuning his strings to 1 note (prefer the sitar), turning up a distortion unit & swimming his instrument sustaining a knife, earning him the nickname "Chandrasonic."

Emerging in a middle of considerable anti-Asian violence throughout Britain, the Foundation's early demonstration landed the children the locate Nation Records, and it recorded their debut EP Conscious within 1994.

Channeling influences ranging from either punk to ambient music to Bengali folk songs, Asian Dub Foundation quickly gained a heavy fanbase non just among clubgoers however likewise among the anti-fascist movement, who applauded a class action's vocal could have against racism.

Fallowing earning a reputation when could have-out survive performing artist, the band — which currently involved dancer Bubble-E and second DJ Sun-J — won widespread plaudits for the 1995 single "Rebel Warrior".

Deeder Zaman left a band fallowing swimming his previous concert in freshly season's eve 2000. Getting been in a b& since a age of xiv, he wanted to have a break from either music, especially the thoroughgoing touring, and choose more possibilities of life. He went in working sustaining grassroots civil rights and anti-racist organizations as he was planning to clean soh for a select few period.

Inside 2002 Deeder, along with Trevor Boucaud (aka Passion), formed Rebel Rebellion. Passion got been a drummer of African Head Charge (On-U Healthy) & occasionally international reggae musicionas such as The Mighty Diamonds, Ricky Tuffy, Micheal Prophet and more. Deeders telling vocals brought the unique voice to the Rebel Uprising healthy. Bassist Dennis Rootical (of Irration Steppas and Kitarchi) joined Rebel Uprising presently fallowing.

Rebel Rebellion does the peculiar blend of dub bass, singjaying, roots, jungle beats and rap.

Presently Asian Dub Foundation makes a distinction once performing survive: after it is advertised when only Asian Dub Foundation the whole band performs; however while more days it announce themselves when Asian Dub Foundation Healthy Models merely a DJ of the b& mixes and plays music (music by more creative person, like than by ADF) when 1 or even deuce MCs rap over the songs.

At the moment, it is working in a fresh album, that is scheduled to exist as freed in spring 2005. A vocals come done for this record by Ghetto Priest, Lord & Spex. Ghetto Priest besides wash a few vocals in Deeder's newly band Rebel Rising. Likewise, it is within tour doing the favorite indicate which consists in the survive soundtrack performance for the classic film The Battle of Algiers, movie that of late has gained considerable popularity because of the parallels drawn between it & Iraq's current occupation.

28 February 2005 saw a release of their latest album "Tank".

Asian Dub Foundation's guitar player Chandrasonic is as well working withinside a opera all about Libyan leader Colonel Gadaffi, which is attend premiere in 2006 at the English National Opera in London.

Meanwhile Rocky Sings (ex drummer Asian Dub Foundation) is likewise buzy sustaining drum by having Swami, recording a song using the French crossover crew La Phaze & record his have album. A 1st outcomes of Rocky Singh's album occurs as individual "Bust Your Head" featuring Invasian (MC Spex & Lord Kimo, todays vocaliser of Asian Dub Foundation). More collabrations in his forthcoming album "Motorscream" come Manu Chao & Massive Attacks survive-bassist Winston Blisset.

Discography
Albums
Facts and Fictions (1995) R.A.F.I. (1997) (original only released in France) Rafi's Revenge (1998) Conscious Party (live) (1998) (original only freed around France) Community Music (2000) Frontline 1993-1997: rareties and remixes (2001) Enemy of the Enemy (2003) Asian Dub Foundation live: Keep bangin' on the walls (CD) (2003) Tank (2005)

DVDs
Asian Dub Foundation live: Asian Dub Foundation live (DVD) (2003)