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~ Asian Dub Foundation
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  • Audio CD (20 Mar 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Ffrr
  • ASIN: B00004RJJE
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 28,577 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Real Great Britain 3:13£0.69
Listen  2. Memory War 3:35£0.69
Listen  3. Officer XX 3:20£0.69
Listen  4. New Way, New Life 5:01£0.69
Listen  5. Riddim I Like 4:27£0.69
Listen  6. Collective Mode 3:50£0.69
Listen  7. Crash 5:26£0.69
Listen  8. Colour Line 4:01£0.69
Listen  9. Taa Deem 4:46£0.69
Listen10. The Judgement 4:14£0.69
Listen11. Truth Hides 8:20£0.69
Listen12. Rebel Warrior 6:23£0.69
Listen13. Committed To Life 4:44£0.69
Listen14. Scaling New Heights 8:26£0.69

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Community Music, Asian Dub Foundation's third album, wastes no time in establishing their agenda. From the opening splash of atonal guitar and bubbling analogue synths "Real Great Britain" sets out a formidable futurist manifesto. "Time to reject the 60s charade!" screams Master D over a furious breakbeat and thunderous guitar riff that digs up the rotting corpse of rock past and confronts it with the howling visage of rock future. Tracks like "Officer XX" and "Memory War" show that the group have harnessed the infectious energy that characterises their live shows and splintered it off into furious sonic bombs. In ADF's hands "Taa Deem", a "remix" of a standard by the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, becomes a Bad Brains-style romper stomp, the Pakistani singer miraculously transformed into Qawwali Johnny Rotten. But then just to confuse matters ADF throw sweeter elements into the pot with equal verve. The album swerves through the Morricone-influenced epic "The Judgement", string-suffused sing-a-long of "Collective Mode", the call of "Rebel Warrior" and the violin-tinged deep dub of "Crash"--all of which have melodic hooks that slay on first listen. --Chris Campion

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Who Says Prophetic (Political) Messages in Music Don't Come True! , 25 Jan 2009
By Matloub Husayn-Ali-Khan "Matloub" (South Yorkshire, Sheffield, UK) - See all my reviews
I bought this CD in summer of 2000 after listening to the Star Rise Remix by Nusrat Fatteh Ali Khan (NFAK) & Michael Brook and the Asian Dub Foundation's track "Ta Deem". As a community activist & Journalist/Radio presenter with the awareness of the current credit crunch & recession in mind the track 7: "Crash" "...New Crash is Coming...Boom an a gloom, Recession it a loom for de second time in ten years monies starting to get tight better tek cover...New year back on de bread line New Crash is Coming..." Listening again, these lyrics have proved too prophetic in 2008 & 2009 of the world's financial crisis (credit crunch & the looming world recession)!

Initially, track 7 was my second favourite after track 4: "Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan: New Way New Life" (which I assume was about the popular & stereotypical 1960s & 70s BBC-TV Asian programme) was positive and other tracks were not negative but seemed be make a witty political attack on the Government. Obviously, track 9: "Ta Deem" was excellent. Other outstanding tracks were track 3: "Officer XX" which reminded us of the Stephen Lawrence Enquiry and track 1: "Real Great Britain" has a dig at Tony Blair's New Labour & track 2: "Memory War" attacks government secrecy. Also, good tracks were; 6, 10, 12, & 14. However, tracks 8,5,11 & 13 were slightly less outstanding with the two 'activists' speeches.

Overall, ADF have re-invented traditional Indian/Pakistani music and put it together within the framework of hip-hop, rock reggae and dance with great results! Finally, one minus point, couple of songs were over the top with politics with less music.

This is a must buy for those who like fusion of different music contemporary and traditional.




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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars As dubby as you like, 6 Oct 2003
By Si (Port Erin, Isle of Man United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
After ordering this CD on the off chance that it should be good (since having listened to Rafi's revenge and thinking it was a beauty) i was throughouly hyped up. This album, like the others, is a perfect blend of indian styler samples, large jungle beats, heavy dub basslines and good MCing. The political edge it takes is inspiring and witty making you fully respect the band. I can't say how much i enjoied this album was when i first listened to it. The amazing composition of the tracks makes you wonder why and how there is so much bad pop and puts you in search of other quality music. Although not much like normal d and b , fans of it who are open minded and apreciate a good bass line will be lovin it. Best tracks include officer xx, the crash and judgement.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A wicked album that sounds better everytime you listen to it, 30 Dec 2002
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I first saw the ADF at Glastonbury 2000 and was completely blown away by them, so had really high hopes when I bought this album, and I wasn't dissapointed.
The combination of traditional Indian riffs with drum n' bass and some massive beats sounds absolutely excellent and makes the album a really exciting, energetic and uplifting listen. 'Ta Deem', 'Collective Mode' and 'Rebel Warrior' are my favourites, but they're all brilliant - if you buy one album this year make it this one, you won't regret it!
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