Asian Dub Fundation - 1998 - Rafi's Revenge

Much of the really interesting music coming out of England in the late '90s is being produced by members of what has come to be called the Asian Underground -- a dancehall aristocracy of mostly South Asian DJs, producers, dub artists and instrumentalists who seem bent on completely transforming the U.K. dance-music scene into a welter of wildly various and pan-ethnic influences: bhangra, dub, ragga, funk, speed-rap and metal, even surf guitar and classical Hindustani music all get thrown into the stew, and the result is thick, spicy and delicious. On this release from Asian Dub Foundation, that vision is realized in tracks that blend Indian percussion with reggae basslines and jungle breakbeats, as on the head-banging "Buzzin," or which combine a straight one-drop reggae beat with Indian keyboard and pop vocal samples, as on "Black White." The singing is paradigmatic: vocalist Deedar sings and shouts in an accent divided in equal parts between Cockney, Indian and Jamaican. This is an exhausting but exhilarating album, and its depth and complexity of texture keep revealing new surprises with repeated listenings.

		1		Naxalite	Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor ...	4:43
Composed by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
		2		Buzzing	Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor ...	4:29
Composed by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
		3		Black White	Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor ...	3:34
Composed by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
		4		Assassin	Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor ...	4:02
Composed by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
		5		Hypocrite	Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor ...	4:00
Composed by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaiman
		6		Charge	Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor ...	3:37
Composed by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
		7		Free Satpal Ram	Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor ...	3:44
Composed by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
		8		Dub Mentality	Das, Pandit, Savale, Spacek ...	4:29
Composed by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Spacek, Tailor, Zaman
		9		Culture Move	Crawford, Das, Pandit, Savale ...	4:30
Composed by: Crawford, Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
		10		Operation Eagle Lie	Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor ...	3:21
Composed by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
		11		Change	Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor ...	3:08
Composed by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
		12		Tribute to John Stevens	Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor ...	5:14
Composed by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
		13		Raf1 [*]	Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor ...	3:29
Composed by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
		14		Digital Underclass [*]	Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor ...	4:51

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