ARTIST: Asian Dub Foundation
TITLE: Rafi's Revenge
LABEL: LondonRecords
TYPE: Album
GENRE: Electronic
SOURCE: CD (LP)
BITRATE: 188 kbps avg/44100 Hz
ENCODER: LAME v3.97 -V2 --vbr-new
SIZE: 80.68 MB
PLAYTIME: 57:05
RELEASE DATE: 1998-11-03
RIP DATE: See your pre db.
Track List
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1. Naxalite 4:42
2. Buzzin 4:29
3. Black White 3:34
4. Assassin 4:01
5. Hypocrite 4:00
6. Charge 3:37
7. Free Satpal Ram 3:44
8. Dub Mentality 4:27
9. Culture Move 4:30
10. Operation Eagle Lie 3:21
11. Change 3:08
12. Tribute To John Stevens 5:14
13. Raf1 3:29
14. Digital Underclass 4:49
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Total Playtime: 57:05
Release Notes:
Asian Dub Foundation formed in 1993 as an outgrowth of the documentary Identical
Beat, a film shot at London's Farringdon Community Music House, the site of a
series of summer workshops designed to teach Asian children the essentials of
music technology. In charge of the workshops were tutor Aniruddha Das and youth
worker John Pandit, also a noted DJ; with one of their students, a 15-year-old
Bengali rapper named Deedar Zaman, they soon formed a sound system that they
called the Asian Dub Foundation. After each adopted an alias -- bassist/tabla
player Das became Dr. Das, Pandit became Pandit G, and Zaman became Master D
-- they gradually evolved into a working band with the 1994 addition of former
Higher Intelligence Agency guitarist Steve Chandra Savale, an innovative
performer known for tuning his strings to one note like a sitar, turning up the
distortion unit, and playing his instrument with a knife, earning him the
nickname "Chandrasonic." Emerging in the midst of considerable anti-Asian
violence throughout Britain, the Foundation's early demos landed them a contract
with Nation Records, and they recorded their debut EP, Conscious, in 1994.
Channeling influences ranging from punk to ambient music to Bengali folk songs,
Asian Dub Foundation quickly gained a strong fan base not only among clubgoers
but also among the anti-fascist movement, who applauded the group's vocal stand
against racism. After earning a reputation as standout live performers, the
Foundation -- who now included dancer Bubble-E and second DJ Sun-J -- won
widespread acclaim for the 1995 single "Rebel Warrior." Their first full-length
effort, Facts and Fictions, followed later that same year, and in 1998 Asian Dub
Foundation returned with Rafi's Revenge. Community Music appeared in mid-2000,
followed later that year by another full-length, R.A.F.I. Subsequent Asian Dub
Foundation albums have included Enemy of the Enemy (2003) and Tank (2005).