Asian Dub Foundation (ADF) is an English electronic music band that combines musical styles including rapcore, dub, dancehall, ragga, and South Asian music. The group also includes traditional rock instruments such as electric bass and guitar, which acknowledges a punk rock influence. Their music is known for its dub-inspired basslines, guitar parts inspired by the traditional Indian instrument the sitar, and fast rapping.
ADF was formed in summer 1993 from an education workshop run by Aniruddha Das (bass, programming) and assisted by John Pandit (mixing), which was attended by rapper Deeder Zaman. This early line-up released the sound-system based Conscious EP in late 1993 on Nation Records. Guitarist/programmer Steve Chandra Savale was invited to join in early 1994 and ADF became more of a band format. Sanjay Tailor joined the band as live midi/programmer and DJ soon after. This completed the full live line-up of the band and their debut album "Facts and Fictions" was released in late 1995, following the single "Rebel Warrior".
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Links to Peel[]
Perhaps surprisingly, Asian Dub Foundation never did a session for Peel, despite the band sharing musical and other elements with similarly cross-cultural Fun-Da-Mental, who also recorded for Nation Records and did three (other session artists on the label included Transglobal Underground and Loop Guru). The widely acclaimed outfit also failed to trouble the Festive Fifty, the annual poll voted by Peel show listeners.
Nevertheless, ADF were played relatively regularly by Peel from 1998, the year of their second album, “Rafi’s Revenge”, until “Enemy Of The Enemy” (2003), recorded with UK dub producer and Peel favourite Adrian Sherwood. On 28 March 2000, the DJ played "Riddim I Like", the band's collaboration with session artist Benjamin Zephaniah, from the "Community Music" album.
Festive Fifty Entries[]
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Sessions[]
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Other Shows Played[]
Asian Dub Foundation -- Rivers of Dub
- 1995
- 23 December 1995: Rivers Of Dub (v/a album - Beats By Dope Demand!!!) Kickin
- 1997
- 16 February 1997: Dub Teacher (v/a 2xLP - Militant Science) Botchit & Scarper (as ADF Sound System)
- 10 July 1997: Free Satpal Ram' (single) Damaged Goods
- 10 September 1997: Tribute (12") Sub Rosa
- 1998
- April 1998 (FSK): Buzzin' (CD Single) FFRR
- 15 April 1998: Buzzin' (EP) FFRR
- 21 April 1998: Digital Underclass (EP - (Buzzin') FFRR
- 28 April 1998: Digital Underclass (CD Single – Buzzin’ ) FFRR
- 29 April 1998: Culture Move (CD - Rafi's Revenge ) FFRR
- 07 May 1998: Change (album - Rafi's Revenge) London
- 13 May 1998: Culture Move (album - Rafi's Revenge) London
- 2000
- 10 February 2000: Real Great Britain (CDS) FFRR
- 16 February 2000: The Real Great Britain (Single) FFRR
- 17 February 2000: Return Of Django (London)
- 24 February 2000 (Radio Eins): Real Great Britain
- 09 March 2000: Real Great Britain (CDS) FFRR
- 15 March 2000: Colour Line (LP - Community Music) Ffrr
- 23 March 2000: Collective Mode (LP-Community Music) FFRR
- 28 March 2000 (with Benjamin Zephaniah): Riddim I Like (CD-Community Music) FFRR
- 05 April 2000: Memory War (LP - Community Music) ffrr
- 11 April 2000: The Judgement (CD-Community Music) FFRR
Asian Dub Foundation - Cyberabad
- 2002
- November 2002 (FSK): Cyberabad (Dub) (v/a CD - Chainstore Massacre) On-U Sound
- 03 December 2002: Cyberabad (Dub) (v/a CD - Chainstore Massacre) On-U Sound
- 13 December 2002 (BBC World Service): Cyberabad (Dub) (v/a CD - Chainstore Massacre) On-U Sound
- 2003
- January 2003 (FSK): Rise To The Challenge (CD - Enemy Of The Enemy) Labels
- 08 January 2003: Rise To The Challenge (LP - Enemy Of The Enemy) White label
- 16 January 2003 (BBC World Service): Rise To The Challenge (LP - Enemy Of The Enemy) White label