Asian Dub Foundation - Community Music

Label: FFRR
Catalog#: 8573 82042-2
Format: CD
Country: UK
Released: 2000
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Dub, Drum n Bass, Jungle

1 Real Great Britain (3:13)
2 Memory War (3:35)
3 Officer XX (3:20)
4 New Way, New Life (5:01)
5 Riddim I Like (4:27)
6 Collective Mode (3:50)
7 Crash (5:24)
8 Colour Line (4:01)
9 Taa Deem (4:46)
10 The Judgement (4:14)
11 Truth Hides (8:20)
12 Rebel Warrior (6:23)
13 Committed To Life (4:44)
14 Scaling New Heights (8:24)

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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....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...As much musically innovative as they are politically active, Asian Dub Foundation's sound is a melting pot of jungly breakbeats, dub and dancehall flavors, and snaky guitar lines that morph from rock riffs into Indian sitars and back again, every element of which manages to stand out in the mix as often as it complements the others. Where Zack de la Rocha hisses and screams, Deedar sports a mush-mouthed dancehall phrasing that sounds at once laid-back and urgent; Chandrasonic is as adept a guitar technician as Tom Morello, deploying riffs that sear and snake or disappearing into clouds of delay noise. And instead of bleak teeth-gnashing and finger-pointing at The Man, Asian Dub Foundation sport a particularly positivist, unity-building vibe that in the hands of lesser artists would become peace-and-love sappiness or multicultural-studies didacticism, but the band makes sure to keep the edges rough while still making protest seem like celebration...Asian Dub Foundation maintains the delicate balance between raising consciousness and shaking booty; the message never gets preachy, and the music can certainly stand well on its own, as it does on the instrumental coda "Scaling New Heights." Community Music is incredibly ambitious, and amazingly, it delivers everything it promises. It's a revolution, and you can dance to it.