Asian Dub Foundation-Rafis Revenge-1998-HiTS iNT

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: 57:05Release 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).