This year the legendary Asian Dub Foundation celebrate 30 years of career and activism, marked by memorable concerts all over the world, 9 studio albums and a host of iconic collaborations.
As well as an anniversary tour across Europe, Asian Dub Foundation will release a compilation on September 27, celebrating 30 years of collaborations, with previously unreleased tracks, remixes and versions rearranged for the occasion. And who better to unveil the first extract from this project than the one and the only, Iggy Pop. The Stooges singer reinterprets their classic ‘No Fun’ on an arrangement by Asian Dub Foundation, with new vocals and alternate lyrics.
Recorded in Miami in 2007 and originally released on the ‘Punkara’ album the following year, this is an ADF30 anniversary version re-arranged, remixed and remastered by Bernie Gardner at Warm Puppy Studios.
As you’d expect from Iggy, there’s a trademark in-your-face immediacy about his delivery, backed with the punk-dub mix that defines the ADF sound.
Asian Dub Foundation are a genre unto themselves. Their unique combination of jungliest rhythms, dub bass lines and wild guitar overlaid by references to their South Asian roots via militant high-speed rap has established them as one of the best live bands in the world. The story began in the early 90’s when ADF formed from a music workshop in East London at the institution which is their spiritual home, Community Music. Their unique beginnings shaped both their sound and their educational aspirations, setting up their own organisation ADF Education (ADFED), plus instigating campaigns on behalf of those suffering miscarriages of justice.
Building a solid live reputation in the mid-90’s, they gained worldwide recognition sharing the stage with Rage Against The Machine, the Beastie Boys, Radiohead and Primal Scream. On record, they’ve collaborated with Radiohead, Sinead O’Connor, Iggy Pop, Adrian Sherwood, and Chuck D. In addition to their blistering live reputation ADF were one of the first bands to experiment with live film re-scores (“Cineconcerts”), beginning with their rapturously- received re-interpretation of the French classic La Haine back in 2001.
In 30 years, Asian Dub Foundation have racked up 1000’s of unforgettable shows, 9 studio albums alongside a social and educational activism that both created the group and sustains them today.
In celebration of this unique project Asian Dub Foundation will also be playing more than 60 European shows.
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