From
Asian Underground
To Asian Massive
Week 10, Lecture 2
Asian Dub Foundation (ADF)
DUB:
A form of music that evolved out of Raggae in the 1960s
Emphasizing Drum and Bass Frequencies
Remixing of prerecorded sound as a mode of artistic expression
ADF: hybrid of dub bass, electronica, punk guitar and Indian classical elements
No separation between musical form and political message
Community Music
Start in 1993
ADF ED (Educational Group)
Collaboration between
Teachers and Students
Break down hierarchies
Minorities, Working-Class,
Disabled
Coexistence of Different Forms
of Music=Coexistence of Different
Races
Main Themes of Songs:
Problems of
Racism
Fascism
Empire
Globalization
We were livid and angry with
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
a system for transmitting information
to electronic musical instruments
Warrior:
One who is engaged in or
experienced in battle/war
Kazi Nazrul Islam
Poet, Revolutionary
National Poet of
Ami Bidrohi (1920s poem)
ADF & The Queen
Pandit G awarded Master of British Empire (MBE)
For serving the nation through music
He rejects the MBE
"When I
think of the
Talvin Singh
Family from
Born and raised in
Trained in Indian classical music
Tabla, break-dancing, punk music
Founded club called Anokha
Space for Asian Punk and Drum
and Bass music
Responsible for
Asian Underground
Why call it Underground?
An avant-garde movement or publication
Hidden, concealed, clandestine
Mercury Music Prize 1999
(Asian Overground)
"With me being from Asian
origin I am a minority and this
is celebrating the struggle of
our forefathers.
"The industry needs to accept music that's a bit colourful. I am not a minority anymore, I am a majority. This is celebrating that."
Outcaste Records:
The aim was to promote and endorse British-Asian underground music.
Swaraj: Future Beat Science
CLUB KALI
The worlds biggest Asian based LGBT Club
(LGBT=Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender)
...ecclectisism is the basis of
my mixes, I don΄t like to play
for audiences that want to hear
one type of music or the same
tempo all night.
DJ Ritu
Asian Massive
From Underground to Massive
(From Counterpublic to Public?)
(From British Asian to Global?)
(From
Massive:
--Mass Audience
--Large or imposing, as in quantity, scope, degree, intensity, or scale
--Qualities of Indian Classical Music
MIDIval (Not Medieval)
Musical Instrument
Digital Interface
Pundit:
-A Brahman scholar or learned man
-Used as a
title of respect for a learned man in