Asian
Dub Foundation – More Signal More Noise (ADF Communications/Believe Recordings)
LP
/ CD / DL
10
July 2015
9
/ 10
Rock Bhangra fusionists return with their new album.
It
seems an age ago since 2011s A History Of Now, but the new album from the
mighty Asian Dub Foundation is finally here.
Originally recorded and released in Japan as 2013s The Signal And The
Noise, the album has been seriously updated and re-recorded.
The
bands unique mix of (punk) rock, Bhangra, hip-hop and dub makes them sound like
nobody else and the new album oozes power and aggression in a tour de force
that boasts the legendary Adrian Sherwood back at the production controls.
Recorded and mixed in just six days, the results are superb.
Album
opener, single Zig Zag Nation proudly announced the return of ADF, with newly
recruited flautist Nathan Lee a new angle is added to the band’s sound. Always political, always streetwise, each
track is as worthy as the last and able to stand on its own feet.
The
Signal And The Noise superbly brings a Bhangra beat to heavy guitars and fierce
vocals in a tune that is hard to stop humming, whilst Radio Bubblegum featuring
Ghetto Priest exclaims the downs of music marketing over another hard beat.
More
Signal More Noise also contains two instrumentals amongst its eleven
tracks. Each one emitting emotion and incredible
feeling. Blade Ragga is a high-powered
affair with racing drums, guitar and flute, Semira is a slower, lighter affair
with some beautiful dubs over a flute riff and pays tribute to the Nigerian
asylum-seeker Semira Adamu suffocated by police during her Belgian
deportation.
A
remake of 2005s road rage anthem Flyover from the Tank album sees the track
brought completely up-to-date with an increased trip-hop beat, and Get Lost
Bashar encompasses a chant by Ibrahim Qashoush which features throughout.
Bonus
track, Dubblegum Flute Flavour draws on Radio Bubblegum with, as you’d expect a
partially dubbed out instrumental version with the unmistakable touch of
Sherwood.
Asian
Dub Foundation are back with possibly their finest album yet. Loud, proud and jam-packed full of superbly
arranged and produced tracks which will warrant several listens each time the
album is played.
Links
Asian Dub Foundation website
Asian Dub Foundation on Twitter
Asian Dub Foundation on Facebook
Adrian Sherwood on hiapop Blog
Published on Louder Than War 5/07/15 - here
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