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Asian Dub Foundation + Support act
30th Anniversary Tour
Asian Dub Foundation’s music is a genre in itself. Their unique fusion of jungle rhythms, dub bass lines, wild guitars drawing on their South Asian roots and militant rap has established them as one of the world’s finest live bands. Over the course of their long and productive career, Asian Dub Foundation have shared the stage with Rage Against The Machine, the Beastie Boys and Primal Scream, as well as collaborating on record with Radiohead, Sinead O ‘Connor, Iggy Pop and Chuck D.
The story begins in the early 90s, when ADF formed from a music workshop in East London at the institution that has remained their spiritual home ever since, Community Music. These early beginnings shaped both their sound and their wider educational aspirations, as evidenced by their first contacts with Roma youth in Budapest, their encounter with legendary Afro Reggae in the favelas of Rio, and the creation of their own educational organization ADF Education (ADFED), not to mention their campaigns on behalf of victims of miscarriage of justice. Building a solid stage reputation in the mid-90s, particularly in France, they eventually established themselves worldwide, and in particular as an explosive alternative to the Britpop obsession in the UK.
