“ From Asian Underground To Asian Massive” Week 10, Lecture 2
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“From Asian Underground
To Asian Massive”
Week 10, Lecture 2
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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
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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
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Main Themes of Songs:
Problems of… • Racism• Fascism• Empire• Globalization
“We were livid and angry with Britain…and it is represented on the sonics on that album and how we played live.” (Dr. Das.)
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Free Satpal Ram
• “Engaging in debate”
• “This is how you can be engaged and have an impact. What we do has a value as an alternative news broadcast.” (Dr. Das)
• Miscarriages of Justice in Britain (BBC)
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“MIDI Warriors”• 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 Bangladesh• Ami Bidrohi (1920s poem)• Rebel Warrior
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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 British Empire,
exploitation and colonialism spring to mind. The issue is particularly significant now because we are seeing a new form of imperialism…”
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Talvin Singh
• Family from Uganda• Born and raised in East London• 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”
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Why call it “Underground”?
• An avant-garde movement or publication
• Hidden, concealed, clandestine
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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."
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Outcaste RecordsEstablished: 1995(Note the spelling of outcaste)
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Outcaste Records:“The aim was to promote and endorse British-Asian
underground music.”
Swaraj: Future Beat Science
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CLUB KALI“The world’s 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
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Asian Massive• From Underground to Massive• (From Counterpublic to Public?)• (From British Asian to Global?)• (From Britain to NYCDelhi?)
• Massive:--Mass Audience--Large or imposing, as in quantity, scope, degree,
intensity, or scale--Qualities of Indian Classical Music
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Karsh Kale
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MIDIval Punditz
• 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 India.