Asian Dub Foundation

Asian Dub Foundation是支來自英國的電音團體，中文名為亞洲音效轉(zhuǎn)錄機構(gòu)樂隊。音樂中有印度音樂和Reggae的元素出現(xiàn)，這大概也是樂隊名字中“Asian”和“ Dub”的由來。這是樂隊2005年專輯。
 
Dub可說是將歌聲抽離只剩下音樂的Reggae(瑞格，也有稱之為雷鬼,一種很有節(jié)拍性 ,唱腔特別的南美黑人音樂).而將Dub運用在電子樂上,則是將部份歌聲抽離,將Bass和鼓聲加重,并且加入大量的Echo(回音)等效果.這種技術(shù)常在現(xiàn)場表演時,將歌曲重新混音(Remix)呈現(xiàn).像Massive Attack 的專輯Protection便由Mad Professor從Trip-Hop音樂混音成了Dub版本.
 
by Jason Ankeny
Asian Dub Foundation formed in 1993 as an outgrowth of the ary Identical Beat, a film shot at Londons Farringdon Community Music House, the site of a series of summer workshops designed to teach Asian children the essentials of music technology. In charge of the workshops were tutor Aniruddha Das and youth worker John Pandit, also a noted DJ; with one of their students, a 15-year-old Bengali rapper named Deedar Zaman, they soon formed a sound system which they called the Asian Dub Foundation. After each adopted an alias — bassist/tabla player Das became Dr. Das, Pandit became Pandit G, and Zaman became Master D — they gradually evolved into a working band with the 1994 addition of former Higher Intelligence Agency guitarist Steve Chandra Savale, an innovative performer known for tuning his strings to one note like a sitar, turning up the distortion unit and playing his instrument with a knife, earning him the knickname Chandrasonic. Emerging in the midst of considerable anti-Asian violence throughout Britain, the Foundations early demos landed them a contract with Nation Records, and they recorded their debut EP Conscious in 1994.
 
Channeling influences ranging from punk to ambient music to Bengali folk songs, Asian Dub Foundation quickly gained a strong fanbase not only among clubgoers but also among the anti-fascist movement, who applauded the groups vocal stand against racism. After earning a reputation as stand-out live performers, the band — which now included dancer Bubble-E and second DJ Sun-J — won widespread acclaim for the 1995 single Rebel Warrior. Their first full-length effort, Facts and Fictions, followed later that same year, and in 1998 Asian Dub Foundation returned with Rafis Revenge. Community Music appeared in mid-2000.