Community Music Explained
Community Music is a 2000 studio album by Asian Dub Foundation. It peaked at number 20 on the UK Albums Chart. It features vocal contributions from Benjamin Zephaniah, Ambalavaner Sivanandan, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and Assata Shakur.[1]
Critical reception
Chris Grimshaw of AllMusic commented that "Community Music should be in every thinking person's collection, directly between the Clash and Public Enemy." Nick Mirov of Pitchfork wrote, "Community Music is incredibly ambitious, and amazingly, it delivers everything it promises and then some."
NME listed it as the 39th best album of 2000.[2]
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
Asian Dub Foundation
- Deedar – vocals, programming
- Chandrasonic – vocals, guitar, programming
- Dr. Das – vocals, bass guitar, programming
- Pandit G – vocals, sampler, turntables
- Sun-J – synthesizer, effects
Additional musicians
- Jim Hunt – saxophone (1, 4)
- Nichol Thomson – trombone (1, 4)
- Duncan Mackay – trumpet (1, 4)
- Paul Chivers – percussion (3)
- Catalisa – vocals (4, 11)
- Johnny Kalsi – percussion (4, 7, 10)
- Benjamin Zephaniah – vocals (5)
- Helen MacDonald – vocals (6)
- Louis Beckett – keyboards (6)
- Ambalavaner Sivanandan – vocals (8)
- Sangeeta Sharma – vocals (8)
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – vocals (9)
- Louis Beckett – guitar (10)
- Assata Shakur – vocals (13)
Notes and References
- Web site: Asian Dub Foundation: The Community of Sound. Exclaim!. Prasad. Bidaye. 1 May 2000. 16 January 2018.
- Web site: Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 2000. NME. 10 October 2016. 16 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20171213054608/http://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/2000-2-1045357. 13 December 2017.
