专辑简介

With ADF's accomplishment of producing one of the 1990s best albums with "Rafi's Revenge", their follow-up "Community Music" was sure to be under the microscope of critics and fans alike. In ADF's typical underdog-determination fashion, they more than struck back. How? By changing the game of course. Instead of producing "Rafi's Double Revenge" they pushed their musical boundaries even further than before. Sounds and textures that one would never associate with ADF abound throughout this album, but instead of standing out, they blend in to provide even greater depth and insight into ADF's global vision both musically and lyrically. "New Way, New Life" bigs up England's "local" South Asian heroes that helped our first generation parents to survive and consequently give us the courage to strive and succeed. "Rebel Warrior (Ami Bidrohi)" is a re-recorded version of the classic Nazrul Islam influenced track that appeared on their debut in 1995's "Facts and Fictions". Musically it is very similar to the original, but a slightly older Deeder (he was only 15/16 when the original was recorded) spits it out with even more aggression and conviction, still ending with a sincere cry to unity between Hindus and Muslims. The late great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan graces "Taa Deem", while Assata Shakur's spoken word on "Committed to Life (Reluctant Warrior)" galvanizes ADFs commitment to the cause. The album ends with the mesmerizing and appropriately titled "Scaling New Heights" which is an instrumental as musically diverse and moving as ADF has ever ventured into. With "Community Music" ADF have triumphed in taking their vision across musical, political, and social boundaries that have rarely been crossed before.