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Asian Dub Foundation. Anglo-Pakistani collective presenting their fourth album, "Tank".
Sonic chaos of postmodern ethnic crossover.
The deep African roots of reggae, dub, and traditional Indian instruments, the rebellious American and British black underground, rap, and drum'n'bass.
All of this in a socialist punk dimension akin to Clash and Rage Against The Machine.
A frenetic album with soft atmospheres and frightening and sudden rhythm changes, the voices overlap between frantic talking and female singing.
An extremely engaging and powerful first listen.
Afterward, the album might prove a bit inconsistent: the first two tracks are wonderful, Powerlines irresistible, Who Runs This Place? immense and bewildering, Warring Dhol enticing and electronic.
Even Tomorrow Begins Today has some interesting moments.
But the closing Melody 7 is truly a masterpiece of expansive ambient and dub (it's also recorded at the Teatro Piccolo Arsenale in Venice).
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Flyover (04:17)
Flyover Flyover Step on the gas kick down the accelerator Flyover flyover
Don't wanna get banged up don't wanna get Captured
Mr. Transmetropolitan get out of my way
There ain't enough hours in my day
The city's on fire in the pouring rain
Steam is rising faster than a runaway train
In the battle on the streets you fight computers And Receipts
In a bloody turf war between Prada Gucci
A killer behind the wheel who ain't never going home
Skidding and sliding outside the transit zone
Flyover Flyover step on the gas kick down the accelerator
Flyover Flyover Don't wanna get banged up don't wanna get captured
Flyover Flyover step on the gas kick down the accelerator
Flyover Flyover Dont wanna get banged up don't wanna get captured
Speedin through the invisible 20 percent
Watch the race between the guilty and the Innocent
Rubbing shoulders with the superclass engines
Burnin up the hoorahs in South Kensington
Choking up london firing smoke into the air
Some days you'd rather be anywhere but here
Choking up london firing smoke into the air
Some days you'd rather be anywhere but here
Flyover Flyover step on the gas kick down the accelerator
Flyover Flyover Don't wanna get banged up don't wanna get captured
The City is blind but it will not slow down
The drive to destruction is the heaviest sound
but switch to the underground and it's another story
as the sound surrounds you with positive energy
as the bass line pumps with creativity
you know this is the place to be You know it's always been the place to be
You know it's always been the place to be you know this is the place to be
Tell em tell em London city
Flyover Flyover Step on the gas kick down the accelerator Flyover Flyover
Don't wanna get banged up don't wanna get captured
Don't wanna be down in the tube station at the stroke of midnight
You only wanna go where there's plenty of light
Don't ask for directions man they tell ya the wrong way
You know there's never time
You know there's never enough hours in the day
The City is blind but it will not slow down The drive to destruction is the heaviest sound
05 Oil (04:33)
How did we get to this lord?
How did we get to this?
How did we get to this lord?
How did we get to this?
How did we get to this lord?
How did we get to this?
How did we get to this lord?
How did we get to this?
(We want your oil)
(We want your oil)
The villages are mined the contract's been signed
we'll tell you one more time
(We want your oil)
Supply no longer guranteed we demand security
Running out of Texas tea
(We want your oil)
Children of the CIA we want somewhere new to play
Better get right out the way
(We want your oil)
Civilisation birth nerve centre of the earth
Welcome to our new turf
(We want your oil)
How did we get to this lord?
How did we get to this?
How did we get to this lord?
How did we get to this ?
Smart bomb with more brains than the President
Blipping and bleeping as they target residents
Of market squares and hospital wards King rat is safe in the wings of the hawk
While King rat is safe in the wings of the hawk
Watch me now
Beat seeking missile gonna blast yer mind out
Bomb for peace I'm gonna burn your eyes out
I'm covering my ears don't wanna receive it
I'm trembling in fear say me can't belive it
Inspector defector arms dealer revealer
Document leaker over here Mr.Speaker
A spin refugee like Mohammed Ali
Me say no Iraqi ever called me Paki
How did we get to this lord?
How did we get to this?
A secret never to be told always to be sold
Digging out the Black gold
(We want your oil)
Petro junkies must be fed Going Barefoot in the head
It's S.U.V's with warheads (We want your oil)
Tearing up formalities there is no neutrality
Welcome to reality (We want your oil)
Ignore treates line by line Litte countries fall behind
The lunatics will lead the blind (We want your oil)
The lunatics will the blind
How did we get to this load?
How did we get to this?
How did we get to this load?
How did we get to this?
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