Deeder Zaman - Two Rocks

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Two Rocks from Minority Large Album 2008 by Deeder Zaman


Deeder is best known as the former lead singer of Asian Dub Foundation. His debut album Facts and Fictions (Nation Records) came out in 1995, a combination of hard ragga-jungle rhythms, bengali-dub bass lines, cutting sitar-like guitars and inspired by the articulation of rappers such as Chuck D and KRS1.

1998's album Rafi's Revenge (London Records) was greeted with great critical acclaim and received a Mercury Prize nomination as well as the BBC Asian Award for Music. Already considered one of Britain's most exciting live bands, this album helped to take the band to a wider audience.

Deeder was nine years old when he first started making music and performed his first live performance aged eleven. In 1993, aged fourteen he teamed up with DJ Pandit G and bassist Dr. Das. Guitarist Chandrasonic and Sun-J soon followed completing the line-up.

Back in 1995, to be 'Asian' was yet to be considered 'cool.' In Europe however, ADF were able to tour a great deal and develop their performance skills. Their musical and lyrical content was met with enthusiasm, particularly in France where Virgin (France) released their second album Real Areas For Investigation (R.A.F.I.) in 1997. That summer ADF toured the UK with Primal Scream, who ultimately played a role in bringing them to the forefront of the British media.

In 2002 Deeder formed Rebel Uprising, working closely with Trevor Boucaud aka Passion and Dennis Rootical, bass player of the the UK dub soundsystem Iration Steppas. In 2008 Deeder released his first album as a solo artist Minority Large

Deeder is one of the best Rappers in the world and he comes from Asian Dub Foundation where he performed great tunes.

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