February 28, 2003
RE: Where Have All The Protest Singers Gone?

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... they've gone to find two turntables and a microphone. Asian Dub Foundation's Enemy of the Enemy is everything you could want in a protest album ... politically, at least. Tim Perlich writes "Enemy Of The Enemy is their furious response to the current global mayhem, with pointed attacks directed at Bush, Blair and the enemies they helped create."

Do the beats hold up? Reviews are mixed; the Adrian Sherwood mix rocks along mightily, and Radiohead's Ed O'Brien plays guitar on several tracks. Sinead O'Connor adds vocals to "1000 Mirrors", which tells the story of Tsoora Shah, accused of murdering her husband, after he had continually beaten and humiliated her for years. However, the crew is suffering from the loss of MC Deedar Zaman, and the album lacks some of the vocal consistency that previous ADF efforts show.

Posted by Darren Wershler-Henry at February 28, 2003 09:46 AM
Comments

great review from a great band. check more adf releases on http://www.nothingless.org/adf/

Posted by: jurg on March 2, 2003 12:58 PM
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