Deeder Zaman. Co-founder and original lead vocalist of the Asian ...

Deeder Zaman. Co-founder and original lead vocalist of the Asian Dub
Foundation (ADF).
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.
ADF signed with London Records and spent most of 1998-2001 touring,
consolidating their reputation for uplifting live sets and for attracting diverse
audiences. They performed at many major festivals in the UK and the rest of
Europe as well as at Fuji Rock in Japan. A Beastie Boys support tour brought
them to the US where ADF received a warm welcome.
ADF completed their first headlining tour of the US and Canada in 1999
getting an excellent response, with the majority of dates being sold out.
Community Music was released in March 2000; this album veered away from
'jungle-punk' and focused on a more meditative approach with the addition of
strings and horns. The album was toured in Singapore, Australia, New
Zealand and Japan and received a 10/10 in the NME. At the end of 2000
Deeder made the momentous decision of leaving ADF after seven years of
working to help bring the band to international recognition.
In 2002 Deeder formed Rebel Uprising, working closely with Trevor Boucaud
aka Passion and Dennis Rootical, bass player of the the UK dub sound
system Iration Steppas. In 2008 Deeder released his first album as a solo
artist Minority Large (under the name Deeder Zaman) in Japan on the BeatInk
record label. Collaborators on the album include:
Brendan Lynch of the Lynch Mob Productions (producer of Primal Scream
and Paul Weller) Tony Penultimate of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great
Britain The Crispy Horns Section (Zion Train) Ghetto Priest, Reggae

vocalist from the On U Sound stables Dennis Rootical of Iration Steppas
Soundsystem Trevor Boucaud aka Passion, Vocalist Clotaire K, French
rapper and Oud player Louis Beckett, Dub producer, the son of famous
horns player Harry Beckett Alok Verma, Tabla and percussion player and
Dub producer Lesley Naylor
Currently Deeder is working with legendary dub soundman Adrian Sherwood,
founder of the On-U-Sound stables on finishing his second album 'Pride of the
Underdog' which is due for release on On-U-Sound Records in 2010.
Collaborators on the album include:
Rebel MC aka Congo Natty, Vocalist & Production
Skip McDonald, Guitarist and vocalist of Little Axe and Tackhead
The Crispy Horns Section (Zion Train)
Dr Das, former Bass player of the Asian Dub Foundation
Pandit G, DJ of the Asian Dub Foundation
Ghetto Priest, Reggae vocalist from the On U Sound stables
Valarie Skeete, Vocalist of Akabu
Dennis Rootical Bass player of Iration Steppas Soundsystem
Trevor Boucaud aka Passion, Vocalist
Alok Verma, Tabla and percussion player
Simon Haenggi, Keyboard player of Scrucialists
and Elaine Cheng, Dub vocalist

Albums / Releases
Asian Dub Foundation
Facts and Fictions (Nation Records 1995)
Real Areas For Investigation (R.A.F.I) (Virgin France - Labels 1997)
Conscious Party - Live album (Virgin France - Labels 1998)
R.A.F.I.'s Revenge (FFRR Records 1998)
Community Music (London Records 2000)
Time Freeze - 1995/2007 The best of Asian Dub Foundation (EMI/Virgin
France - Labels 2008
Deeder Zaman
Minority Large (BeatInk Records (Japan) / Simple Tings Records 2008)
Pride of the Underdog (On U Sound Records - out 2010)
Tours / Support Tours
Beastie Boys US Tour
Rage Against The Machine (RATM) European Tour
Primal Scream UK and European Tour
Awards
Best Band - Runners Up - 1998 Mercury music prize award
Best Band for the 1998 BBC Asian music awards
Best Young 'Brit' in the New Statesman nominated by Mark Thomas
(Investigative comedian)

Contact
Deeder Zaman
info@deederzaman.com
www.deederzaman.com
www.myspace.com/deederzaman
www.facebook.com/deeder.zaman
www.facebook.com/deeder.zaman.music
www.twitter.com/deederzaman
www.youtube.com/user/rebeluprising
www.deederzaman.wordpress.com
Management
Vinod Gadher (United Sound GmbH)
Email: For all label enquiries, bookings and press – music@unitedsound.ch
Web: www.unitedsound.ch
Address: Stationsstrasse 46, 8424 Embrach , Switzerland
Tel: +41 (0)43 444 1045
Sound & Label
Adrian Sherwood (On U Sound Records)
Email: For all label enquiries – info@onu-sound.com
Web: www.myspace.com/onusoundrecords

Photos
Couleur Café Festival’s 20 th Anniversary, Belgium Brussels Dec 2009 (High
Resolution)

2007 (High Resolution)

Neu Club, Sao Paulo Brazil Feb 2010

Tenda Electronica Festival (RecBeat) Recife Brazil Feb 2010

Asian Dub Foundation 1993-2001

Album’s Minority Large (2008) & Pride of the Underdog (out 2010)

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