Fun'Da'Mental

Track Listing: The Last Gospel - 4 Man Tune Mix Pollution Taggai Soul The Last Gospel - Drive Time Mix

Promo released 4/01. Official release set for 9th July 2001. Tracks 1,2 & 4 written by Qureshi, Rizwan and Muazzam. Track 3 written by Qureshi featuring Zamo Mbhuto. 'The Last Gospel' is a combining of tradition and technology; the junction where the organic meets the dynamic; where the majestic gospel of the deep south resides alongside spiritual Sufi Qawwals and Zulu choirs. The next evolutionary leap for 'eclectic' fusion.

Fun-Da-Mental main man Aki Nawaz spent the last year travelling from his neighbourhood of Lahore, Pakistan (famous for being the place where music journalists lose their mind) to the sun-soaked surroundings of South Africa and back to the grey drizzle of the UK, to call upon the energy and intensity of a host of awesome talent: the uplifting vocal glory of brothers Rizwan and Muazzam, the prodigal nephews of the late Qawwali maestro Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan; ardent violin virtuoso Riaz Hussain, and the soul-attacking roar of Johannesburg's Zamo Mhbuto.

The record buttin refused to be paused - vocal chords stretch over colossal terrains of dub-bass enormity, furious 'Desi' percussion erupts over sampled snatches of rage, opposing cultures weave inside each other - it shouldn't work but it does.

This is only a small taste of the big second couse meal that is to come - the album 'There Shall be Love' featuring all the above and further aural collisions.

Press Release.

Thanks to Nation Records for this promo release.

Track Listing: The Last Gospel Fire Water Sunday School Pollution Wandering Soul Spy-cat More Than a Hundred Times There Shall be Love! Taggai Soul All-Seeing Heart Human Waves

Released 10/01 on Nation Records.

Track Listing: The Last Gospel - Pressure Drop Bam Boom Mix Edit Taggai Soul - Temple of Sound Jubilee Mix Fire Water - Swami BhangraDotCom Remix Fire Water - Moody Boyz Remix The Last Gospel - Juttla Remix The Last Gospel - Pressure Drop Eclectro Mix Taggai Soul - Temple of Sound Afro Brazilia Remix The Last Gospel - Pressure Drop Beatbox Mix The Last Gospel - Live Version

Promo release 3/03 on Nation Records. Release date: April 14th 2003. Note that track 9 is listed on the sleeve as The Last Gospel - Album Version, whilst quite clearly this track is a live rendition.

We've known for a while that the organisation known as Fun-Da-Mental have been concealing highly dangerous remixes of highlights from their "There shall be love" album. It's understood they've been funding various groups to aid them in constructing this pre-emptive strike for over a year now but evidence so far has been sparse. In September last year, a four-track 12" was uncovered but, after inspecting the Baghdad branch of Record & Tape Exchange, German DJ Hans Blix has been unable to find any evidence of this.

Despite Their constant requests for more time, we have refuse to drop pressure. Therefore, in compliance with UN chemical beat inspectors, Fun-Da-Mental have finally agreed to reveal their "Voices Of Mass Destruction" on April 14th 2003.

It's widely believed that Aki Nawaz and co. received musical training from controversial British and American groups as far back as the late 1970s and have used this knowledge to create audio-terrorism, global beat-thievery and lethal political debate throughout the '90s. Their previous assault on the senses was titled "There shall be love", an epic collaboration of lyrical collisions featuring a variety of musical cohorts encountered on the group's travels. Extensive probing has revealed continued involvement with Pakistan and South Africa, in particular the Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali organisation and choir leader Zamo mbuto.

Press Release.

Many thanks to Nation Records for this promo.

Other Info:

For further information on Fun'Da'Mental see their official web site, or the Nation Records web site, or contact Rich at Nation Records : Phone: 0207 7928167 / Fax: 0207 7922854 / email: rich@nationrecords.co.uk