ag_Asian Dub Foundation so our music doesn’t have to fit into these confines. I believe, for us, the message is the medium and the medium is the message. I don’t separate the two; they are both part of the holistic whole.” So, would he ever consider writing poetry which is politically aware and speaks to a whole generation of disaffected youth? After all, some of the lyrics on Tank already work on this level, especially
on tracks such as Oil and Warring Dhol. “I haven’t written these songs with poetry in mind, but it has been suggested before. Perhaps it’s something I’ll think about. It’s not the medium that matters to me, it’s the message. But we are working on the forthcoming opera, commissioned by the English National Opera, on the life of Colonel Gadaffi. That’s the closest I’ve got to poetry. It’s a full scale theatrical production.” This ambitious project is certainly challenging but nothing ADF aren’t used to. Controversial French film La Haine inspired the group to write an accompanying soundtrack and they have also worked on a reinterpretation of the soundtrack to La