As well as providing a home and creative outlet for artists via Nation Records, Nawaz also performed as rapper Propa-Gandi and has released an immense body of work as Fun-Da-Mental. Nawaz has consequently courted controversy over his political acts, lyrical content and recital of verses from the Qur'an over Fun-Da-Mental's music, as referenced in this 2015 interview with Vice's Jack Dutton.
This selection focuses on the 1990s, 12 tracks over 75 minutes, taking in Fun-Da-Mental remixes and remixed, including the collaboration with Pop Will Itself that provides today's post title. Some unsurprising inclusions here, with Transglobal Underground and Indian Ropeman, but hopefully a few unexpected remixes too, such as Hyperhead (Mary Mary's band between Gaye Bikers On Acid and Apollo 440) and especially The Jesus & Mary Chain.
Fun-Da-Mental's last album was 2018's There Shall Be Love. As the Bandcamp release info states, the music "is a soundtrack to "life lived" and "life observed". The
Political commentary, although very outspoken and nuanced, is and
remains a matter of debate."
1) "You Have Become Human Swine" (A Lesson In Love...Listen!!!! Reprise): Fun-Da-Mental (1999)
2) Ja Sha Taan (Karachi Deathcult Mix By Transglobal Underground): Fun-Da-Mental ft. Nawazish Ali Khan (1997)
3) New World Order (Extended Version): Fun-Da-Mental (1994)
4) A Lesson In Love...Listen!!!! (Wisdom Speaks) (Remix By Phluide): Fun-Da-Mental (1999)
5) Ich Bin Ein Ausländer (Fun-Da-Mental 12" Mix): Pop Will Eat Itself ft. Blacka-D, Hot-Dog & Propa-Gandi (1994)
6) Mother India (Spirit Of The Tiger) (Remix By The Moody Boyz aka Tony Thorpe): Fun-Da-Mental (1994)
7) Shri Durga (The Organic Science Mix By Fun-Da-Mental): DJ Cheb I Sabbah ft. Mala Ganguly, Shafqat Ali Khan, Ustad Salamat Ali Khan & Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan (2000)
8) Ja Sha Taan (J&MC Debate With F<D>M Version By The Jesus & Mary Chain): Fun-Da-Mental (1999)
9) This Is Fascism (Exterminate Fascism Before It Gets Your Teddy Bear By Fun-Da-Mental) (Cover of Consolidated): New Fast Automatic Daffodils (1996)
10) Teenage Mind (Fun-de-mental Midi Breakdown Dub): Hyperhead (1992)
11) Mr. Bubbleman (Album Version): Fun-Da-Mental (1994)
12) Demonised Soul (Indian Ropeman Remix By Sanjiv Sen): Fun-Da-Mental (1998)
1992: Teenage Mind EP: 10
1994: Ich Bin Ein Ausländer EP: 5
1994: Mother India EP: 6
1994: Seize The Time / Taking Liberties: 11
1994: Volume Nine: 3
1996: This Is Fascism: 9
1997: Ja Sha Taan EP: 2, 8
1998: Demonised Soul EP: 12
1999: Why America Will Go To Hell EP: 1, 4
2000: Maha Maya: Shri Durga Remixed: 7
What a great compilation Khayem!! I have followed Ali' career, as I have for the rest of the members of Southern Death Cult, over the decades. He is a firebrand, a one off, an artist who show's no fear. The Hyperhead track transported me right back to 1992! I love EVERY mix of Ja Sha-Taan! The JaMC remix is like a Larry Heard track written in the Saudi desert.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Echorich, it was one of those lovely times when the songs and sequencing flowed very naturally and I was pretty happy with the end result. I share your love for Ja Sha-Taan; it was hard enough to decide which one of the three JaMC remixes to use, and TGU's remix was a naturally opener when paired with the opening sample.
DeleteAdmittedly, I didn't hear the Hyperhead remix at the time and actually discovered it when tracking down Apollo 440 remixes some years later. As it happens, Noko pops up in Sunday's Magazine post so maybe it's time for an Apollo 400 post, too...