Alif Sound system

A cutting flow, multilingual and politically-aware lyrics surfing on a wave of jungle and breakbeat coming through hypnotic layers of sound. Roaring basses clashing with sonic scratches. A visual environment that captures the collapse of lost worlds and the chaotic advent of worlds to come. Alif Sound System's musicians and militants have now been active on the electro-rock scene for three years. The original duo comprising VDZ BREAK and MOUDJAHIDIN DU BEAT emerged from the confrontation of hip hop and free parties. Right from the start of the millenium, the pair ladled out their broken beats and reflective words to southern France's hungriest BPM-addicts, and their musical collaboration became official in 2002 when it took its current name. They were soon joined by an extra singer and a DJ. But very soon, such intense music called for a broadening, and it is more or less unexpectedly that Alif found themselves treading rock'n'roll ground when the band joined the BURNING HEADS for the 'Electro Punk Tour 2003', which gave them major stage credibility, and led to the ground-breaking Drum'n'Punk album " BHASS PROJECT: Never Trust A Punk..." (Yelen Musiques 2004). They then set off for a long tour across France, drawing an eclectic public with their varied musical influences. ALIF mutated into a full Electro-rock outfit, new recruits bringing yet more consistency to the band. A new album "Rimes Antipersonnelles" will be released in february 2007, and the band will soon hit the raod again... Band: MDB and CHIKO DAINJA: Singers VDZBREAK: Electronic music composer GRAVEBONGAZ: Scratch DJ YANN: Bass guitar FAYBE: Guitar OTCHO: Video jockey ENGUERRAN AND BERTRAND: Sound engineers Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.