Dubfounded by Ravana & Jumme Khan

The album Dubfounded, conceived and curated by Amarrass Records, brings together two relatively obscure underground artists as well as different music styles for a listening experience that is poetic, powerful and haunting in its sharp commentary on our world, delivered in the universal language of dub.

The seeds for this album were sown when we first heard Jumme Khan, a Jogi folk poet from Alwar, at a show in Rajasthan in January 2018. Khan describes himself as a Lord Shiva bhakt and a Muslim Jogi – identities he channels in his words, which are searing observations on contemporary subjects. When we thought of bringing Khan and his folk poetry to the urban music-scape, we knew that no one else but Ravana -- an accomplished artist we had worked with in the past -- could give Khan's powerful commentary another form and life.

With this in mind, we presented the artists at the Amarrass Nights@Qutab concert in Delhi in July 2018, where the two met for the first time. A recording session at the Amarrass Records terrace followed, where the poetry and conversations of Jumme Khan were recorded. With over two hours of recordings in hand, Ravana set to slicing, contextualizing and composing the six tracks featured on this album.

It is hard to pigeonhole the sound of this album, spanning genres and with influences ranging from the blues to deep dubstep and reggae, but perhaps a fitting introduction to Ravana, the Delhi-based electronic music producer, sampling agent, and composer. With over 30 albums to his credit (mostly self-released) and countless singles and mixes under his various monikers, Ravana has been at the creative edge of music and activism for over two decades. This is his first record to be released on Amarrass Records, and #15 on the label!

A powerful poetic statement in the universal language of dub.