Visionary Underground is a technology driven, audio-visual collective from London that was formed in 2001 by DJ Feel Free and VJ Coco. Their music is characterized by a mix of UK hip hop, ragga, soul, dub, and Asian genres.
History In the spirit of Visionary Underground's founding nature, the label VU Recordings was created by the group to overcome a lack of opportunity for the group in the music industry.
Before the release of "Keep The Grime On", VU Recordings released four 12" vinyl singles and one CD/vinyl single.
Militant 24-7 from the Keep The Grime On album was chosen as the TV title music for BBC 2 Asian arts and culture program: Desi DNA, while a selection of VU tracks has also seen their way onto a variety of compilation albums including FabricLive15 and Peace Not War - Volume Two.
Nov 2006 saw the release of Dr Das's solo debut album "Emergency Basslines" under the VU Recordings Label.
In an interview for SOAS Radio in 2017, Coco Das stated that nowadays they prefer to describe themselves as an audio-visual collective and instead a drum and bass/breakbeat band. In the same interview, Coco Das discussed their history and track production notes.COCO DAS (VISIONARY UNDERGROUND) - Pioneers of British Asian Music 5 - SOASradio on MixCloud
Lineup Founders FeelFree (DJ/Producer) Coco Das (VJ/Visual Artist) Damion Mulrain (Vocalist/Lyricist) Duane Flames (Rap/Lyricist) Featured Artists Dr Das (founder member and formerly of Asian Dub Foundation) (live bass) Bobby "sox" Demers (live jungle/breakbeat drummer) Yap (Pink Punk) Asian Dub Foundation ft Sinéad O'Connor Nitin Sawhney Aref Durvesh (tabla maestro) Chandru (bollywoodstrings.com) Pandit Dinesh (tabla and percussion guru) MC Navigator (of Freestylers fame) Sonia Mehta (Indian vocalist)
Discography Released Albums Singles2002Urban Dubz/ Urban Uproar2002Feeling Good/ Ride2003Demo Copy2004Countries at War2005Eye Of The Storm2005Keep The Grime On2008Fired Up2009Get The Beers In
References
External links Visionary Underground Official Site Visionary Underground's Myspace To hear all 11 tracks from FIRED UP Jurg's ADF Discography and Related News Visionary Underground's Discography Visionary Underground's MusicBrainz Page Visionary Underground's Sonichits Page FabricLive15 Track List Peace Not War - Volume Two Track List Emergency Basslines VU Recordings