ADFED is the educational wing of Asian Dub Foundation. Launched by members of ADF in 1998, ADFED is now an independent project giving training to under-represented youth communities, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the East London region.

The organisation is aimed at giving young people who are passionate about making music, opportunities to develop their creativity and especially, for those who don’t have access to musical equipment and training. Our projects are designed specifically to represent issues relating to Asian/Black and Ethnic minority youth cultures, particularly around issues relating to young people facing socio-economic barriers; social exclusion; gender imbalance, refugee/asylum issues and more. We aim to access these groups and in turn promote opportunities to access cultural industries via festivals, productions and arts events. ADFED is linked to major partnerships, such as LYMAZ to promote it's aims and objectives.

Our work is based around two main projects:

1. Music Technology Workshops
The ADFED workshops are an introduction to music technology, composition and arrangement at entry level.

Each course of workshops runs for 10 weeks with each session lasting three hours. During this time those attending will participate in all the processes involved in composing and recording music, working with industry standard, user friendly equipment. . Students are also allocated studio time for individual practice sessions.

Course areas covered include:
* Sampling
* Rhythm programming
* Sequencing & editing
* Song structure & arrangement
* Mixing & mastering

We also encourage musicians who play acoustic instruments (Bass/lead guitar, flute, sax etc) to utilise and incorporate their skills within the works created in the sessions, as well as encourage traditional elements to be part of their work. At the end of the course, each student will have a recorded piece of music that they have created to take away with them.

2. Sound system events
At the end of each of our workshop projects, we hold events to showcase the vibrant and diverse music created by our students. These events are a valuable way of students making contacts with other musicians and having the opportunity to perform in a professional environment and in public venues.