New York City chef/author Anthony Bourdain is invited to film the research laboratory of Ferran Adria, the most controversial and imitated chef in the world—chef/owner of El Bulli, voted "World's Best" by Restaurant Magazine and the most visited by chefs on sabbatical. The lab, an ultra modern, Dr. No-like facility with sliding walls, backlit ingredients, latest equipment and a full staff of devotees is tucked away inside a vast, renaissance-era palace in the old section of Barcelona, Spain. Adria and his chefs close the El Bulli restaurant for six months out of ever year to work on new concepts. Bourdain tracks Ferran's process from lab to a once-in-a-lifetime meal at El Bulli restaurant, enjoying a high-concept, surrealist, haute cuisine meal of unparalleled creativity and striking visual appearance.
This album is dedicated to the memory of both Ariane 'Ari Up' Forster and Lincoln Valentine 'Style' Scott with whom the project started. 'Dub No Frontiers' is inspired by and features women vocalists we knew from the UK or had met while travelling around the world. Many of the singers said they felt the Dub/Reggae arena was a bit of a male preserve and a little intimidating even, so we decided to invite artistes to perform a song of their choice, all in non-English on our rhythm tracks. The idea was to then try and evolve DNF into a powerful live show and to tour with a core of vocalists, musicians and guests…