AUTUMNAL REFLECTIONS

Dubroom Online, Edition November 2 2009

"AUTUMNAL REFLECTIONS" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 2 2009 - As the leaves are turning into all kinds of colors before they fall off the trees in this season of autumn, I'm slowly shaking off the stress of the fact that these last two years I've been really busy traveling up and down to another continent as a part of some really crucial developments in my personal life.

I notice just how much energy everything took, and I notice how grateful I can be that I have been through this.

Why?

Nobody does a thing for two years, especially not when it is so enervating that it includes having to deal with situations like being questioned for three hours at airports just for being a dread, even a dread "from Amsterdam", for nothing.

I didn't either...

So yes, I thank Jah that I can again focus on the Dubroom Studio, basically living and working, but this time I have a much stronger foundation than I ever had before.

One Love, Give Thanks,
Messian Dread (Dubroom Webmaster)

The above column is the personal opinnion of the Webmaster and does not neccesarily reflect the contents of the Dubroom Website and/or Message Boards and/or Weblogs.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:

ABBASSI ALL-STARS & JUNIOR KIGWA - JAH BEFORE US (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, November 2 2009 - Majestic horns, lyrical niceness, an original rhythm with nuff Nyabinghy vibes: hear the voice of the Rastaman chanting truth and right on the music by the German/UK based Reggae collective.

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NUCLEUS ROOTS - NUCLEUS INNA YA AREA (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, October 2009 - The UK based Roots and DUB collective needs no introduction to those who know their better UK DUB and Roots, but there are a lot of people who still have to be familiarized to Nucleus Roots. This upfull track will certainly do the job, certainly after the wheeeeeeeeeeel in the third minute!

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COURTNEY MELODY (DUBROOM ARTIST PAGE)

WWW, November 2009 - He was one of the first to sing a hit into the then brand new studio of King Tubby's during the 1980's. Courtney Melody has been releasing quite a number of crucial tunes afterwards, stepped back for a while and returned in October 2007 with a smashing new album, digitally released in October 2009.

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AN OLD HABIT

Dubroom Online, Edition November 1 2009

"AN OLD HABIT" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 1 2009 - Those of you who read my columns, know that I've been traveling up and down to another continent for the last two years. Just recently, I was thankful to close that period as taking airplanes is not really one of my favorite occupations.

I hadn't really scheduled this, because at the moment this all started I was also engaged in building the Dubroom Studio. There's material here which will enable us to record live play by artists, one of which is a crucial electronic drum kit, a Roland drums from the V-series.

This kit triggered me to take up on an old habit which is to play drums. I hadn't played drums for years, kinda stopped doing it in the early 1990's, but for some reason I'm driven to take the drum sticks again and beat the rust out of my body.

One Love, Give Thanks,
Messian Dread (Dubroom Webmaster)

The above column is the personal opinnion of the Webmaster and does not neccesarily reflect the contents of the Dubroom Website and/or Message Boards and/or Weblogs.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:

EDI FITZROY - HOLD THE VIBES (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, November 1 2009 - With the right echo's on the right place, a solid bassline that many will recognize, crucial lyrics sung in Edi Fitzroy's very own individual style, Holding the Vibes won't be too hard.

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NUCLEUS ROOTS - LIFE (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, October 2009 - Lot's of phasers on this upfull Steppers rhythm by the UK based Roots and Dub collective. That is, together with a positive message and some strategically placed echo's, meditative background vocals and more.

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DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEWS FOR NOVEMBER 2009 (DUBROOM IN-SITE 24)

WWW, November 2009 - Last August 17, the Dubroom started with a brand new daily series of MP3 reviews, all coming with a free and legal direct download link on the review page.

Here's the schedule for the month of November, 2009.

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BUJU BANTON (DUBROOM ARTIST PAGE)

WWW, November 2009 - Buju Banton is a very popular Dancehall Artist. After a few years chatting about lighter subjects, he turned to consciousness and began to educate his audience on Rastafari and called for an end to the violence in Jamaica and elsewhere.

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BIG UP TO AURALUX!

Dubroom Online, Edition October 31 2009

"BIG UP TO AURALUX!" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, October 31 2009 - Today, Dubroom Online features three MP3 tracks and one of them is made available by the label at the Dubroom's special request. For which we obviously give thanks!

We're talking about "Dub Ovation", mixed by a then very young Scientist and taken from the Auralux re-release "World at War", an album literally filled with more-than-crucial DUB material.

Labels like Auralux are not afraid to share a couple of tunes in order to make people familiar with their excellent releases. It's a more than friendly way to promote music and this more than friendly way should be answered positively, for example in the form of a purchase.

Scientist's "World at War", for example.

One Love, Give Thanks,
Messian Dread (Dubroom Webmaster)

The above column is the personal opinnion of the Webmaster and does not neccesarily reflect the contents of the Dubroom Website and/or Message Boards and/or Weblogs.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:

SCIENTIST - DUB OVATI0N (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, October 2009 - Horns, militant drums, cutting edge guitars: Scientist is really dubbing up this riddim, made known by Yabby You and others. At the time this recording was done, Scientist was not only one Originator of Dub, he was a very young teenager as well!

Taken from the quality Auralux release "World at War", Dub Ovations is made available by the label at the Dubroom's special request. Please buy the album and get yourself some of the most classic Dub vibes imaginable.

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RANKING DREAD - LOTS OF LOVING (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, October 31 2009 - As he rides over Dennis Brown's "Sitting and Watching" (released on Taxi), Ranking Dread is surely in the better days of his life as he chants and sings about the thing that many DJ's love to chant about.

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NUCLEUS ROOTS - MARCUS (DISCOMIX) (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, October 2009 - Dub Vibes galore in this extended track which is based on the Reggae classic "Poor Marcus": that is, together with some crucial singing and chanting, a nice horns theme and some very interesting works on the drum and bass.

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UK DUB AND (NUCLEUS) ROOTS

Dubroom Online, Edition October 29 2009

"UK DUB AND (NUCLEUS) ROOTS" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, October 29 2009 - Jah Willing, Dubroom Online will keep featuring an MP3 review of the UK based Roots and Dub collective Nucleus Roots until November 6. Then, a total of 12 tracks will have been reviewed and featured in Dubroom Online.

It's a remarkable collective, Nucleus Roots. They deserve much more attention than they currently get.

One time, they sound a bit like Aswad or Steel Pulse, the another time it's deep UK Roots in the style of the Reggae Regulars and Pablo Gad, where at other times works of the Dub engineers like the Mad Professors are approached at an interesting proximity.

Check them out, visit their website, buy their albums!

One Love, Give Thanks,
Messian Dread (Dubroom Webmaster)

The above column is the personal opinnion of the Webmaster and does not neccesarily reflect the contents of the Dubroom Website and/or Message Boards and/or Weblogs.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:

MIKEY DREAD AND THE ROOTS RADICS - DEMO DUB (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, October 29 2009 - When Mikey Dread is in DUB Session with the Roots Radics producing a Demo, this cannot be done in a minute or two. In fact, DEMO DUB lasts over five and a half minutes in which we're being shown all the corners of the effect chamber.

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NUCLEUS ROOTS - STILL HERE (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, October 2009 - More music from the début album by this UK based Roots collective: Still Here will appeal to those that love their Reggae Music with lots of chord changes, melodies and horns. The combination of singing and chanting is crucial, where various solo's complete what can definitely be described as a fine piece of work!

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NITTY GRITTY (DUBROOM ARTIST PAGE)

WWW, October 2009 - He had his first hit in 1985 on Jammy's label with "Hog Ina Minty", a classic Jamaican Folk song which he sang inna dancehall style. Before getting killed in New York in 1991, Natty Gritty scored many hits and released a couple of albums.

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THIS IS THE DUBROOM (3)

Dubroom Online, Edition October 28 2009

"THIS IS THE DUBROOM (3)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, October 28 2009 - The Dubroom is definitely not a business or a religious mission or something like that. The Dubroom is a labour of a love. A love for (DUB) Reggae and Consciousness, shared by countless others.

Almost everything on this website is offered free of charge, sections of the Dubroom like the MP3 portal serve both listeners and label in this Musical Culture called Reggae, a Culture rather than a business because to promote (DUB) Reggae is, in the end, to promote the sufferers who originated the music and dominate it until this very day.

Anyway, I needed to share a little bit, these last days, about just what drove me to start the Dubroom and keep maintaining it throughout these last 12 years and -Jah willing- years to come.

One Love, Give Thanks,
Messian Dread (Dubroom Webmaster)

The above column is the personal opinnion of the Webmaster and does not neccesarily reflect the contents of the Dubroom Website and/or Message Boards and/or Weblogs.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:

BITTY MC LEAN - THE REAL THING (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, October 28 2009 - It was his first release on Sly and Robbie's Taxi Label and was received very well: Bitty Mc Lean's "The Real Thing" has every element you'd expect from the Riddim Twins, their band, and their studio.

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NUCLEUS ROOTS - FOOL'S PARADISE (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, October 2009 - In a One Drop Style, Nucleus Roots describes living inna Babylon. Living in a fool's paradise, that is. The track is upfull, musically joyful, definitely will want you to do some easy skanking.

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ROD TAYLOR (DUBROOM ARTIST PAGE)

WWW, October 2009 - Together with Barry Brown he was a member of a group called "The Aliens". That was, before he started to voice and record for Ossie Hibbert. Rod Taylor also worked alongside singers like Prince Alla and producers like Mikey Dread and Prince Fari.

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THIS IS THE DUBROOM (2)

Dubroom Online, Edition October 27 2009

"THIS IS THE DUBROOM (2)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, October 27 2009 - Love for (DUB) Reggae and Consciousness is what made me start the Dubroom in 1997. It's still this love that keeps me doing what I do, so it's not so far stretched to call the Dubroom a labour of love.

Reggae Music has taught me a lot throughout life. Bible quotes, insightful lyrics, musical vibrations that enter where no other music can touch my heart and soul, et cetera.

Unlike some folks, it is simply impossible for me to separate the music from the lyrics and therefore I do take the lyrics very serious.

This is why the Dubroom has several research projects wherein, if you will, footnotes are added to many Reggae lyrics. Research projects which are not always appreciloved by everybody.

One Love, Give Thanks,
Messian Dread (Dubroom Webmaster)

The above column is the personal opinnion of the Webmaster and does not neccesarily reflect the contents of the Dubroom Website and/or Message Boards and/or Weblogs.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:

POWER STEPPERS - BASS EXPLORATION (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, October 27 2009 - Almost eight minutes of pure UK DUB and ROOTS Niceness. Eight minutes in which the Power Steppers work it out according to the finest ways of the UK DUB Tradition: long echo's, a mixture of programmed and played material, and a deeeeeeeeeep bass sound for which you definitely want to have your subwoofer connected!

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NUCLEUS ROOTS - ONE GOOD NIGHT (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, October 2009 - "Don't Be Afraid To Stand Up For What's Right", are the first lines of this upfull, joyous Roots Reggae tune by the UK based collective. It's also the first track of their début album: Nucleus Roots know their Roots fe true!

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GEORGE NOOKS (DUBROOM ARTIST PAGE)

WWW, October 2009 - When acclaimed Reggae Toaster Prince Mohammed decided to stop toasting and start singing, versatile vocalist George Nooks again became acclaimed and this time as a singer of several styles of Reggae.

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THIS IS THE DUBROOM (1)

Dubroom Online, Edition October 26 2009

"THIS IS THE DUBROOM (1)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, October 26 2009 - Greetings! I hope you don't mind that Jah Willing, the next days I'll use my column to explain a little bit just why the Dubroom is the site that it is.

The reason for that is that I've seen some rather confusing speculations, basically giving the idea that the Dubroom's aim is to make money or at least to increase traffic at any cost.

However, neither money nor traffic drives me to maintain the Dubroom. What drives me is love, love for (DUB) Reggae Music and love for the consciousness that people can get when they listen to Reggae Music with an open heart and mind.

Even though there are many things outright wrong in Reggaeland, and even though it's possible to have endless debates as to what exactly is Consciousness, I do love (DUB) Reggae and Consciousness and that made me start the Dubroom in 1997.

One Love, Give Thanks,
Messian Dread (Dubroom Webmaster)

The above column is the personal opinnion of the Webmaster and does not neccesarily reflect the contents of the Dubroom Website and/or Message Boards and/or Weblogs.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:

TYRONE TAYLOR - JAH JAH I AM CALLING YOU (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, October 26 2009 - In Reggae Music, it is common to make variations on a musical theme. This tune is in that tradition: the music is straight on Roots Rockers, Tyrone Taylor sings a song of prayer, and the theme? Ah, well, you'll hear it.

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JUNIOR DELGADO -BEAUTIFUL WOMEN (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, October 2009 - Lovers get ready for another joyful tune to celebrate some righteous loving as Junior Delgado lifts up the sistren in this track full of Ireness...

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BEENIE MAN (DUBROOM ARTIST PAGE)

WWW, October 2009 - Born in Kingston's Waterhouse District, Anthony Moses Davis grew up with Reggae and Sound Systems. After successfully voicing for several of them, Beenie Man went on to become an established name in Dancehall business.

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