FROM THE WEBMASTER DIARY

Dubroom Online, Edition November 5 2009

"FROM THE WEBMASTER DIARY" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 5 2009 - These last months, it's all about crucial free and legal MP3's in the Dubroom. Not just the Dubroom Online MP3 Reviews, but also MP3 specials wherein the works of a specific artist is highlighted every day for a certain period, just like Nucleus Roots in this time.

Pretty soon, I will have to make the decision as to whether the Dubroom Online MP3 Reviews will continue after January 1st or not. That doesn't mean there won't be no more reviews, though, as there's just too much which is yet unreviewed by the Dubroom.

I'm definitely, Jah Willing of course, going to have a Mikey Dread MP3 special very soon, preferably this month.

Gotta buy more coffee beans...

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 - FANFARE (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, November 5 2009 - Four minutes and thirty-seven seconds of UK DUB niceness, this fanfare is something you don't want to close your windows for when you hear the sounds in the street. Just nice, just dubwise, seen?

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NUCLEUS ROOTS - MANKIND DUB (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, October 2009 - Mankind Dub brings back the vibe of the 1970's/1980's when bands like Reggae Regulars and singers like Pablo Gad released some very heartical music. The tune is contemporary, still, or is it the fact that Dub in itself is timeless? You decide!

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NADINE SUTHERLAND (DUBROOM ARTIST PAGE)

WWW, November 2009 - When Bob Marley personally signed her to his Tuff Gong label, Nadine Sutherland was on her way to become the veteran Dancehall Diva that she is today (2009). She will proof to be able to make even the hearts of those that are not necessarily into Dancehall beat faster.

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LE DUB, MONSIEUR!

Dubroom Online, Edition November 4 2009

"LE DUB, MONSIEUR!" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 4 2009 - During my web browsing sessions, where I'm looking for music to review for the Dubroom, lately I am especially interested in the French Dub bands and Net Labels that surfaced during these last years.

There are so many bands, producers and labels that it is really fair to speak about a French DUB Movement, so interesting that it approaches a fine second place on the Global DUB Map, where the UK stood at a lonely heights until the Internet gave rise to other movements like the Online (DUB) Reggae Artists.

Take No More Babylon, a French band which backs up Jamaican singers during their tours in France. This band needs more recognition than it currently gets, globally.

After all, it's all about Le Dub, Monsieur!

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:

NO MORE BABYLON - CHILDREN ARE DYING (DISCOMIX) (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, November 4 2009 - The French based Roots and DUB Collective No More Babylon comes again with a massive Discomix full of crucial musical vibes, lyrical truths and skillful Dub mixing, everything on a Cool and Dreadly One Drop rhythm.

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NUCLEUS ROOTS - FARI PEOPLE (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, October 2009 - Cool and Dreadly, Fari People is a massive One Drop tune hailing up the Movement of Rastafari. Excellent production, full of majestic elements and reasonings to make us meditate once again about that Natural Mystic in Reggae Music.

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GLEN WASHINGTON (DUBROOM ARTIST PAGE)

WWW, November 2009 - His début "Rockers No Crackers" on Errol T's label in 1978 brought him a hit and subsequent period of silence that lasted for decades. He moved to the US, from where he re-launched his career as skilled singer on mainly US based Contemporary Roots and Dancehall releases.

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US DUB?

Dubroom Online, Edition November 3 2009

"US DUB?" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 3 2009 - Listen to "Scratch to Win" by Ticklah, it's featured in today's edition of Dubroom Online. The Dub is crucial, the music is too, and the fact that Ticklah comes from the US says a thing there.

While in America, I witnessed how different the musical styles and preferences are when it comes to Reggae Music. I witnessed how Dub is still to rise up in ways that the style has already achieved in Europe, especially the UK although France is a good second.

However, with engineers like Ticklah and the Canadian based Dubmatix, I do foresee the possibility that in an overseeable future, Dub could very well claim it's place in the North American continent.

Will there ever be such a thing as a clear, distinctive style of Dub like UK DUB? A US DUB, if you will?

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:

TICKLAH - SCRATCH TO WIN (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, November 3 2009 - Crucial mixing on some very crucial musical playing, as this Steppers Rhythm is being transformed from Ire Instrumental into an excursion into DUB Outer space. Crucial horns, strategic mixing which shows Ticklah's expertise in the DUB Discipline!

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NUCLEUS ROOTS - FEEL THE GROOVE (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, October 2009 - Most definitely, Feel The Groove does exactly what the title suggests: joyous and Irie vibrations in a One Drop style with nuff rolls on the Timbales on a groovy bassline and plenty Dub mixing. Nuff Niceness!

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DETERMINE (DUBROOM ARTIST PAGE)

WWW, November 2009 - Rohan Alexander Bennet (born 1972) is one of the lesser known, but definitely not unknown, Reggae Dancehall vocalists who took over the Dancehalls in the early 1990's as part of what some call the "Rasta Renaissance". Together with artists like Tony Rebel, Sizzla and others, Determine brought back Jah Rastafari in the Dance and keeps the flame burning until now.

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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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