2010, LOOKING FORWARD (1)

Dubroom Online, Edition December 23 2009

"2010, LOOKING FORWARD (1)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, December 23 2009 - After evaluating the last year, it's time to look forward. Yes, the Dubroom and my life are in the Hands of the Father, and so all my plans are no more than that, my plans...

It could very well be that Jah again has many other things for me in store than the things I work for at this moment, but whatever it is that He does, it is a zillion times better, and infinitely more than that even.

There's nothing wrong with working on things and projects, nothing wrong with laying out your plans before Jah.

But there is something wrong when these plans are to be seen as "Gospel Truth".

More Tomorrow...

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:

DUBDADDA - PICK ONE (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, December 23 2009 - UK based Dubdadda takes us into the realms of his DUB: a thunderous One Drop and deep, deep bass are the foundation, nuff crucial mixing on top of it, completed with sound effects and samples.

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MIKEY DREAD - INTERNATIONAL FIELD MARSHALL (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, December 2009 - Starting off with yet another jingle from his legendary Radio Show, the International Field Marshall brings us some crucial mixing on the Drums and other instruments in what is really an original DUB sound even today, decades after the original (limited) release was put on the market.

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EVALUATING 2009 (21)

Dubroom Online, Edition December 22 2009

"EVALUATING 2009 (21)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, December 22 2009 - All in all, 2009 was a good year for the Dubroom and for me, both as Dubroom Webmaster and as a private person.

I was able to do a lot of work on the website, even though I really needed about 3 or 4 times as much time in order to get everything right.

As I know that my life is not in my hands, but in the Hands of the Father, I look back at one year in which I can really say that I see this big time.

Sure, I have plans for the Dubroom which I hope to talk about in the next few days, but if there is one thing I have to say about it, it's this: everything is "Jah Willing", which is not a cliché for me.

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:

HOW BUJU WAS TRAPPED (BABYLON OBSERVER REPORT AND RESEARCH MATERIAL)

WWW, December 2009 - The news that Buju Banton was arrested on some crazy cocaine charges has shocked the Dancehall and Reggae community world wide, and even beyond that. In a released document which the Babylon Observer was given by the DANCEHALL.mobi website, the police claim just how everything was done.

Read and be amazed by what is obviously a set-up.

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ROLAND ALPHONSO - SKOKIAN (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, December 22 2009 - Roland Alphonse at his best as he rides a Rub a Dub riddim and blows his horn in what sounds like total improvisation style: this will surely appeal to both Reggae and Jazz lovers alike!

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MIKEY DREAD - GO-GO GIRLS (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, December 2009 - Recorded and mixed in Channel One studio's, Go-Go girls bring us DUB Niceness as the top of the top of Jamaicans musicians play an upfull riddim into the multitrack recorder and the engineer showcases the music in true Mikey Dread style.

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EVALUATING 2009 (20)

Dubroom Online, Edition December 21 2009

"EVALUATING 2009 (20)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, December 21 2009 - Next to the video reviews, our research projects were also neglected, especially in the last part of this year.

Again, a lack of time was the main reason. A lack of time which I needed for other things, long-time projects and a lot of developments in my private life.

Things are getting settled up, though. I'm taking a good rest in order to spend my days in a fruitful way, Jah Willing somewhere in the beginning of 2010.

So much things to do, so much things to say, too...

More Tomorrow...

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:

KEN BOOTHE AND NO MORE BABYLON - WHEN I FALL IN LOVE (LIVE) (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, December 21 2009 - When he thanks his audience at the end of the track, Alton Ellis just sung a perfect rendering of his classic tune which was perfectly played by his European backing Band, the French based No More Babylon.

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MIKEY DREAD - I'LL BE YOURS (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, December 2009 - Digital Niceness at it's finest, as the Dread At The Controls rides an upfull and joyful riddim accompanied by some fine guitar playing in the background. Just Cool, Just Nice, Just Ire, Seen?

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EVALUATING 2009 (19)

Dubroom Online, Edition December 20 2009

"EVALUATING 2009 (19)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, December 20 2009 - Not only did the MP3 portal get a huge clean-up, not only did the new section of the Dubroom Artist Pages come into existence, and not only did this year give birth to the Dubroom Message Boards 2.0, there's a lot of work to be done which surely will not take place before the end of this year.

Take the video reviews.

They're in the same state that mp3.dubroom.org saw itself in before the clean-up.

I simply did not have or find the time to check out every review to see if the actual video's were still online.

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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:

EARL 16 AND WEBCAM HI-FI - STARLIGHTS (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, December 20 2009 - Nuff French vibes, nuff Roots and DUB vibes: another superb production by the French based producer, this time with Jamaican singer Earl 16 at the microphone stand spreading Roots and Culture in yet another conscious lyrical work!

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MIKEY DREAD - ORIGINAL GENERAL (DISCOMIX) (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, December 2009 - The Roots Radics, Earl 16 and Mikey Dread come together in this extended Discomix. The rock 'n' roll guitar follows the bassline who in it's turn serves as foundation for an energetic Rub a Dub Reggae track, and as we're taken from the top to the very last drop, we're being treated with nuff niceness, DUBWISE included!

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EVALUATING 2009 (18)

Dubroom Online, Edition December 19 2009

"EVALUATING 2009 (18)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, December 19 2009 - The Dubroom looks back at a good year, this year. Three successful projects, that's something to be grateful about and so I give thanks.

There were also things that didn't went the way I planned them. Especially in my personal life, that is.

I even wrote an article about it called "Making Jah Laugh" in a variation on Woody Allen who once said: "You want to make Jah laugh? Tell Him about your plans".

Plans concerning the Dubroom Studio, for example, didn't go the way we planned it. Jah had other things for us to do, but we still work on getting the studio fit for recording musicians and mixing Dub old-skool style.

More Tomorrow...

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:

ALTON ELLIS - LONELY (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, December 19 2009 - In this historical recording, we know just why Alton Ellis is considered to be one of the most soulful singers that Reggae knows, which says a lot. Lonely is a typical 1980's digital dancehall riddim, from the times that the music between Rub a Dub and Dancehall was called Ragga.

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MIKEY DREAD - HOMELESS PEOPLE (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, December 2009 - In this Year-2000 release, we catch up with Mikey Dread whose own label Dread At The Control basically re-purchased his own works so that he could share it with the people of the world. Homeless People contains a heartical cry as Mikey Dread shows he can do more things with his voice than talking and toasting!

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EVALUATING 2009 (17)

Dubroom Online, Edition December 18 2009

"EVALUATING 2009 (17)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, December 18 2009 - The moving of the Dubroom Message Boards, the clean-up of the Dubroom's MP3 Portal and the introduction of the Dubroom Artist Pages are three successful projects.

We started a series called "Dubroom Online MP3 Reviews", where from August 16 until December 31 there was at least one MP3 review in our daily editions of Dubroom Online.

On top of that series, we showcased a number of artists, ones like Jah Free, Edit Fitzroy, No More Babylon, Nucleus Roots and of course Mikey Dread.

However, there were also things which didn't went as planned.

More Tomorrow...

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:

DUBDADDA - GIVE LOVE (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, December 18 2009 - Heartical and Soulfull UK DUB and Roots in one of it's purest forms: Dubdadda knows what he's doing: after all, he's been doing it for a long time. Give Love is a massive Steppers that will appeal to you when you're into UK DUB and ROOTS and why should you not be?

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MIKEY DREAD - THEME SIGNAL (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, December 2009 - The theme in Theme Signal is Rub a Dub. The theme is instrumental, with sound effects and Dub mixing to complete this piece of Rub a Dub niceness played by some of Jamaica's finest musicians.

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EVALUATING 2009 (16)

Dubroom Online, Edition December 17 2009

"EVALUATING 2009 (16)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, December 17 2009 - Where no less than 111 pages were moved to the MP3 museum, already there are about 50 new artists at mp3.dubroom.org, all recently added. In the time I write this, there are a lot to come, still, too!

Together with the introduction of the brand new section of Dubroom Artist Pages, the clean-up of the MP3 Portal was by far the biggest project of 2009, when it comes to the Dubroom.

Perhaps there is another one too.

The demise of Xsorbit, the former hosting company for the Dubroom Message Boards, and the subsequent move to Yuku, was indeed another project.

More Tomorrow...

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:

D.A.T.C. STABLE - FREEZING (EXTENDED DUB) (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, December 17 2009 - In "Freezing", we meet up with the complete posse behind Michael "Dread At The Controls" Campbell, aka Mikey Dread. Rub a Dub style, Party style, over 7 minutes of pure niceness, both instumentally and dubically!

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MIKEY DREAD - STAR CHASE (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, December 2009 - Star Chase is a fine instrumental, recorded in Jamaica during a time wherein Rub a Dub was yet to go digital with riddims like Sleng-Teng. None of that is noticeable in this upfull and Ire instrumental track with a slice of DUB from 1984.

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A WHO TRAP BUJU? (BABYLON OBSERVER REPORT)

WWW, December 2009 - The news that Buju Banton was arrested in Florida (USA) for the bizarre claim of "conspiracy to posses more than five kilo of cocaine" caused waves of responses all over Babylon. From the "Gay Rights Activists" to Idrens in the Movement of Rastafari, everybody agrees that this has to do with his musical works rather than the alleged claims.

A report.

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