Saturday, January 31, 2009

THE LOBBY



Dubroom Online - January 31 2009



"THE LOBBY" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, January 31 2009 - The recent inauguration of Barack Obama certainly marked a point of "change". However, that "change" has not so much to do with the politicks of the new administration as some would like to believe.

In a video reviewed for today's edition of Dubroom Online, the Babylon Observer reports on a documentary by Dutch public broadcasting company VPRO about a strong lobby in the USA that makes everyone who wants to be someone on politicks (like becoming the president of the USA) pay tribute to them.

It's a quite revealing piece of footage, when you consider how people of several sides are interviewed as they admit to the enormous strength of... the Israel Lobby.

Check it out...

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:

MAD PROFESSOR - SCHIZOPHRENIC DUB (DUBROOM ALBUM REVIEW)



Originally released in 1986 as the 6th part of the crucial Dub Me Crazy series, Schizophrenic DUB contains 12 superb DUB mixes from the hands of Neil Fraser aka the Mad Professor.

A document from a time wherein the sound of Reggae Music was dramatically changing with the introduction of more and more digital technology.

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THE ISRAEL LOBBY (BABYLON OBSERVER VIDEO REVIEW)



WWW, January 2009 - How can it be that the USA backs up Israel in just about everything this state does? The answer is partly given in the title of this Dutch documentary with English subtitles.

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MAD PROFESSOR - SCHIZOPHRENIC DUB

MAD PROFESSOR - SCHIZOPHRENIC DUB
DUBROOM ALBUM REVIEW






Originally released in 1986 as the 6th part of the crucial Dub Me Crazy series, Schizophrenic DUB contains 12 superb DUB mixes from the hands of Neil Fraser aka the Mad Professor.

A document from a time wherein the sound of Reggae Music was dramatically changing with the introduction of more and more digital technology.


Real drums and drum computer are both used in the production of the riddims on this album, part 6 of Dub Me Crazy. Analog and digital effects go very well together as well.

Short phrases between the tunes, sudden change of one riddim into the next, short clips from one tune used in another: when you think that this was all done in the mid 1980's, you can imagine some of the immense creativity of the Mad Professor.

It was also a time wherein digital technology was introduced in the Reggae studio's more and more, much to the chagrin of people who feared that all this "music-from-a-box" would take the place of creativity and inspiration.

A time wherein cokane was introduced to Jamaica and caused much more than just the music to dramatically change as Ronald Reagan's "War on Drugs" was practiced throughout the whole of South America.

In this time, the Mad Professor produced one crucial album after the other. Just like he's doing now, still, in January 2008. His DUB productions are unmatched until today, while his many releases with a whole army of vocalists complete an oeuvre which takes a predominant place in the (hi)story of Reggae Music as a whole.

Schizophrenic DUB is simply a must-have for the collector of the better UK DUB, the better DUB, the better Roots Reggae even!

THE ISRAEL LOBBY

THE ISRAEL LOBBY
BABYLON OBSERVER VIDEO REVIEW




WWW, January 2009 - How can it be that the USA backs up Israel in just about everything this state does? The answer is partly given in the title of this Dutch documentary with English subtitles.

The recent strike on Gaza by the Israeli military sent shockwaves among people world-wide. Once again, one might add. There is hardly any conflict in the world that triggers more emotion and even empathy than the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

It's a conflict where religion, politics, history and ethnicity blend together in an explosive situation. People in the street are the biggest sufferers, as those in power fuel the conflict at the cost of innocent blood, every day.

In this documentary, we try to find an answer to a significant aspect of this complicated matter: the fact that the USA seems to back up the Israeli state in just about everything it does. After all, it is because of this -as it seems- unconditional support that the state of Israel can do what it does.

The documentary was produced by Dutch public broadcasting company VPRO, and is almost completely in English. The few Dutch words spoken are subtitled in the English language.

We'll meet with Richard Perle, a well-known Neo-con and advisor of George Bush. We'll see someone who worked on the presentation that Colin Powell gave to the United Nations which caused the war in Iraq.

We also see an Amerikan evangelical pastor explaining how he has millions and millions of people under his wings who he can, and will, mobilize any time an American politician votes against Israel in some or another resolution.

We see Barack Obama, "presidential candidate", and George Bush as well as Dick Cheney as they visit an organization called AIPAC. This organization is extremely powerful. It seems like every politician who wants to be(come) something in American politics, needs the approval of AIPAC.

We see... The Israel Lobby.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH

Friday, January 30, 2009

A MAN CALLED DUB



Dubroom Online - January 30 2009



"A MAN CALLED DUB" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, January 30 2009 - Today's edition of Dubroom online is livicated to Neil Fraser, aka the Mad Professor. Specifically, we focus on his works in 2007 with a video interview and review of a crucial Dub album he did in that very same year.

He is truly more than just an example and source of inspiration for me, as he is one of the most strong powers within the musical art called DUB ever since he started back some decades ago.

One thing that makes him really one of the most interesting producers also outside the field of Reggae, is that he uses acoustic or analogue instruments like a drum and subsequently makes them sound synthetic.

Usually, it is done the other way around. But the Mad Professor does things different today, where they will all do it tomorrow.

He surely is DUB, in a way. A man called DUB.

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:

MAD PROFESSOR INTERVIEWED IN ISRAEL, 2007 (DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW)



WWW, January 2009 - He's not "just" releasing one crucial album after the other, the Mad Professor is also continually touring the world with some DUB show. In this video, we see him as he visits Tel Aviv and gives an interview to reggae.co.il

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MAD PROFESSOR - DUB YOU CRAZY IN 2007 (DUBROOM ALBUM REVIEW)



Fourteen top DUB shots from the hands of the man who was there when UK DUB started a few decades ago, and who is still there, dwelling at the top of DUB producers world-wide.

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MAD PROFESSOR INTERVIEWED IN ISRAEL (2007)

MAD PROFESSOR INTERVIEWED IN ISRAEL (2007)
DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW




WWW, January 2009 - He's not "just" releasing one crucial album after the other, the Mad Professor is also continually touring the world with some DUB show. In this video, we see him as he visits Tel Aviv and gives an interview to reggae.co.il

Where did Neil Fraser get his name "Mad Professor" from? He's explaining it in the start on the almost 5 minutes long video. It didn't come when he built his Ariwa studio...

His many travels as well as the fact he's worked with a list of artists that is just too long to mention, obviously keep teaching him a lot of things. He mentions some of them, specifically he talks about his time with Lee Perry, which dates back to the mid 1980's.

Unfortunately, there are some glitches in the sound as the microphone doesn't really seem to work as it should. However, everything is pretty well understandable and just too good to not at least watch one time, when you're into getting to know one of the best DUB Producers the music has ever known!

CLICK HERE TO WATCH

MAD PROFESSOR - DUB YOU CRAZY LIKE 2007

MAD PROFESSOR - DUB YOU CRAZY LIKE 2007
DUBROOM ALBUM REVIEW






Fourteen top DUB shots from the hands of the man who was there when UK DUB started a few decades ago, and who is still there, dwelling at the top of DUB producers world-wide.

It says a thing, especially on this album. Created in 2007, it seems to look back at the 1980's when Neil Fraser set up the Ariwa Studio's and the history that came after that.


We hear a variety of riddims and effects, some which definitely date back to the 1980's. The spring reverb, for example. Many of the riddims are of the very same style that Mad Professor made to come out of his studio during the last three decades, some with effects he used in the 1990's.

More of the enormous amount of work that came out of the Ariwa studio during these last decades can be tasted, when you consider the wide variety of different vocalists which drop in and out of the mix. All of them, and more, have been singing and chanting into the microphone throughout time.

A surprisingly refreshing, and in the same time kind of really spaced out: the unmatched quality of Mad Professor's work is shown once again and all we can do is say: crucial!

Thursday, January 29, 2009

DECADES OF DUB



Dubroom Online - January 29 2009



"DECADES OF DUB" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, January 29 2009 - Today, the Dubroom has a brand new review of a very old DUB video: 25 years old.

The video has the Sound of the Sitar in it, a reference to the 1960's: the times of the hippies and the times just before DUB came into existence when King Tubby discovered the power of the drum and bass with effects.

It made me realize once again, that we're living in times wherein we can already look back at decades of Dub.

Equally, I think we can also look forward to decades of Dub as well. The concept of a Drum and Bassline with effects and instruments dropping in and out at strategic points is by far not worked out to the fullness...

And so, whether I look into history, or into the future, I see DUB.

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:

DUB SYNDICATE WITH RAVI SHANKAR (1984) (DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW)



WWW, January 2009 - What happens when Indian Sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar plays his instruments over a Reggae drum and bass line? Indeed: 25 years after the fact, we're still talking about it.

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MAD PROFESSOR - UNDER THE SPELL OF DUB (DUBROOM ALBUM REVIEW)



Fortunately, it's not really a spell. In reality, it's a collection of 13 hard riddims from Ariwa Studio, superbly mixed by Mad Professor himself.

The fourth chapter in the Black Liberation DUB series is definitely one of the strongest chapters. It says a thing, because in fact the whole series is in itself already of an unmatched quality.

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DUB SYNDICATE WITH RAVI SHANKAR (1984)

DUB SYNDICATE WITH RAVI SHANKAR (1984)
DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW




WWW, January 2009 - What happens when Indian Sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar plays his instruments over a Reggae drum and bass line? Indeed: 25 years after the fact, we're still talking about it.

The year is 1984 and in the UK, we have Adrian Sherwood with his On-U Sound experimenting with just about everything one can experiment with when it comes to DUB. The producer also worked one this one: a collaboration between the British band DUB Syndicate and Indian Sitar player Ravi Shankar.

Shankar is one of the lesser known musical stars of the 1960's. It was the hippie time, when groups like the Beatles went to India to study what they perceived to be Hinduism. A time wherein the sound of the sitar was well sought after as it brought that vibration many were looking for.

25 years ago, the Hippies were already history. At least, the time of "peace, love and hippieness" had already been replaced by the colder vibe of the 1980's.

This did not matter to Adrian Sherwood then, as it doesn't matter to us now. What matters is: the Sound of Shankar's Sitar goes very well with the Drum and Bass lines of the DUB Syndicate band.

Enjoy!

CLICK HERE TO WATCH

MAD PROFESSOR - UNDER THE SPELL OF DUB

MAD PROFESSOR - UNDER THE SPELL OF DUB
DUBROOM ALBUM REVIEW






Fortunately, it's not really a spell. In reality, it's a collection of 13 hard riddims from Ariwa Studio, superbly mixed by Mad Professor himself.

The fourth chapter in the Black Liberation DUB series is definitely one of the strongest chapters. It says a thing, because in fact the whole series is in itself already of an unmatched quality.

Strange phrases by a strange person, even more strange phasers over some not-so-strange Ariwa riddims, there is no effect left untouched as we're taken from the top to the very last drop of the album.

We can hear "real instruments" and programmed material, blending together into a massive sound that takes us through many different styles of Reggae too: from militant Steppers to massive One Drops and everything in between and around.

A variety of singers drop in and out soaked in all kinds of echoings and reverberations, as they provide some food for thought. It's a balance to the many, many humorous parts of the album, one of Mad Professor's trademarks which nobody will be able to match for quite a while to come.

Not an album to leave behind, when you respect yourself as a DUB connoisseur or even "mere" collector of the better material.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

DUB CREATION



Dubroom Online - January 28 2009



"DUB CREATION" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, January 28 2009 - Even though I make excessive use of digital technology when I produce DUB, I still try to simulate the process that brought us the music back in the 1970's.

I make an instrumental track, and then I take most of the instruments out in the final mix. So, most of the music that I program and play doesn't even make it to the final mix.

I make my riddims to make DUB, too. I don't make the riddims to voice over, even though I know that is what many people who like my music like me to do, too.

DUB is my first love, musically, and until this very day it is still so that Reggae Music provides the best musical foundation for the most crucial DUB Creation.

In this, I am a bit different than most within the field of (DUB) Reggae.

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:

January 27 and 28, we'll be releasing one track a day of the brand new two-track single "Vibration DUB/DUB Creation".
Two massive and thunderous One Drop riddims, two deep and spaced-out DUB mixes. As the expansion of the Dubroom Studio begins to pay off, the tunes contain real percussion and guitar play on top of much more effects than before.

As usual, the tunes will be available for free in High Quality MP3 and true CD Quality Wave Audio!


MESSIAN DREAD - DUB CREATION
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DUB CREATION is the necessary follow-up of Vibration Dub: the tempo is faster, even more percussion is added and the Space Echo has not one moment of rest throughout the entire mix.

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AN INTERVIEW WITH JACK RUBY (DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW)



WWW, January 2009 - Usually, when recorded music gets popular, the vocalists on the recordings get all the attention. This is sad, especially within Reggae Music. For what's a vocalist without music?

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MESSIAN DREAD - DUB CREATION

MESSIAN DREAD - DUB CREATION
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Two massive and thunderous One Drop riddims, two deep and spaced-out DUB mixes. As the expansion of the Dubroom Studio begins to pay off, the tunes contain real percussion and guitar play on top of much more effects than before.

DUB CREATION is the necessary follow-up of Vibration Dub: the tempo is faster, even more percussion is added and the Space Echo has not one moment of rest throughout the entire mix.

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- 44.100 Khz 16 Bit Wave Audio

AN INTERVIEW WITH JACK RUBY

AN INTERVIEW WITH JACK RUBY
DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW




WWW, January 2009 - Usually, when recorded music gets popular, the vocalists on the recordings get all the attention. This is sad, especially within Reggae Music. For what's a vocalist without music?

In the 1970's, most Reggae Music was played into the multi-track recorders by the house bands of the various recording studio's on Jamaica. A number of producers utilized these studio's as they arranged musicians, recording engineers and/or vocalists.

The producers, therefore, are at least as important as the vocalists who usually get all the attention. There would not be, let's say, these magnificent 1970's tunes by Johnny Clarke and the Revolutionaries if it were not for producer Bunny Lee.

Neither would there be such a great tune by Burning Spear as "Slavery Days", produced by Jack Ruby: the man with the same name as the one who is said to have shot Lee Harvey Oswald who in his turn was said to have killed JFK in the 1960's.

In this 4 minute video, we get to know Jack Ruby in sight and sound. A rare piece of historical footage, that is simply to good to ignore.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

VIBRATION DUB



Dubroom Online - January 27 2009



"VIBRATION DUB" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, January 27 2009 - As we continue to release more DUB, today we've got the first of two thunderous One Drop tracks.

I've been provided with ways to significantly expand my Dubbing possibilities and now I have to find ways to use creativity in these possibilities.

I now use much more effects, such as the (in)famous Space Echo which has some rather interesting functions. It provides me with the possibility to make phaser-like effects without actually using a phaser, stuff like that.

A joyful, interesting and most of all quite intense experience that takes up about all of my energy at the moment...

I'm about to dive in the studio again to work on the 15th riddim of this year alone!

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:

January 27 and 28, we'll be releasing one track a day of the brand new two-track single "Vibration DUB/DUB Creation".
Two massive and thunderous One Drop riddims, two deep and spaced-out DUB mixes. As the expansion of the Dubroom Studio begins to pay off, the tunes contain real percussion and guitar play on top of much more effects than before.

As usual, the tunes will be available for free in High Quality MP3 and true CD Quality Wave Audio!


MESSIAN DREAD - VIBRATION DUB
DUBROOM STAR SELECTIONS RELEASE




VIBRATION DUB starts off with an introduction roll and some spaced out echo's on the horns: the vibration is deep and will only lead to deeper DUB...

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FROM BUSH COUNTRY TO OBAMA NATION (BABYLON OBSERVER OBSERVATION)



WWW, January 2009 - George W. Bush left the White House and Barack Obama was blessed by none other than Rick Warren to become the next President of the USA.

The Obama Nation is a fact!

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MESSIAN DREAD - VIBRATION DUB

MESSIAN DREAD - VIBRATION DUB
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Two massive and thunderous One Drop riddims, two deep and spaced-out DUB mixes. As the expansion of the Dubroom Studio begins to pay off, the tunes contain real percussion and guitar play on top of much more effects than before.

VIBRATION DUB starts off with an introduction roll and some spaced out echo's on the horns: the vibration is deep and will only lead to deeper DUB...

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320Kbit MP3
- 44.100 Khz 16 Bit Wave Audio

FROM BUSH COUNTRY TO OBAMA NATION (A BABYLON OBSERVER OBSERVATION)

FROM BUSH COUNTRY TO OBAMA NATION
A BABYLON OBSERVER OBSERVATION




WWW, January 2009 - George W. Bush left the White House and Barack Obama was blessed by none other than Rick Warren to become the next President of the USA.

The Obama Nation is a fact!


After eight years of George Bush, the people of the USA are in a state wherein they would, according to a commentator, even elect Mickey Mouse in the White House. The rest of the world laments over the fact that they have no voting rights in the USA, a country that always has a president claiming that "The United States Have To Lead The World".

We had eight years wherein the White House was occupied by a man mesmerizing millions of people who think of themselves as "Born Again Christians". After all, George W. talked with Billy Graham on the beach and he doesn't like abortion... The result? Any, yes, any action by Bush was defended by ground troops holding the Bible in their hands.

Obviously, George Bush is as much a Christian as the Devil himself. The Babylon Observer has reported how this "born again Christian" attends the Bohemian Grove where he gathers with other leaders against Jah and plans wars as well as rumors of wars.

But now, there is "change"...

Amerika changes from "Bush Country" to "Obama Nation" (yes, pun intended), and the abomination is becoming more and more obvious.

Where we had countless "Gospel Singers" backing up a president that took the planet into a state of war using the Name of Jesus as his foundation, we now have several Reggae singers giving praise to Barack Obama, "Black Man in the White House"...

Several Reggae vocalists who were (before?) known to Chant Down Babylon seem to have been undergoing the very same mesmerizing treatment that so many "Born Again Christians" had during the Bush era. They are among the millions and millions who celebrated as "Amerika's Pastor" Rick Warren blessed Obama into the White House, filled with talks of "hope" and "change"...

Babylon's choice to have Barack Obama become the next President of the USA is, among many other things, an obvious attack to the Movement of Rastafari. The Nyabinghy (meaning: "Death To Black and White Downpressors") Drums silence as we're now being treated with lyrics that claim stuff how "God" has to "Bless America" and worse.

However, this Barack Obama who is now present in the White House is as close to JAH and HIS KINGDOM as George W. Bush. His political view is more similar than different than that of his predecessor, too.

On countless occasions, Obama makes it clear that he thinks "The United States Should Lead The World". Just like Bush and Clinton and the rest before him!

When you take a look at the gang who he has surrounded himself with, the message to the world is clear. Obama, in his own sermons, makes it clear that he wants to send extra soldiers to Afghanistan and there are claims that say how Obama even plans to attack Pakistan.

His chief advisor is Zignew Brzinski, a man who is known to basically be the founder of the Taliban as he radicalized the Muslim Warlords in Afghanistan to make them fight against the Soviets who had invaded the country.

His secretary of state is Hillary Clinton. And she is by far not the only one who is closely related to Bill Clinton, another former president of the USA who is know to have blood on his hands, and in the cabinet of President Barack Obama.

Does this not say anything?

When the bombs start exploding under the command of that very same President who is being worshipped by so many, including -formerly?- conscious Reggae Vocalists, what will happen? Will we indeed see Rastafarians -and those who claim that they are- defending Babylon's New World Order, just like we saw countless Christians -and those who claim they are- doing the very same thing under George W. Bush?

We probably will. In fact, we already do. The Babylon Observer has already observed how people who did not support the war in Afghanistan were called "bag-o-wire" (basically, "traitor") by ones doing so claiming they know about Rastafari.

Apparently, killing people in Afghanistan is now part of "Chanting Down Babylon"...

Monday, January 26, 2009

NEPHILIM STRONGHOLD



Dubroom Online - January 26 2009



"NEPHILIM STRONGHOLD" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, January 26 2009 - Ever wondered why there were "incidents where God commanded a whole population to be exterminated"?

"The whole point" for this was the very same whole point as why Jah downstroyed Sodom and Gomorrah as well as the pre-flood world and it has not so much to do with human beings as most people tend to believe.

Joshua and the Israelites had to wipe out whole populations, true that. However, these populations were not human. They were the nephilim. Their cities were Nephilim Strongholds.

Want to know why some phrases are between quotation marks?

Download "Nephilim Stronghold" and find out why, then please not forget to rate the tune!

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:

January 25 and 26, we'll be releasing one track a day of the brand new two-track single "Crazy Coneheads/Nephilim Stronghold".
Two DUB tracks centered around the theme of the Nephilim: the unholy offspring of angelic beings who made children with the daughters of men.

All of this is mentioned in books like the Bible, the Kebra Negast and the Book of Enoch. Skulls and bones of the Nephilim have been found everywhere, too.

As usual, the tunes will be available for free in High Quality MP3 and true CD Quality Wave Audio!


MESSIAN DREAD - NEPHILIM STRONGHOLD
DUBROOM STAR SELECTIONS RELEASE




NEPHILIM STRONGHOLD, a Dub from a Steppers riddim, has a joyous vibe. As "the whole point" of the "incidents where God commands a population to be exterminated" is explained in just a little bit more than the title alone.

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RATE OUR ITEMS!!! (DUBROOM IN-SITE 13)



WWW, January 2009 - As we continue to integrate the Dubroom Website with the weblogs, a new interesting way of leaving an easy and quick feedback to our items is installed!

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MESSIAN DREAD - NEPHILIM STRONGHOLD

MESSIAN DREAD - NEPHILIM STRONGHOLD
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Two DUB tracks centered around the theme of the Nephilim: the unholy offspring of angelic beings who made children with the daughters of men.

All of this is mentioned in books like the Bible, the Kebra Negast and the Book of Enoch. Skulls and bones of the Nephilim have been found everywhere, too.


NEPHILIM STRONGHOLD, a Dub from a Steppers riddim, has a joyous vibe. As "the whole point" of the "incidents where God commands a population to be exterminated" is explained in just a little bit more than the title alone.


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- 44.100 Khz 16 Bit Wave Audio

RATE OUR ITEMS!!!

RATE OUR ITEMS!!!
DUBROOM IN-SITE 13




WWW, January 2009 - As we continue to integrate the Dubroom Website with the weblogs, a new interesting way of leaving an easy and quick feedback to our items is installed!

There are several ways of reading the Dubroom articles, reviews et cetera. We have the website, and the weblogs. For those who can't wait and want to read everything before it's officially published, the Message Board is the place to go.

There are also several ways of providing feedback: via a comment on the weblogs or on the message board, for example. Or via a letter through our contact pages.

Recently, though, a new feature is installed which makes it even more easy to post a little bit of feedback. Anonymous, and you don't have to register.

On each on our five weblogs, we've added the possibility to rate the posted items. It's not a rating system where you add one or more stars, though. The reason for that is that it's actually not quite clear just what you rate when you simply give the item a number of points.

Take our reviews, for example. What is there to rate? The review, or the item that actually is reviewed? Or take a meditation by Messian Dread. What exactly would you rate?

And so, we did it a little bit different. Hopefully, you and many more readers/visitors of the Dubroom will make use of this feature and help the Dubroom moving forward as well.

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

Sunday, January 25, 2009

CRAZY CONEHEADS



Dubroom Online - January 25 2009



"CRAZY CONEHEADS" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, January 25 2009 - Today and tomorrow, The Dubroom has a brand new two track release. The title of today's track is "Crazy Conehead", an obvious hint to Marley's tune wherein he spoke about running the wicked out of town.

The coneheads were found in Peru, and they are the obvious skulls of the Nephilim: the unholy offspring of the daughters of men and angelic beings called "the Watchers".

Also today, an article that I wrote earlier in which I try to explain that the link between Sodom and homosexuality is not as biblical as most people would think it is.

An article which may be offensive fore some, but nevertheless interesting to read.

Especially when you discover, that this article has more to do with the Dub released today than the fact both are produced by the same person (that would be 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:

January 25 and 26, we'll be releasing one track a day of the brand new two-track single "Crazy Coneheads/Nephilim Stronghold".
Two DUB tracks centered around the theme of the Nephilim: the unholy offspring of angelic beings who made children with the daughters of men.

All of this is mentioned in books like the Bible, the Kebra Negast and the Book of Enoch. Skulls and bones of the Nephilim have been found everywhere, too.

As usual, the tunes will be available for free in High Quality MP3 and true CD Quality Wave Audio!


MESSIAN DREAD - CRAZY CONEHEAD
DUBROOM STAR SELECTIONS RELEASE




CRAZY CONEHEAD is a massive One Drop tune with a solid bassline and effects that take you from one vibe into the next instantly, earthquake style.

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THE HETEROSEXUAL SINS OF SODOM (MESSIAN DREAD MEDITATION)



This article intent to explain the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah, and you might just be surprised to discover that it is not homosexuality which caused the Most High JAH to downstroy these two cities and others like them.

In fact, it is a specific form of heterosexuality!

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MESSIAN DREAD - CRAZY CONEHEAD

MESSIAN DREAD - CRAZY CONEHEAD
DUBROOM STAR SELECTIONS RELEASE




Two DUB tracks centered around the theme of the Nephilim: the unholy offspring of angelic beings who made children with the daughters of men.

All of this is mentioned in books like the Bible, the Kebra Negast and the Book of Enoch. Skulls and bones of the Nephilim have been found everywhere, too.


CRAZY CONEHEAD is a massive One Drop tune with a solid bassline and effects that take you from one vibe into the next instantly, earthquake style.


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THE HETEROSEXUAL SINS OF SODOM

THE HETEROSEXUAL SINS OF SODOM
MESSIAN DREAD SPIRITUAL MEDITATION




WWW, December 2008 - Even though the word “Sodomy” is perceived by many to be a technical description of a specific sexual act which I will leave to the technicians to further elaborate on, it is usually connected with the sin of homosexuality as well. Homosexuality, as in two people of the same gender having any kind of sex with each other.

This article intent to explain the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah, and you might just be surprised to discover that it is not homosexuality which caused the Most High JAH to downstroy these two cities and others like them. In fact, it is a specific form of heterosexuality!




The two cities were mentioned first in the Book of Genesis in the Bible. Two angels, heavenly beings, were sent by JAH to take Lot and his family out of there just before JAH would pour down fire and brimstone on the twin-cities. Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom, indicating that he was involved in the local politics, when the two agents of JAH arrived.

As soon as they came in the sight of Lot, he offered them a place to stay after which all hell broke loose. The men of the city were enthusiastic as well, and wanted to have sex with the two angels. Lot was not amused by this attempt to rape the messengers of the Most High and instead offered his daughters to the locals as alternative. An offer they could not refuse, but yet, they did.

The popular explanation of this refusal is, that the locals of Sodom were all male homosexuals who had no interest for females. This same popular explanation then concludes how the Most High considers homosexuality to be such a big sin, that it will in itself be a reason for Him to destroy complete cities. Usually, they will turn to the Bible, to the New Testament, where we find what seems to be a confirmation of this idea.

However, the truth is a little bit different and when you discover just which word is used in the original language, you will see how wrong the popular theory is.

Let’s go there now…

(…) “Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire” (Jude 1:7, KJV)

Even the English translation gives us an indication, as to what was going on there. The words “strange flesh”, namely, form the translation of a well familiar Greek word: heteros.

The sin we are talking about, is a specific form of… heterosexuality!

Sure, it’s true that the Sodomites were not interested in raping the daughters of Lot. The heterosexuality we talk about here, is not the sexuality between a man and a woman, neither do we speak about the heterosexuality where several men rape one woman or two, the so-called gang-bang. Even though homosexuality and immoral heterosexuality between men and women could have been going on in Sodom, this was not the reason why JAH sent down fire and brimstone.

So, what was going on?

Before we go back to Genesis, let’s just go back one verse in the book of Jude. The half-brother of Jesus, who wrote the epistle, talks about a specific event which took place before the Great Flood of Noah’s days. Let’s see what he said:

(…) “The angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day” (Jude 1:6)

During the early days of the Christian Church, the believers knew exactly what Jude was talking about. Even though he did not refer to a book that is currently in the canon of the Old Testament, the Christians knew how he was referring to what we now know as the Books of Enoch. Jude even names Enoch by name in the 14th verse of his epistle:

“And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam prophesied of these, saying: Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him”. (Jude 1:14,15)

Since a few centuries, the people of the western world have the possibility to check out for themselves how Jude was literally quoting from the Books of Enoch. These books were preserved in Ethiopia after the “Church Father” and founder of the Roman Catholic doctrines, Augustine, banned the writings because he did not want people to know the horrible reality described by Enoch.

Now, let’s go back to the Book of Genesis where we can find the story on the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah in the 18th and 19th chapters. I won’t repeat the whole story here, since only one thing is important in the context of this article.

Where the popular interpretation tells us how the Sodomites were interested in the angels because they were men, I would rather argue that they were interested in the men because they… were angels!

You see, the Books of Enoch describe unto great detail what we can also find in the 6th chapter of Genesis. In this chapter, we can read how the Watchers, heavenly beings, left their first estate in order to create offspring with the women, daughters of Adam and Eve, in order to create an entirely new kind of beings: they are known as the Nephilim.

The mere existence of these monsters caused a great threat to the very existence of humankind. They were stronger, bigger, much more intelligent and most of all: they were literally evil to the bone! They ruled mankind as the first gods and kings of the ancient civilizations, such as the Sumerians in what is now known as Iraq.

Genesis 6 tells us, how the situation became so dreadful that only Noah was found to be “perfect in his generations”, as the phrase goes. The very same teaching that gives us the idea how homosexuality was the cause for Jah to downstroy the twin cities, also wants us to believe that Noah was without sin, found “perfect”, but the perfection we speak about here, is not a moral perfection at all.

Noah was found “perfect in his generations”, which means nothing more or less than the fact that Noah’s bloodline was the only human bloodline being found left on the planet. When Noah would not have been saved, there would simply not be a human race left of the planet! It was not the fact that people were committing sins, it was the fact that Jah wanted to preserve the human race that He created with Adam and Eve.

In the same thought, it was not the fact that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah were doing all kinds of sinful acts, like homosexuality, which made the Most High decide to downstroy the place with brimstone and fire. Instead, the reason for the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah was the very same one which caused the Most High to send the Great Flood in Noah’s days.

Humans having sexual intercourse with angels, this is the “strange flesh” or “heteros” that Jude was speaking about. It has nothing to do with homosexuality, but rather with a form of heterosexuality, since the word “heteros” means different or strange.

As said, it was Augustine who we can hold responsible for the fact that this knowledge was hidden for a large part of the Christians throughout times and places, especially in the West. Augustine hated the Books of Enoch so much, that he banned them from the Canon or Bible of the early Church. He is equally seen as one of the founding fathers of what we now know as the Roman Catholic Church, and in the length of that, one of the founding fathers of what we now know as the Protestant or Evangelical Churches as well. After all, Martin Luther was an Augustine monk in the Roman Catholic Church.

Today, in the 21st century, the idea of humans interbreeding with heavenly beings is not as absurd as it sounded a century ago. We have people like Zecheriah Sitchin and others who build on the idea of evolution and claim how Extra-Terrestrials came on the planet to make “pre-humans” into humans. We have a lot of archeological findings that confirm the fact that yes, there were indeed intelligent beings that had sexual intercourse with humans and created some kind of offspring as a result of that.

Now, all of this may sound pretty exciting and exotic, a topic to think about during long winter nights with a cigar and a good glass of cognac. However, it is not without reason that Jah made the Books of Enoch available to each and all in this time. To understand just why, we have to go back to the days of Adolph Hitler who wanted to create what he called “Der Neue Mensch”, or in plain English: The new Man. In spite of popular belief, Hitler was not speaking about full blood white humans, sons and daughters of Japheth, when he was referring to the “Aryans”. After all, he had researchers go to Nepal (you can see the word Nephilim here) in order to find them.

Hitler was inspired by what we know as “The Secret Doctrine”, a book written by Helena Blavatsky. She was a Russian who wrote a couple of thick, rather boring books which now serve as the foundation for teachings by New Agers such as Michael Tsarion and Jordan Maxwell.

Blavatsky wrote extensively about the “New Age”, the coming times, times which Adolph Hitler wanted to install in his days. Basically, she was writing about nothing less but the restoration of the situation on this planet as it was in Noah’s times. She called this “Atlantis”.

Yesus Kristos also referred to this New Age, and He said how in the last days it would be “like in the days of Noah”. He specified this even, by pointing out to the kind of marriages that took place in these days.

Blavatsky may have written the books that she wrote, but she never claimed to be original in her teachings. The fact that Yesus spoke about it, too, indicates this. The sins of Sodom did not start with Sodom either, as we found out as well by taking a look at Genesis 6 and the Books of Enoch.

There is a very, very sinister plan from the Queendom of Satan and it is a plan to destroy the human race. They failed in Noah’s Days, because the Most High changed the atmosphere on the planet and it became increasingly difficult for the evil ones to mix their seed with that of the sons and daughters of Adam. The Great Flood caused the evil Nephilim to leave their physical bodies, after which they were doomed to roam the earth as evil spirits we call “demons”.

Yes, the evil spirits that posses people are nothing less but the spirits of the Nephilim who, when they die, do not go to heaven or hell but rather stay on the planet looking for new bodies. This teaching can be found in the very same Books of Enoch that were banned by the founders of what we now call “Christianity”: the system of denominations and church buildings that take their position in the “Church and State System”, or… Babylon!

Yes, there will be a time in the not-so-far-ahead-future, wherein once again the planet will be occupied by full blood Nephilim. This is the secret doctrine, this is the ultimate sin that took place in the twin cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Now, should this article be seen as an apology for homosexuality? Well, hell no! But we must be accurate in the things that we say. We can not apply texts about one thing to make it apply to another thing.

The dominionists and other Calvinists use the Bible to install a political system that is worse than the Taliban in Afghanistan, and they base their wicked ideology on false interpretations of texts like the ones we can find in the Book of Jude. Their own carnal mind make them come to the idea that homosexuality is the worst sin of all, showing how focused they themselves are on sexuality.

In reality, we see that the truth is far more sinister than the Puritans and Calvinist “Christians” want us to believe. The truth is, that the very human race is being threatened in it’s existence once more by powers so dark, that the biggest students of the Bible fail to see it.

It was in Ethiopia, that this knowledge was kept hidden only to be revealed a few centuries ago when the Books of Enoch were taken to England and translated.

In this time, we see how scientists speak about the “post-humans”, a fancy word to describe the Nephilim who will roam the earth in their own bodies once more, just like in the days of Noah. Nephilim, who were also born in the twin cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.

No, the Most High did not downstroy Sodom and Gomorrah because of homosexuality.

Yes, the destruction was and is an example of Jah’s coming wrath. We should not be afraid that the Nephilim will really take over and replace the human race with themselves. Just like in the days of Noah, the Most High will not let this happen and He will come to finally downstroy the wicked system that wants to destroy the human race.

Maranatha!

Saturday, January 24, 2009

MAKIN' DUB (9)



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"MAKIN' DUB (9)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, January 24 2009 - Today we conclude the release of my net album "DUB Shall Go On". And indeed it shall, Jah Willing, even on the micro level that is the Dubroom Star Selections Net Label and Dubroom Studio.

After all, it is my pleasure to make and share DUB music productions, and I am grateful to know that there's people liking it too.

It is my pleasure to start this new year with some heavy Dubwise sessions in the studio, only to release the results on the Internet for free.

As my feeling guides me through the riddims when I'm mixing DUB, many of these feelings include what has been given to me by others, both artists and listeners.

I will be, JAH WILLING obviously, makin' a lot more DUB in the time 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.

ITEM FOR THIS EDITION:

From January 15 to January 24, we'll be releasing one track a day of the brand new ten track Messian Dread album called "DUB Shall Go On".

As usual, the tunes will be available for free in High Quality MP3 and true CD Quality Wave Audio!


MESSIAN DREAD - DUB SHALL GO ON
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This is the 10th and last track of the album "DUB Shall Go On", released from January 15 to January 24 2009. It's also the title track.

As we close of the album, we're almost 37 minutes after pressing "play". We just had the last tune, with some pretty majestic horns running through several different effect devices before it lands into the ear of the listener.

DUB Shall Go On!

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MESSIAN DREAD - DUB SHALL GO ON

MESSIAN DREAD - DUB SHALL GO ON
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This is the 10th and last track of the album "DUB Shall Go On", released from January 15 to January 24 2009. It's also the title track.

As we close of the album, we're almost 37 minutes after pressing "play". We just had the last tune, with some pretty majestic horns running through several different effect devices before it lands into the ear of the listener.

DUB Shall Go On!

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Friday, January 23, 2009

MAKIN' DUB (8)



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"MAKIN' DUB (8)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, January 23 2009 - Even though describing how to make DUB is usually a rather boring and dry technical story, the truth is that DUB is more about feeling than most people imagine.

There is this special feeling when the drum and bass drop in, or out. There is this special feeling when the horns and the riddim section slowly transform into a flood of echo's. There is this special feeling as certain instruments enter the mix totally unidentifiable...

When I mix a DUB, I am driven by my feelings at an extreme level.

No, not that I loose my mind and forget the technical bla-bla, but my feeling tells me when to drop an instrument in or out, and which effect to apply.



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.

ITEM FOR THIS EDITION:

From January 15 to January 24, we'll be releasing one track a day of the brand new ten track Messian Dread album called "DUB Shall Go On".

As usual, the tunes will be available for free in High Quality MP3 and true CD Quality Wave Audio!


MESSIAN DREAD - CAN'T STOP DA DUB
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This is the 9th track of the album "DUB Shall Go On", released from January 15 to January 24 2009.

Some riddims can go on and on: this is one of them. A solid drum and bass, some catchy chords and some heavy, heavy echoing on just about everything that reaches the master mixing board.

Not just echoing, by the way: without using one, it's definitely like there's a phaser applied over some of the echo's.

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MESSIAN DREAD - CAN'T STOP DA DUB

MESSIAN DREAD - CAN'T STOP DA DUB
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This is the 9th track of the album "DUB Shall Go On", released from January 15 to January 24 2009.

Some riddims can go on and on: this is one of them. A solid drum and bass, some catchy chords and some heavy, heavy echoing on just about everything that reaches the master mixing board.

Not just echoing, by the way: without using one, it's definitely like there's a phaser applied over some of the echo's.

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Thursday, January 22, 2009

MAKIN' DUB (7)



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"MAKIN' DUB (7)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, January 22 2009 - As I hope you hear when listening to my latest album "DUB Shall Go On", I hope you can share my enthusiasm for that art which made the engineer become an artist.

I make instrumental tunes just to DUB them, and to DUB a tune is basically to deconstruct the instrumental track by stripping everything apart from the drum and bass.

However, you have to put the instruments back here and there, and you have to stop the drum and bassline too a few times in the DUB mix.

After all, most people will not like listening to a pure drum and bassline for 3 or 4 minutes.

The art is to take as much away as possible, bring it back only after you've run it through some serious effects.

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.

ITEM FOR THIS EDITION:

From January 15 to January 24, we'll be releasing one track a day of the brand new ten track Messian Dread album called "DUB Shall Go On".

As usual, the tunes will be available for free in High Quality MP3 and true CD Quality Wave Audio!


MESSIAN DREAD - CHALIS SMOKER'S DUB
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This is the 8th track of the album "DUB Shall Go On", released from January 15 to January 24 2009.

No, this is not about the "Holy Grail". This is about the Real Chalis: the heavyweight Herb Smoker's delight as I would say. Without apology, here is a massive DUB with loads of different echo's as the Drum and Bass take us from the top to the very last drop.

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MESSIAN DREAD - CHALIS SMOKER'S DUB

MESSIAN DREAD - CHALIS SMOKER'S DUB
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This is the 8th track of the album "DUB Shall Go On", released from January 15 to January 24 2009.

No, this is not about the "Holy Grail". This is about the Real Chalis: the heavyweight Herb Smoker's delight as I would say. Without apology, here is a massive DUB with loads of different echo's as the Drum and Bass take us from the top to the very last drop.

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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

MAKIN' DUB (6)



Dubroom Online - January 21 2009



"MAKIN' DUB (6)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, January 21 2009 - After adding all kinds of instruments over the drum and bass, there are periods in which I take the microphone and sing.
But usually, I will do that after making a bunch of let's say 20 riddims.

Even though most people who like my music will tell me they want more vocals, at least a few licks here and there, my first love is and will always stay with DUB.

For with DUB, you release the power of Reggae that stays hidden when the mixing board is left untouched.

Anyway, after I made an instrumental track, it is time to transform it into a DUB. After all, I make riddims because I want to make DUB!

And no, this doesn't mean I won't release no more vocals...



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.

ITEM FOR THIS EDITION:

From January 15 to January 24, we'll be releasing one track a day of the brand new ten track Messian Dread album called "DUB Shall Go On".

As usual, the tunes will be available for free in High Quality MP3 and true CD Quality Wave Audio!


MESSIAN DREAD - HERB SMOKER'S DUB
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This is the 7th track of the album "DUB Shall Go On", released from January 15 to January 24 2009.

Some really no like smoking, that's why you get smoking bans all over the earth. That's smoking bans of tobacco, that is.

Herb Smokers are pariah's almost everywhere they go, too. This tune is a big up to all the Herb Smokers: an upfull even joyful steppers riddim that goes pretty strange every now and then!

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MESSIAN DREAD - HERB SMOKER'S DUB

MESSIAN DREAD - HERB SMOKER'S DUB
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This is the 7th track of the album "DUB Shall Go On", released from January 15 to January 24 2009.

Some really no like smoking, that's why you get smoking bans all over the earth. That's smoking bans of tobacco, that is.

Herb Smokers are pariah's almost everywhere they go, too. This tune is a big up to all the Herb Smokers: an upfull even joyful steppers riddim that goes pretty strange every now and then!

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