Dubroom Online, June 28 - July 4 2010

Dubroom Online, June 28 - July 4 2010

FROM THE EDITOR

WWW, June 28 2010 - DUB, Dancehall, Old Skool and Contemporary Jamaican Roots and Rub A Dub: this edition of Dubroom Weekly is filled with no less than seven MP3 files, five Net Albums and a podcast of which all the tracks can be individually downloaded as well. Everything free, and legal, that is.

Personally, I'm happy with the fact that Dubroom Online has gone from a daily to a weekly basis. Of course, it has to do with some personal circumstances, which I hope to be able to talk about soon live and direct but that's a thing for a later edition. For now, I hope that you will like the reviewed material of this week.

This week's podcast is also something special. It contains a selection of stricktly Jamaican Rockers and Rub a Dub. With the exception of one, all the riddims were recorded in the 70's and 80's and there's a couple of hits from that time included as well. Each individual track can be downloaded as well, free and legal that is. This is definitely a Podcast which will appeal to those who prefer their Old Skool over contemporary (even though I think that such a thing is being blind for the crucialities of today which is proven in the last track, but that aside).

This week's edition of Dubroom Online also features contemporary Jamaican music, both Roots and Dancehall. Chrisinti, for example, a crucial vocalist whose versatility is showcased in the album "Again", of which you can download no less than three tracks. Or the BOOK OUT Riddim, a hard hitting Dancehall tune which also comes with three free and legal MP3 files.

On top of this, there's some nice EURODUB by I-Plant, Manutension and the Spanish based Hot Drop Reggae Band, as well as a musical world tour by the American multi-instrumentalist and Dub engineer Ras Amerlock.

Hours and hours worth of material, everything available for free and legal download.

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

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JAMAICAN GEMS

JAMAICAN GEMS
DUBROOM RADIO 2010 - EPISODE 6

WWW, June 2010 - In what is already the sixth episode of Radio Dubroom 2010, we play a selection of stricktly Jamaican Rub a Dub and Roots Rockers styles.
An All-Star list of artists in a selection of All-Killer-No-Filler riddims, every track reviewed and available for free/legal download at mp3.dubroom.org!
When the show opens up with an instrumental of the Under-Mi-Sensi riddim, made popular by Barrington Levy, the tone is set for the rest of the show. We're going into a selection of stricktly Rub a Dub and Roots Rockers Reggae from Jamaica, with almost all tunes recorded during the later part of the 1970's, early 1980's.
There are singers and players of instruments, there are deejay's and Dub engineers as well.
With names like Sugar Minott, Johnny Osbourne, Scientist, Prince Jammy, Jah Stitch and Mikey Dread, it's obvious that we have some true gems playing through the speakers. There's classic hits like Tenor Saw's "Golden Hen" and The Ovationz' "Shy Girl", the second one coming with a more than pumping Dub version attached.
All the played tracks are available for free and legal download at mp3.dubroom.org, where each track is reviewed as well. Get the tracks, but even better: when you like a specific tune consider purchasing the album and support the artists as well as the Dubroom.
PLAYLIST
01. Roland Alphonso - Skokian MP3 - BUY - MORE
02. Nardo Ranks - Fe Di Youths In A The Ghetto MP3 - BUY - MORE
03. Carlton Livingston - 100 Lb. of Collie Weed MP3 - BUY - MORE
04. Sugar Minott - Si Mi Ya MP3 - BUY - MORE
05. Edi Fitzroy - Coming Up Strong MP3 - BUY - MORE
06. Tenor Saw - Golden Hen MP3 - BUY - MORE
07. Michael Palmer - Run, Run MP3 - BUY - MORE
08. Johnny Osbourne - Night Fall (Discomix) MP3 - BUY - MORE
09. Mikey Dread - Resignation Dub MP3 - BUY - MORE
10. Rod Taylor - His imperial Majesty MP3 - BUY - MORE
11. The Ovationz - Shy Girl (Discomix) MP3 - BUY - MORE
12. Scientist - Dub Ovation MP3 - BUY - MORE
13. Prince Jammy - The People Got To Dub MP3 - BUY - MORE
14. Augustus Pablo - Thriller MP3 - BUY - MORE
15. Ranking Dread - Nuh Trouble Natty Dread MP3 - BUY - MORE
16. Clint Eastwood - Whip Them Jah MP3 - BUY - MORE
17. Jah Stitch - Mash Mouth MP3 - BUY - MORE
18. Mikey Dread - Love The Dread MP3 - BUY - MORE
19. Ranking Dread - Humble Lion Prayer MP3 - BUY - MORE
20. Enos McLeod - Money Lover MP3 - BUY - MORE
21. Barrington Levy - Bounty Hunter MP3 - BUY - MORE
22. Frankie Paul - Wheel And Come Again (2006) MP3 - BUY - MORE

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MANUTENSION - TRIBUTE TO KING TUBBY

MANUTENSION - TRIBUTE TO KING TUBBY
DUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW

WWW, June 2010 - Unfortunately, Manutension is -just like King Tubby- no longer with us physically. His music lives on, though, and in this four-track DUB RIDDIM EP we can get a touch of that.

Manutension was part of the well-known French based Improvisators DUB Collective, worked with UK greats such as Vibronics and vocalists like Winston McAnuff, his music has pumped though the speakers of many sound systems.

In this Tribute To King Tubby, we're being treated with four different mixes of a hard stepping riddim based on the well-known Horn Theme of the riddim that gave us tunes like "Money, Money, Money"...

Nice One, a hard hitting steppers in true EURODUB Style.

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DUB MACHINIST AND I-PLANT - NO SMOKING AREA

DUB MACHINIST AND I-PLANT - NO SMOKING AREA
DUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW

WWW, June 2010 - No Smoking Area is a Riddim EP in the DUB sense of the word. I-Plant, Hatman and Gary Dub are just three names who have showcased their work on the riddim and these names should ring a bell to those who know their EURODUB and their NET LABEL DUB.

More than niceness, this is definitely not the kind of music which would make a No Smoking Area occupied with slaveish followers of the next anti-smoking law in some or another country.This is the kind of music that makes the heart and soul of every lover of DUB rise up in joy.

Can't refuse!

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HOT DROP - IT'S A REMIX THING

HOT DROP - IT'S A REMIX THINGDUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW

WWW, June 2010 - Get six different Dub engineers from all over the world to each do a track created by the Spanish based Roots Rock Reggae band Hot Drop and you get some very surprising material. After all, It's A Remix Thing.
The surprising element is of course the fact that the Spanish band has made a name with some more than crucial Roots Reggae releases in true Old Skool style from instruments to recording to mixing. That is something which you should not expect on this one, at least not from the top to the very last drop.
The Remix thing basically shows what can be done with old skool material when it is processed using contemporary techniques and styles. Styles such as Dubstep and Hip Hop. There's definitely material there for the Dub purists but It's A Remix Thing predominantly features Dub Fruits rather than Roots. Which isn't bad: It's A Remix Thing, after all...

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This album was released under CreativeCommons Copyright, which means you can share it provided that the original zipfile is being offered without any change. Another aspect of the CC copyright is, that no money should be made and therefor this album is offered to you free of charge. For more specific information, look to the information in the archive. When you like the music, consider visiting the Net Label's website and donate some money or feedback.

HOT DROP - THE SECRET DUBS

HOT DROP - THE SECRET DUBSDUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW

WWW, June 2010 - Hot Drop is one of the hottest Reggae Bands in Europe, especially when it comes to Net Label releases. In "The Secret Dubs", we're remembered on the fact once again.

Unfortunately, there are only six titles in this release from the "A Quiet Bump" Net Label. Six very impressive tracks, that is. The mini album closes of with a digital remix by Jambassa, but that's only after we've experienced five crucially mixed and played DUB tracks in true Old Skool style.

After the tracks were recorded, they have gone all over the world from Brazil to Italy where they were mixed into the crucial tracks that we can hear after downloading the album for free. This is stuff you can't refuse and still maintain you love DUB Reggae.

DOWNLOAD ALBUM - VISIT BAND WEBSITE

This album was released under CreativeCommons Copyright, which means you can share it provided that the original zipfile is being offered without any change. Another aspect of the CC copyright is, that no money should be made and therefor this album is offered to you free of charge. For more specific information, look to the information in the archive. When you like the music, consider visiting the Net Label's website and donate some money or feedback.

RAS AMERLOCK - 2010 A BASS ODDITY

RAS AMERLOCK - 2010 A BASS ODDITY
DUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW

WWW, June 2010 - "Songs from the first decade of the 21st Century", Ras Amerlock writes about this 2010 release which signifies itself through it's old-skool approach of the Art of Dub.

In fact, the album basically contains a number of previously unreleased material by the American multi-instrumentalist and Dub engineer who has been working in the field of Reggae for quite a while now. Let's just mention the fact that he was a part of what was one of the first DUB oriented Net Labels: Jahtari.

Eleven titles, all of which get the very same dubwise approach. An approach we could easily recognize as old-skool even though there is some recognizable digital technology involved as well. Who cares: the result is what matters.

Eleven titles, all which give a good overview in the musical progress of Michael McCutcheon. A musical progression which is confirming his past productions and creating positive expectations for the many more releases which are hopefully to come from Ras Amerlock.

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