Dubroom Online, July 12-18 2010

Dubroom Online, July 12-18 2010

FROM THE EDITOR

WWW, July 12 - "Dubbing is A Must", as I and I are used to say after Pablo Moses, and in this edition of Dubroom Weekly by far the biggest portion is reserved for this discipline within Reggae that gave name to this very website. Free and legal tracks from Alpha and Omega, Vibronics, Dubmatix and the Abassi-Allstars are reviewed, as well as Net Albums by BR Stylers, Dancehall Dub Plates by Mykol Orthodox and two crucial compilation albums. On top of that an extra-long Podcast containing some of the best material that's out there in free and legal MP3 Cyberspace!

There's a lot of crucial stuff available free and legally for the lover of the better DUB and (other) Reggae, as visitors of the Dubroom can know by checking out our MP3 reviews at mp3.dubroom.org. Entitled "Reggae Blessings From 21st Century Cyberspace", the Dubroom Podcast that comes with this edition of Dubroom Weekly shows it in just over two hours worth of material.

The rest of the reviewed material too, by the way.

Dub Plates by Alpha and Omega, two album tracks by Vibronics and a relatively new release by Dubmatix in a cooperation with the Abassi All-Stars: UK DUB at it's finest, you can say. EuroDUB by the amazing Italian band BR Stylers, a very interesting compilation selected by US based Kris Naphtali complete a truly interesting addition to your DUB collection.

There's more: an album centered around the German-based Reggaeband Firetime much in the style of contemporary Jamaican Roots Music we know by such as Luciano. Last, but definitely not least is the collection of Dub Plates by known names such as Burru Banton, produced by South-American Mykol Orthodox.

All in all, I hope that you find the music as crucial as I do. The producers and artists are truly talented, and they are blessing us with making all this music available for free. Truly Reggae Blessings from 21st Century Cyberspace.

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

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REGGAE BLESSINGS FROM 21ST CENTURY CYBERSPACE

REGGAE BLESSINGS FROM 21ST CENTURY CYBERSPACE
DUBROOM RADIO 2010 - EPISODE 8

WWW, July 2010 - Here is chapter eight of Radio Dubroom 2010: over two hours of High Quality (DUB) Reggae Music, every one of the twenty-nine titles created in this century and also available for free and legal MP3 download!
The show kicks off with a rocking Dub by the Spanish band Hotdrop, after which the UK based band PAMA Intl. takes over with a nice discomix. Three vocal track follow, of which Sheya Mission's "Summertime" is a pre-release from her upcoming album which will be released by Gold Heart Music.
The next segment is a selection of vocal tracks with their Dub versions. Again it's the Spanish Hotdrop kicking it off, and via Mysticman we get into a righteous message by the Wicked DUB Division.
We continue with a selection of DUB tunes, most of them Steppers. Again, Sheya Mission but this time with a pumping DUB from Gold Heart Music who also released the Daweh Congo DUB. Hatman, Dubzoic and The Blackstarliners, just three names out of the DUB segment.
Winston McAnuff begins the last part of the show, containing vocals and DUBs in Steppers style. Two titles from the Italian DUB Community follow, three productions by yours truly the selector of this show end just over two hours of Reggae Blessings from 21st Century Cyberspace.
PLAYLIST
01. Hotdrop - Straight To The Greencat's Head (Free MP3 HERE)
02. PAMA Intl. - Highrise (Free MP3 HERE)
03. Dass Pilah - Conscious Man (Free MP3 HERE)
04. Mykal Rose - Are You Ready For Something New (Free MP3 HERE)
05. Sheya Mission - Summertime (Free MP3 HERE)
06. Hotdrop - Tell Me AKA Pum Pum (Free MP3 HERE)
07. Hotdrop - Dub The Pum Pum (Free MP3 HERE)
08. Mysticman - Dub After Rain (Free MP3 HERE)
09. Mysticman - Sunshine After Rain (Free MP3 HERE)
10. Wicked DUB Division - One Blood (Free MP3 HERE)
11. Wicked DUB Division - One Blood Dub (Free MP3 HERE)
12. Sheya Mission - Valley DUB (Free MP3 HERE)
13. Hatman - Upon The Dub (Free MP3 HERE)
14. Daweh Congo - Joy Brings Dub (Free MP3 HERE)
15. Dubzoic - Let There Be Dub (Free MP3 HERE)
16. Dubzoic - Realize It (Free MP3 HERE)
17. The Blackstarliners - Black Star Line Dub (Free MP3 HERE)
18. DUB Engine - Warrior In The Fight (Free MP3 HERE)
19. Redi - Refugees (Free MP3 HERE)
20. The Blackstarliners - Faya DUB (Free MP3 HERE)
21. Winston McAnuff and Manutension - Jean Philippe (Free MP3 HERE)
22. Shakaroot - Now Is The Time Dubplate (Free MP3 HERE)
23. Shakaroot and King Kietu - King Rising Dub (Free MP3 HERE)
24. BR Stylers - Jah Plan (Free MP3 HERE)
25. BR Stylers - Jah Plan Version (Free MP3 HERE)
26. Messian Dread - Dub Doun Di Dragon (Free MP3 HERE)
27. Me Zion Dread - Secret Place Of The Most High (Free MP3 HERE)
28. Me Zion Dread - Rhythm Of The Spiritual Warrior (Free MP3 HERE)
29. Messian Dread - Too Much (Free MP3 HERE)

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SEVEN FREE AND LEGAL ALPHA AND OMEGA MP3 FILES

SEVEN FREE AND LEGAL ALPHA AND OMEGA MP3 FILES
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW

WWW, July 2010 - They surely need no introduction to those who are familiar with UK ROOTS and DUB music: Alpha and Omega have been steadily releasing some of the most bassiest sounds and have been recording a whole contingent of crucial Reggae vocalists and artists on their crucial productions. When you don't know the Dynamic UK DUB Duo , this is your chance to rid yourself of that. When you do know Alpha and Omega, the tracks below might interest you too.

It leads too far to review the seven tracks on this page. Instead of that, let's just focus on Alpha and Omega's work as a whole, very well represented in this nice collection of Dub Plates that AO put on their website for free download. A visit to their website will pay off even more, as producers/singers can find material to work with and for a very reasonable price you can get more of their crucial music.

After listening to the seven tracks below, namely, you definitely will want to have more...

1. Pure & Clean - A&O & Fairshare Unity MP3
2. Stop Your Lying - A&O featuring Nishka MP3
3. U Wrong Dub - A&O & Gregory Fabulous MP3
4. Rastafari - Alpha And Omega MP3
5. African Drums - Alpha And Omega MP3
6. Jah Protection - A&O featuring Nishka MP3
7. The Roots - Alpha And Omega MP3

TWO FREE AND LEGAL VIBRONICS MP3 FILES

TWO FREE AND LEGAL VIBRONICS MP3 FILES
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW

WWW, July 2010 - The specific sound of Vibronics lands very well into the ears of the lover of the better UK DUB. This will not be different with the two free tracks reviewed on this page. "Safe in The Dub" and "Strive Version" are truly some gems for the heart and soul.

"Safe In The Dub" is an up-tempo steppers rhythm with a monotonous bassline, sweeping synthesizers, flanged skanks and a couple of melodic lines here and there. Instruments are very well dropped in and out during the mix, the drum and bass keep everything flowing: this is the works of a Heavyweight DUB Champion and so it is.

"Strive Version" opens up with some crucial singing in sound and lyrical content, then everything turns into a huge echo, the bass and the drum drop in and we know we're into yet another riddim by the mighty Vibronics who seem to can do no wrong when it comes to musical productions. Skillfulness galore!

1. Safe In The Dub MP3
2. Strive Version MP3

DUBMATIX MEETS THE ABASSI ALL-STARS - EKO/EKO DUB

DUBMATIX MEETS THE ABASSI ALL-STARS - EKO/EKO DUB
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW

WWW, July 2010 -�When you want to feel the vibe to the fullness, you just have to buy the vinyl 7''. But the MP3's of this small collaboration with the Abassi All-Stars offered by Canadian-based DUB Producer DUBMATIX give a more than good impression of this impressive project.

Entitled "DUB Conference", UK based producer Neil Perch (Abassi All-Stars, Zion Train, etc) is currently releasing a set of 7 inch vinyl singles wherein he cooperates with other DUB producers and artists who each get their own side of the single. Not just a nice idea, the result is crucial as well.

The EKO Riddim is a pumping steppers riddim played by the Abassi All-Stars. It has all the elements of contemporary digital Dance music and yet remains to be "just another" heavyweight Roots Steppers rhythm in the UK tradition. No problem for Canadian based Dubmatix: his work-out of the riddim is definitely among the best he did and that already says a thing. In fact, both sides are well worth not only our download but also our appreciloving!

Abassi All Starts meets Dubmatix - Eko by dubmatix


Abassi All Stars meets Dubmatix - Eko Dub by dubmatix

BR STYLERS - INDUBSTRIA

BR STYLERS - INDUBSTRIA
DUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW

WWW, July 2010 - BR Stylers is definitely one of the best DUB (Reggae) bands. Based in Italy, they're part of a generation of relatively new bands like the French No More Babylon. INDUBSTRIA, released in April last year (2009) is their fourth album and it's a truly massive piece of work, definitely their best thus far! Vocals and DUB tracks that cannot be ignored!

In fact, INDUBSTRIA is produced very much in the style of what is called Showcase albums: Vocal tracks followed by their Dub versions, either in extended mixes or two different tracks following each other in one way or another. A tradition that fits very well for the music by BR Stylers, which could simply be described as solid, orthodox Roots Rockers Reggae with even more excellent DUB mixing on top of it, but that would simply be too little credit for the Italian Dub and Reggae collective/band.

BR Stylers have been working from a specific view wherein concepts like "ancient purity" are central. Could sound a bit New-Ageish for some, but it's a fact that nature and also the nature of humankind is seriously under attack and things can't go on like this. Artistically, all of this is translated into a traditional, even orthodox Showcase album which in itself is quite an achievement.

So: let's go to the music.

The music on INDUBSTRIA is simply too good be described in words. It's massive, it's versatile, it's catching. Fast tunes and slow ones, Steppers and other Roots Rhythms, lyrics that give more than food for thought, every element that should be there is there. The DUBS are mixed very skillfully in the tradition made popular by UK DUB acts. They're intense, impressive, truly the work of a DUB Master.

Hopefully this is not the last we will hear from this massive band. INDUBSTRIA is definitely leaving the listener with a desire to hear much more!

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BR STYLERS - DUBBING THE EARTH

BR STYLERS - DUBBING THE EARTH
DUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW

WWW, July 2010 - Originally released in 2005, "Dubbing The Earth" finds Italian based massive Roots Reggae DUB band/collective BR Stylers in collaboration with Prince Alla, Vibronics and Jah Free to name just three. Next to some of their own titles, that is. Another Crucial!

The album opens up with an intro that lasts just over one minute. Definitely creating expectations which, if they come true, include an essential addition to your collection of massive material. Well, that expectation will come true, when you're able to listen to the whole album that is.

As said in the introduction paragraph, we find Prince Allah, Jah Free and Vibronics. We also find a collection of tunes all well worth to listen to. Many of them will sooner or later land in a playlist on Radio Dubroom, as examples of just what's around in Cyberspace.

Definitely, there's a strong DUB Movement and the intention is very well described in the title of this album. BR Stylers do their part, that's for sure!

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BR STYLERS - OVER THIS PLACE

BR STYLERS - OVER THIS PLACE
DUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW

WWW, July 2010 - Even though they started in 2000, it was not until 2002 that BR Stylers released an album on their own. Two years later, "Over This Place" was born. The 7-track EP contains a collaboration with UK DUB Act Jah Free and a whole lot more DUB Niceness, that you may not want to miss as a collector of the better quality online DUB releases.

It was just after they opened up for Massive Attack and Horace Andy, sometime before the spring of 2004. It was in that spring, that BR Stylers got together in their Dub Alchemy studio. The recordings went to the Splif Dada Studio's in Turin (Italy), where Madaski put the DUB in there.

During the summer of 2004, "Over This Place" was released.

The music is electronica is combined with what some would call "real playing of instruments". The influences of Trip-Hop are clearly noticeable throughout the album, even though everything stays well within the realms of what loosely can be called Reggae DUB. Mad Professor was clearly one of the sources of inspiration, especially his work with Massive Attack and Horace Andy, with which BR Stylers is so very much connected because of their live performances together.

A Must-Have!

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VARIOUS ARTISTS - IN THE GARDEN OF DUB

VARIOUS ARTISTS - IN THE GARDEN OF DUBDUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW

 

WWW, July 2010 - Described as "Dub With Feeling, Dub With Meaning", the excellent Showcase album "In The Garden Of DUB" by US based Kris Naphtali is in many ways a blessing for those that download the album. This is indeed DUB with Feeling and with Meaning!
 
With the exception of Kris Naphtali's contribution to the album and Brizion's "Good Over Evil", all the music comes from Europe. The UK, of course, represented by names like Kibir La Amlek. France and Belgium are there too, as said, with two American contributions.
 
This is a well sought-out compilation which will definitely cater to the needs of DUB connoisseurs and others who like their Digital DUB just a little too much, if that were possible. It may well serve as an introduction to DUB and (other) Reggae for the lovers of digital dance music, it is definitely spiritually uplifting for Jah children and as such, "In The Garden Of DUB" can very well be seen as an accomplished project, an accomplishment that deserves more than Raspect!

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This album was added to the Dubroom Archive of CreativeCommons Albums. CreativeCommons Copyright means you can share the material 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.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - FEUR UND FLAMME

VARIOUS ARTISTS - FEUR UND FLAMME
DUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW

WWW, July 2010 - Even when you are not able to comprehend the German language, you will still want to listen to "Feur und Flamme" (Fire and Flames). Recorded in Munster (Germany), the album features the German band Firetime with several different vocalists. The result is a gathering of German and English lyrics on some very crucial Contemporary Roots Reggae in the style of Luciano and others.

Originally released in 2008 on Goldvibes Records, the album is very well produced in every way you can think of. The music is more than nice, it is a heartical vibe very much in the style we know as contemporary Jamaican Roots Reggae. The several German sung tracks reveal that we are not dealing here with a Jamaican release.

Firetime, throughout the whole album, shows their skillfulness. Tight where it has to be, loose where looseness is necessary. Everything played in close connection with each other, the band is obviously veteran.

Thirteen tracks, alla dem nice!

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MYKOL ORTHODOX - DUB PLATE COLLECTION

MYKOL ORTHODOX - DUB PLATE COLLECTION
DUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW

WWW, July 2010 - Originally hailing from Mexico as founding member of the TJ Fyah Sound System , Mykol Orthodox is a veteran in Sound System business and has in the meantime worked with many in the field. Sizzla, Ranking Joe and John Holt. In this Dub Plate collection, we find even more familiar names in very special versions.

From Shaba Ranks to Cocoa Tea, from Burru Banton to Junior Kelly, the eight different dub plates in this album are all more than interesting. They're done in different styles even though Dancehall is the main vibe. Do not think that this collection will only appeal to Dancehall fans, though. Roots and Culture is there too, next to some real slackness about which we won't mention anything for the rest in this review.

Mykol Orthodox is thanked and respected for sharing some of his dub plates with the online massive!

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