Monday, September 20, 2010

DUBROOM ONLINE EDITION SEPTEMBER 20-26 2010

DUBROOM ONLINE EDITION SEPTEMBER 20-26 2010

DUBROOM ONLINE EDITION SEPTEMBER 20-26 2010

DUBROOM ONLINE EDITION SEPTEMBER 20-26 2010


FROM THE EDITOR

WWW, September 20 2010 - It's a bit difficult to be enthusiastic over the contents of this edition of Dubroom Weekly: after all, this is the day in which Buju Banton is going to court to face his accusers that framed him. However, with three podcasts and seven crucial free and legal MP3 files, it's worth to check out.

Yes, we started doing Podcast reviews again after what could very well be over a year in which there was no podcast review. We've got two UK Sound System sessions, one live and one done for the Internet by DJ Ian Irie from the Ambassada Hi Powah Sound.

Since there's only a little bit of space left for this month in the Dubroom's podbean account, this week's podcast is almost one hour. In October we can start doing longer ones again and Jah Willing, we will.

Then there is my small commentary on what is scheduled to happen today in Miami (USA), when Buju Banton will be facing his accusers. A scandal, or should I even say, several scandals as certain websites express their joy over Buju's situation, not even caring as to whether he actually did what his accuser say he did.

We've got six tunes from the Polish based Ostrada festival: Mungo's HiFi and Zion Train, Everton Blender, Johnny Clarke and Rootz Underground, they're all present in Hi quality free/legal MP3 format.

Hopefully, next week we'll be having a better time as Jah Willing Buju Banton will be considered innocent even though the web of lies that the gov't created is kind of thick.

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

ON THE BUJU BANTON MATTER

ON THE BUJU BANTON MATTER
MESSIAN DREAD COMMENTARY

ON THE BUJU BANTON MATTER



WWW, September 20 2010 - Today is the day in which Buju Banton will finally appear before the american judge after he was framed by a government paid informer, who also received money to get the Dancehall and Reggae vocalist in prison.

On the Dubroom Message Boards, the "Buju Banton Cokane Case" is followed by several members who post updates when they happen. It will probably be the same in the next couple of days, when things will become more clear. However, I am feeling pressed to write my own commentary on "the-day-before", if you will (this was actually written September 19).

When the news broke, last year December, that Buju Banton was arrested for allegedly planning to sell over five kilo's of cokane, there was hardly anyone who could take it serious. It was almost a laughing matter, was it not for the fact that this is a serious thing when you are being arrested in the USA for these charges.

As I overstand the story, Buju Banton had a conversation with a paid government informer on a an airplane from Spain to the USA, after which he remained to have contact with this informer. According to the little information that comes out, this informer pressed Buju to do cokane deals.

Then, there are two other people arrested together with the Reggae singer. One of them initially signed a statement saying Buju Banton has nothing to do with the cokane case these people might or might not be involved in. However, both men have joined Babylon and are now accusing Buju Banton in order to get a lower sentence themselves. These things are very normal in the USA and they are called "plea-deals". In short: when the government can't get their evidence, they just intimidate you and say: "plea guilty, we will lower the sentence".

Plea-deals are an abomination, both for truth-finding and for the overall sense of justice. How many people have actually said they were guilty of a crime they did not commit, only because if they keep sticking to the truth they will serve much longer in these prisons? JAH knows, definitely!

Personally, I do not believe that Buju Banton has anything to do with any cokane case. Sure, when you're working in music you will be confronted with hard drugs, simply because many artists and other workers in music are using the drugs. This is the closest connection between Buju Banton and cokane I can think of.

Buju Banton is a very popular artist. He might not be a zillionaire like many of these superstars, But I do not think he really needed to get himself into any cokane deals in order to make his living. On top of that, Buju Banton would probably have known about the fact that the US government create most of their drug cases by means of paid informers, or should I say, agent provocateurs...

Buju was obviously framed. There are too many people who would like him to shut down as his musical works are an offense to certain politikal korrekt ones. I have seen "gay" websites cheering over the fact that Buju is in jail, some even saying that they don't care if Buju did the cokane thing or not.

I hope and pray, that JAH will not allow the shitstem to do to Buju Banton what they are obviously planning. I have little trust in the truth-finding nature that a court should be, but JAH is the Almighty.

One good thing which comes out of this, though: as far as I can see an end has come to the enormous flood of Reggae tunes worshipping the guy in the white house as people are waking up (again?) to the fact that gross injustice is being done, not only to Buju, but to many more Jamaican artists and non-artists who saw their visas revoked.

One Love, Give Thanks,
Messian Dread

A SHOWCASE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

A SHOWCASE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
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WWW, September 2010 - Four different Sounds, each one coming with two vocal tracks accompanied by their Dub versions: it's time for a showcase, a Righteous Showcase selected by Messian Dread for your spiritual and social inspiration. Courtesy some of the top producers of this time!
"A Showcase Of Righteousness" it is, indeed. In Reggae Culture, a Showcase album or selection gives you vocal tracks with their Dub versions, sometimes mixed in one non-stop track or two separate tunes. Righteousness obviously refers to the contents of the lyrics: it's all about Livity and Consciousness.
The show opens up with two great tunes produced by the Dutch based Slimmah Sound, the first one released on Zion Train's Deep Root label while Kyle Sicarius' "Tribulation" came out on Slimmah's own Roots Tribe Records. Excellence showing how Roots Music will continue in this century.
Tena Stelin's album "Sun and Moon", released on the Conscious Sounds label is in itself an excellent Showcase album, too. The UK Dub and Roots veterans have been writing history for decades already, and this production with the UK based conscious singer is yet another example of that. Two tunes, one with a message of Babylon's upcoming fall and another containing praises to Jah, "The Original Author" with which we wholeheartedly agree here in the Dubroom.
Chanter Jah Marnyah and singer Anthony John, both riding a Vibronics produced steppers riddim and Dub continue the Showcase of Righteousness, with some heavyweight DUB sounds mixed in that special Vibronics sound, mixing old-skool technology with contemporary digital possibilities in a unique way. From Vibronics' very own Scoops Label, originally released on 10 inch.
The show concludes with two crucial steppers riddims by the UK DUB Twins Alpha and Omega, whose specific bass-centralized music have been blasting through the speakers of all of UK's legendary Sound Systems, including the great Jah Shaka who was by himself instrumental in getting the duo together to release tunes back in the 1980's.
Consciousness is the key in all of the music. Enjoy!
PLAYLIST
01. Slimmah Sound and Sis 'Omi - Judgment Come Version (Courtesy DEEP ROOT and SLIMMAH SOUND)
02. Slimmah Sound and Sis 'Omi - Judgment Come (Courtesy DEEP ROOT and SLIMMAH SOUND)
03. Slimmah Sound and Kyle Sicarius - Tribulation (Courtesy SLIMMAH SOUND)
04. Slimmah Sound and Kyle Sicarius - Tribulation Version (Courtesy SLIMMAH SOUND)
05. Conscious Sounds and Tena Stelin - Babylon Won't Succeed (Courtesy CONSCIOUS SOUNDS)
06. Conscious Sounds and Tena Stelin - Babylon Won't Succeed Version (Courtesy CONSCIOUS SOUNDS)
07. Conscious Sounds and Tena Stelin - Great Is Jah (Courtesy CONSCIOUS SOUNDS)
08. Conscious Sounds and Tena Stelin - Great Is Jah Version (Courtesy CONSCIOUS SOUNDS)
09. Vibronics and Jah Marnyah - Try Version (Courtesy VIBRONICS)
10. Vibronics and Jah Marnyah - I Try (Courtesy VIBRONICS)
11. Vibronics and Anthony John - Strive (Courtesy VIBRONICS)
12. Vibronics and Anthony John - Strive Version (Courtesy VIBRONICS)
13. Alpha and Omega with Boney L - Babylon Children version (Wounded) (Courtesy ALPHA AND OMEGA)
14. Alpha and Omega with Boney L - Babylon Children (Courtesy ALPHA AND OMEGA)
15. Alpha and Omega with Coz Tafari - Marching Warriors (Courtesy ALPHA AND OMEGA)
16. Alpha and Omega with Coz Tafari - Marching Warriors version (Dub Warrior) (Courtesy ALPHA AND OMEGA)

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AMBASSADA HI-POWAH PRESENTS: ENTEBBE SOUND LIVE IN SESSION

AMBASSADA HI-POWAH PRESENTS: ENTEBBE SOUND LIVE IN SESSION
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AMBASSADA HI-POWAH PRESENTS: ENTEBBE SOUND LIVE IN SESSION



WWW, September 2010 - Ever since Reggae Music is there, there is Reggae Music in the UK. Of course this includes a whole lot of Sound Systems, each one coming with their own selections and equipment. In this special episode of the Ambassada Hi-Powah podcasts, we are taken to a heartical session by the mighty Entebbe Sound.

Sure, the sound quality is not in the best digital quality, possibly even taken from cassette tape. However, this increases the experience of heavy bass and live chanting by several MC's. The energetic session, of which about 46 minutes is recorded, is a school example of the heartical vibes and spiritual truths which are being spread through the conscious Sound Systems, of which Entebbe is not the least.

You'll hear a crucial number of Dub Plates (special mixes), over which there's -next to chanting- a lot of effects and EQ changes. The bass goes deeper than deep, the tunes are presented in the true old-skool Sound System style of wheeling records, having "silent" breaks between the titles, et cetera.

Niceness, seen?

STEP IT! WALK IT! SKANK IT! - AN IRIE MEDITATION MIX BY IAN IRIE

STEP IT! WALK IT! SKANK IT! - AN IRIE MEDITATION MIX BY IAN IRIE
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STEP IT! WALK IT! SKANK IT! - AN IRIE MEDITATION MIX BY IAN IRIE



WWW, September 2010 - Named after the great Nucleus Roots track (played in the show), DJ Ian Irie shows us once again what over three decades of experience can bring both the selector as well as the listener: An Irie Meditation it is!

Not a single knob is left untouched when Ian Irie is at the controls. No different in this mix: we are being treated to musical works of several producers but everything is mixed to one crucial vibe, the Ambassada Hi Powah vibe, that is...

Another thing which shows the expertise of our selector, is the fact that tracks from several different periods blend well together in the mix. There is a timeless, eternal if you will, element there which can only be presented when it is experienced as well.

Yes I, another great selection by one of the veterans of the Sound System culture that started in the Jamaica and the UK but has in the meantime spread all over the world.

IRIE!

MUNGO'S HI-FI - DON'T LET THEM BREAK YOUR HEART DUB

MUNGO'S HI-FI - DON'T LET THEM BREAK YOUR HEART DUB
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MUNGO'S HI-FI - DON'T LET THEM BREAK YOUR HEART DUB



WWW, September 2010 - Based in Glasgow (Scotland), Mungo's Hi-Fi Sound was established in 2000 and have continued to grow into on of the better known Sound Systems from the UK. In this tune, we're getting a special remix the Sound Systems did especially for the Polish based Ostrada festival.

A deep One Drop (bass) Drums, an ever deeper bassline: the foundation is truly solid. The mixing is skillful, all the instruments are there including the horns and of course there are vocal snippets .

All in all, when you didn't know Mungo's Hi-Fi this is your chance to change!

JOHNNY CLARKE MEET SOOTHSAYERS AND MANNASSEH - BAD BOYS

JOHNNY CLARKE MEET SOOTHSAYERS AND MANNASSEH - BAD BOYS
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WWW, September 2010 - In this special remix of the Johnny Clarke collaboration with the Soothsayers band, done by UK based Sound System and Dub producer Manasseh, we have yet another true gem of Reggae waiting to arrive on your hard disk.

It's a crucial tune, both production-wise as well as lyrically. Johnny Clarke's voice ripened more even though back in the seventies his voice was already ripe. It's amazing to hear just alone, how decades of singing has brought Johnny Clarke to this level.

Just one remark: it's really too bad that this is only a vocal track, as a Discomix would be nicer. Perhaps, too nice? After all, we can't have it all...

EVERTON BLENDER - GHETTO YOUTHS

EVERTON BLENDER - GHETTO YOUTHS
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EVERTON BLENDER - GHETTO YOUTHS



WWW, September 2010 - Riding a contemporary rendering of the classic Real Rock riddim, Everton Blender showing once again just what he is able to do with his voice. In "Ghetto Youths", he stands up for the fact that there's too much suffering in the ghetto's in spite of the fact that many of the youths have good hearts.

Where many look down on the ghetto people, as much as many will also see the rising of the good-hearted youths as they fight their way up to the top. A thought-provoking statement, delivered in the Roots and Culture style of the upful Rastaman.

Crucially Crucial!

ZION TRAIN - GIVE ME GOOD SENSI (LIVE AT OSTRADA FESTIVAL POZNAN, POLAND, 2009)

ZION TRAIN - GIVE ME GOOD SENSI (LIVE AT OSTRADA FESTIVAL POZNAN, POLAND, 2009)
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ZION TRAIN - GIVE ME GOOD SENSI (LIVE AT OSTRADA FESTIVAL POZNAN, POLAND, 2009)



WWW, September 2010 - "Give Me Good Sensi" is a well-known Zion Train riddim, with Earl Sixteen at the microphone. In this live rendering done at the Polish Ostrada festival, there's no Earl 16 but the vibe is definitely more than there.

The message is clear, and the message is given in Poland but should be heard all over: we need Rub a Dub and the right sensi, not no chemical poison and devil vibes to mash up our minds.

The music is clear, too: heavyweight bass and dub sounds, with live voicing and live mixing to create the good vibrations once again.

ZION TRAIN - KNOW ABOUT JAH (LIVE AT OSTRADA FESTIVAL POZNAN, POLAND, 2009)

ZION TRAIN - KNOW ABOUT JAH (LIVE AT OSTRADA FESTIVAL POZNAN, POLAND, 2009)
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ZION TRAIN - KNOW ABOUT JAH (LIVE AT OSTRADA FESTIVAL POZNAN, POLAND, 2009)



WWW, September 2010 - Introduced as "This Is The Sufferers Style", Zion Train comes again with a Dub Plate style Dubwise riddim, with nuff live mixing and singing, nuff wheels, nuff breaks, nuff message.

Nine minutes and forty seconds of pure Dubwise and Conscious Niceness fe true: as the Zion Train interacts with the audience, delivering the message that it's all about knowing about Jah as the ancients knew about the Creator. Given the fact that this is all taking place at a location where already a few decades ago the Jah-denying communist government was still trying to fight all that knowledge down, pure vibes for those with ears to hear!

ROOTZ UNDERGROUND - ROCKET

ROOTZ UNDERGROUND - ROCKET
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ROOTZ UNDERGROUND - ROCKET



WWW, September 2010 - After the countdown, we're being treated to a very majestic intro, with a full band plus backing vocals delivering the right vibe for the rest of the track.

A very smoky voice continues to ride the live riddim after the introduction, asking just why there is so much money spent on rockets to space and military objectives, where love and peace should be running the place.

The band plays tight, obviously they've done this before, including the electric guitar solo which give the music a rock vibe, and a saxophone playing crucially skillfully.

SCIENTIST AND DUB LOUNGE INT. - OVER THE CLIFFS

SCIENTIST AND DUB LOUNGE INT. - OVER THE CLIFFS
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SCIENTIST AND DUB LOUNGE INT. - OVER THE CLIFFS



WWW, September 2010 - They've backed for Winston Jarrett, worked with a lot of well-known names from Black Uhuru to Buju Banton and many others. Seattle based Dub Lounge International know their Roots Music and their Dub, too: especially with Scientist At the Controls!

The riddim is ultra-slow, drums are played in One Drop style, the bass is there at the right place: Scientist rides the multitrack recording from behind the mixing board, where he has an interesting interaction with the music as engineer and recording blend together for three minutes and fifty-six seconds.

This one is simply, Ire, cool music, totally in harmony with the name of the players of instruments.

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