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Thursday, February 3, 2011

ERROL JUDAH AND NEOPHYTE STEPPERS - LIFE (IT NA FUNNY)

ERROL JUDAH AND NEOPHYTE STEPPERS - LIFE (IT NA FUNNY)
FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD

WWW, January 2011 - Taken from the album "Walt Rides Again" which is available from sites like amazon.com, "Life (It Na Funny)" is an excellent DUB track in the ROOTS tradition, with full-blown horns and a massive drum and bass line. The Neophytes, who have been around long enough to be among the Experienced, team up with vocalist Errol Judah in what can only be described as a must-have for your ever growing collection of free and legal MP3 files.
The Dub mixing is excellent, there are enough parts with lyrical content to guarantee the conscious aspect while the instruments in their turn form a perfect input for the echo machine and reverberation device. Life is not funny for the sufferers, but music make them help through in that mystical way which is perfectly captured in the (free and legal) release. Consider purchasing the album, more than worth it!

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This track was released under CreativeCommons Copyright, which means you can share it provided that the original file is being offered without any change. Another aspect of the CC copyright is, that no money should be made and therefor this track is offered to you free of charge. For more specific information, look to the information on the Neophyte Steppers website . When you like the music, consider visiting the purchasing the album.

The Dubroom Renovation Project (5): Studio Dubroom

DUBROOM RENOVATION PROJECT (5) - STUDIO DUBROOM
FROM THE WEBMASTER

DUBROOM, February 2011 - I've managed to renovate another part of the Dubroom, this time it is http://studio.dubroom.org/ which is an artist/producer-only section filled with tips, tricks and downloads. Most of the material present is older but now the studio is ready to be expanded again. Some material has been taken off-line, though. These are parts which were hardly ever read or were surely not about to be updated even they they should. I hope that everything is more overseeable.

The different loops, samples, soundfonts which you can download now all have their own download page, from where you can also click to comment on the material, either via the blog or via the forum. I do plan to share some more material to download pretty soon but I cannot say when that will be.

CLICK TO VISIT STUDIO.DUBROOM.ORG

FREE STYLE SCOTT DRUMDROPS™ IN STUDIO DUBROOM

Imagine Style Scott playing the beat of an militant Steppers rhythms. Fills and breask flash like lightning too. Then he starts to play an up-tempo one drop and does it all over again. Suppose he would then give you permission to use the two rhythms in your productions and think about him when you'll want more.

Which he knows you do, ofcourse...

Of course!

This is what UK based DRUMDROPS™ generously offers the producers who know their way to Studio Dubroom. In a Dubroom Exclusive Download, you can get two crucial rhythms from their Multitrack DVD-ROM DRUMDROPS IN DUB VOL. 1.

Absolutely free, and no strings attached. Ten files, in High Quality (192 Kbps) MP3 format for you to use in your DUBWISE production.

VISIT DRUMDROPS - DOWNLOAD THE ZIPFILE

DUBROOM DRUMS 0.1 (BETA)

This drum loop is a Steppers rhythm at 133 BPM, both in WAV and DR. REX format. The loop comes in three parts: one with an intro-break, one with a break in the rhythm, and one with the rhythm itself.

It is a first try on what could possibly become an interesting pack of drum loops at a later stage.

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DUBROOM 808 DRUM LOOPS VOLUME 2

The second episode in our presentation of Reggae Loops created with the the TR808 Drum Machine Sounds contains just one rhythm. It's a 121 BPM One Drop and contains 28 different loops. There are several different variation in the rhyhm, four different fills and several loops with a crash cymbal hit.

The One Drop is ideal for some heavy roots sounds, even when they are created with the TR 808 sounds. Especially by making your own sequence of the loops, you can create some pretty complicated but solid rhythms. Usually there is only "one drop" of the bassdrum in every measure, on the third count, which brings this solidness. But the creative hi hat pattern and several variations make it also interesting for those with an ear for detail. That's the power of the One Drop and it shows especially in heavy DUB.

The loops are constructed in such a way, that you can easily copy any loop after any loop. You can even use software like Cool Edit and simple "open append" the loops you want in order to get a nice drum track.

Beware, though. Although the loops are all 4 to 8 measure long, they do not actually start on the first measure. This becomes clear, when you listen to the introduction roll. So start with the introduction roll, and listen closely. When you count the measure in blocks of 8 measure, know that the loops start with the "last measure" and then continues with the first seven (or three) measures. The reason why this is done, is so that all loops can follow eachother easy. For in every measure, there is some decay of the hand clap from the previous one. This is also the reason why you hear the "click" at the start of every measure. When you copy/paste them in a sequence, this click is gone.

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DUBROOM 808 DRUM LOOPS VOLUME 1

Especially for the producers of computer based DUB, the Dubroom has released a package of Drum Loops created with the TR 808 Sounds. The 808 is a vintage Drum Computer and it's electronic sounds are highly popular in circles of producers of electronic music like Trance and Techno. But also in Reggae and DUB, especially in the more dancehall orientated styles, the drums are used as well.

The package, simply called "Dubroom 808 Drum Loops part One", contains four different directories of rhythms. Each directory has an introduction roll and two fills as well as an avarage of five different variations of the drum beat itself. Some loops have to be inserted on the second measure, others in the first. The introduction roll will show this.

The four rhythms are:

133 BPM Steppers - A powerfull rhythm, militant and yet easy dancable. Great for constructing with a melodic bassline and some vocals.
140 BPM Two Drop - Perfect for some rub a dub style, some cool skanking. With a monotonous bassline, this track is ideal for some crucial Dub mixing as well.
147 BPM One Drop - Often, in Reggae the One Drop is played with a rimshot on the snare. The TR808 doesn't have a rimshot, but a very nice handclap. Together with the snaredrum, you'll get a pretty interesting "electro roots" sound ideal for creating some ire riddim.
158 BPM Half Drop - The "half drop" is like a "two drop" with the bassdrum on the first and third count. In this one the bassdrum is on the first count only. It's the most dancable rhythm of this loop collection.

All the loops are stored in one ZIP File. When you unpack the file, the loops will be stored in four different directories. the ZIP File is just over 16Mb, and the loops are over 30 Mb.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE ZIPFILE

DUBROOM PERCUSSION 2005 #2: KETE HAND DRUMS

The Dubroom is happy to be able to present the second part of our line of Percussion Sample packs for the producer of (DUB) Reggae Music. And this one is kind of special in many ways. It contains 30 different samples from a Kete Hand Drum which you can hear in so many Roots Reggae tracks. Even putting single sounds in strategic places in your loops will give your track that roots sound which many like to hear and play.

The drums are sampled by online artist BLAMINACK, who also.... made this very same drum with his hands! And if that's not all, you might like to know that Ryan Moore of the legendary Twilight Circus DUB Sound System is currently the actual owner of the actual hand drum of which you can now have the actual samples!

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DUBROOM PERCUSSION 2005 #1: GUIRO

The Guiro is played with one drum stick, which can be used to tick on the instrument, creating a woodblock sound. But the most common use is to scrape the drumstick over the instrument, creating a rasping sound which matches perfectly with the Reggae Rhythm.

This file contains 4 different Guiro loops and 28 seperate samples. They are all played by the percussionist of the Dubroom Studio Band JAH Roots

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ANCIENT DUBROOM LOOP PACK 7: DUB CULTURE

These files are copyrighted files. That means, you can not use them for commercial purposes without have contact with The Dubroom first.