MP3 Podcast: Various Artists - Rootman Time

VARIOUS ARTISTS - ROOTSMAN TIME
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW



WWW, October 2007 - Ambassada High Power's DJ Ian Irie shows once again that he's selecting on a Sound System which traces it's roots back to 1978.

With a healthy doses of Dubs and Vocals, Roots and Culture, the 5th episode of the Ambassada Podcasts will once again satisfy the need of the Rootsman posse inna Cyberspace.

Over 45 Minutes of pure niceness, even a dub plate (original recording just for this sound system), all the necessary elements for another original Sound System experience are there.



PLAYLIST

1) African Blood
2) African Dub
3) Bingy Man A come
4) Father Here My Prayer
5) True Colours
6) Bubbling Dub - Sly & Robbie
7) Prayah To Jah - J Tees
8) Why Worry - Israel Vibration
9) Everyday I love Jah
10) There Is no Love - Sylvia Tella
11) Africa The Blackmans Home - Sugar Minott
12) Eithopian Kings - Rod Taylor
13 Row Fisherman Row - Junior Delgado
14) Fisherman Dubplate


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Video: Black Uhuru - Fire City

BLACK UHURU - FIRE CITY
Dubroom (DUB) Reggae Video Review



WWW, September 2007 - In the mid 1980's, Jamaica Music was Rub a Dub and became Ragga or Dancehall. Sly and Robbie went a totally different way with Black Uhuru and Fire City is one of their tunes from that time.

Again, Sly and Robbie combine what made Black Uhuru: Dub effects, strong drum and basslines with loads of militant lyrics on top of it, crucial instrumentation and a solid production.

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Dubroom Online - Edition October 6, 2007

Dubroom Online - Edition October 6, 2007


"CATCH A FIRE" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, October 6 2007 - The video "Catch a Fire", which we reviewed for this edition of Dubroom Online, reveals to a great extend just what was going on in that time wherein the Wailer created their first album.

The documentary is open about just about everything that was done to market Bob Marley's music to the European and American Rock audiences. Audiences that would despise Reggae, if they knew about it at all in the first place!

Was it a "sell-out" to the system, or was it an intelligent more to use the system in order to spread the same message to a much larger audience?

Obviously, the debate will continue as it has been continued throughout the decades.

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



ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:
Video: (Bob Marley and) the Wailers - Catch a Fire
Mp3 Podcast - Various Artists - Juggling Stylee!

Video: (Bob Marley and) the Wailers - Catch a Fire

(BOB MARLEY AND) THE WAILERS - CATCH A FIRE
Dubroom (DUB) Reggae Video Review



WWW, September 2007 - This must-see documentary reveals to great detail, just how Bob Marley's Reggae Music was transformed to make it acceptable for the European and American markets.

When Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh and Bob Marley formed their vocal harmony group The Wailing Wailers and started recording for Sir Coxsone Dodd's Studio One, it would mark the start of an incredible story.

Not in the least, because the story of the (Bob Marley and the) Wailers is synonymous with the story of the world-wide popularization of Reggae Music.

And "Catch a Fire" plays a crucial role in this story!

When the album was produced, the Wailers were still together and Reggae Music was still seen as some local form of what is disdainfully called "World Music", a term that yet to be invented in the early 1970's.

Chris Blackwell, then owner of Island Records, loved Reggae and came in contact with the Wailers. He gave them money to record their album in Jamaica, and then flew Bob Marley to the UK to work on the recordings.

Chris Blackwell is interviewed, as is Bunny Wailer. Peter and Bob enter in, and a whole host of well-known names in Reggae and Rastafari donate some information too. The musicians who worked on the album in the UK enter into the video as well, telling their part of the story.

The whole idea behind the album was to market Reggae to a new audience.

Therefore, this video is much more than just the story behind the making of the album. If only, because the video reveals to great detail just how the raw Jamaican Reggae was smoothed and changed to make it acceptable for the Rock audiences of Europe and the USA.

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Mp3 Podcast - Various Artists - Juggling Stylee!

VARIOUS ARTISTS - 1990'S JUGGLING STYLEE
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WWW, October 2007 - In the early 1990's, the drum computer and other digital technologies had definitely taken over the Jamaican Studio's and Dancehalls.

It all started in the mid 1980's with the Sleng-Teng riddim, a production by Prince Jammy's. It was the first digital production and the people loved it. The Digital Revolution was a fact!

Many people complain about these technologies. Let's call them preterists: people with a rather unhealthy love for the past. Drum computers and programming music would kill creativity, was the claim.

Well, this podcasts proofs them wrong from the top to the very last drop.

When you hear Dennis Brown, for example, singing out from his heart and soul or Frankie Paul who basically does the same, any claim that this music has no heart and soul is beyond the comprehension of the writer of this review.

So let the drum and bass lines of this great mix of programmed and played material make you skank heavy while the singers give you food for thought and love...


PLAYLIST

01. Pull Your String Cohesion Exterminator 1990
02. Flex Out Studio Case Exterminator 1990
03. Come With Me Dennis Brown Shocking Vibes 1992
04. To Have And To Hold Dennis Brown Power Matic 1992
05. Promise Land Frankie Paul Champion Records 1992
06. Everything I've Got Garnett Silk Penthouse 1992
07. No More Will I Roam Dennis Brown Jammys 1993
08. Putting Up Resistance Beres Hammond Tappa 1992
09. Love Is The Answer Junior Reid Tappa 1992
10. Good Man Scarce Junior Reid J.R. Sound 1990
11. No More Walls Dennis Brown Two Friends 1990
12. Love In Your Heart Dennis Brown Tappa 1992


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Dubroom Online - Edition October 5, 2007

Dubroom Online - Edition October 5, 2007


"UK ROOTS" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, October 5 2007 - The history of UK Reggae is almost as old as the Jamaican music itself, but things really started to roll in the 1970's.

Bob Marley and the Wailers gained world popularity, which gave the development of UK Reggae an enormous boost in the right direction. It didn't take long for the UK to be flooded with Studio's and Sound Systems, Singers and Players of Instruments.

Many are still active today, by the way. Adrian Sherwood and his On-U Sound, for example. Or the Axis Sound System. They both have a history that goes back to the late 1970's, early 1980's and today we go back to those days and enjoy the vibes once more.

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

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:
MP3 Podcast: Inglan Is A Bitch - On-U Sound
Video: Late Nite Session - A Short Film

MP3 Podcast: Inglan Is A Bitch - On-U Sound

INGLAN IS A BITCH: ON-U SOUND
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW



WWW, October 2007 - Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound takes a special place within the catalogue of UK DUB and Reggae productions, ever since he started releasing.

When you hear words like "experimental" or "progressive", more often than not you are listening to word that covers up an inability to work with the real deal rather than an accurate description of someone's productions.
It's sad, but true.

However, there are producers who have proven themselves to be worthy of carrying such descriptions and Adrian Sherwood definitely is one of them.

He started his On-U project in 1980, and has been steadily releasing material that would at least inspire many other producers. Whether he recorded singers like Bim Sherman or DJ's like Prince Fari, every time he managed to add that special touch that would become his trademark to the day this is written (October 2007).

Although Sherwood definitely knows his Reggae, he also mixes (elements of) other musical forms with the rhythm of the drum and bassline. His philosophy and musical in-sight make him come up with original experiments and progressive productions that may not be appreciloved by the purists, but will be acknowledged by every true connoisseur of Reggae Music.

In this podcast, we are being treated to 5 excellent maxi-singles from the Sherwood Stable, showcasing his material from especially the early 1980's.

A deep, deep DUB experience like no other Sound can give On-U!

PLAYLIST

1a. "You´re The One" - Bim Sherman
1b. "Pounding System" - Dub Syndicate
1c. "Bedward The Flying Preacher" - Prince Fari + Singers & Players
1982-83

2. "Family Doctoring" - African Head Charge
1981

3. "Over Board" - Dub Syndicate
1984

4a. "African Blood" - Singers & Players
4b. "Blood Shed" - Singers & Players
1983

5. "Two thieves And A liar" - Gary Clail + On-U Sound System
1989


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Video: Late Nite Session - A Short Film

LATE NITE SESSION - A SHORT FILM
Dubroom (DUB) Reggae Video Review



WWW, September 2007 - In this piece of eye-candy for the apprecilover of Reggae Music, we're being introduced to the UK based Axis Sound System in their earlier days.

The video itself, almost ten minutes long, is really a short film rather than a documentary or a video report. A true work of art, and a true labor of love. There's some acting, there's genuine images, there's stuff in between as well.

Enjoy!

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