BALAGANJAH: ROOTS AND CULTURE STYLE

BALAGANJAH: ROOTS AND CULTURE STYLE
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WWW, January 2008 - From the Holy Land, with love for Reggae Music and for the people: introducing Balaganjah to the online massive!

Balaganjah is more than just a weekly Reggae Radio show in Tel Aviv. The program has had a host of guests, for example, ranging from the Netherlands based King Shiloh to Carlton Livingston and many others.

In this episode we meet up with selectors Ganjah Vibes and Skunkride. They play a number of 1970's material, in style. Every now and then, we feel a little effect, jingle or spoken phrase.

Great selection, too! Burning Spear's "Jah is my Driver", for example, coming with excellent DUB version. The unforgettable "Lot's Wife" by Prince Alla is another gem that simply cannot be refused by those that apprecilove the better worlks from the 1970's.


PLAYLIST

01. wailers band - cobra style
02. in crowd - mango walk
03. burning spear - jah is my driver
04. zap pow - last war
05. prince alla - lots wife
06. earl 16 - freedom
07. delroy williams - think twice
08. max edwards - inner city blues
09. african brothers - hold tight
10. sam bramwell - dread ina babylon
11. wailing souls - breda gravalicious
12. trinity - how long


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MYSTERY BABYLON (12)

Dubroom Online - Edition January 16, 2008


"MYSTERY BABYLON (12)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, January 16 2008 - Why did Nimrod wanted to build a "Tower" that would "Reach Into Heaven"?

Ancient books tell us, how the founder of what we know as Babylon was angry at Jah for sending the Great Flood.

Remnants and ruins of that pre-flood time -also known as "Atlantis"- can be found all over the world, but let's just mention the ancient Sumerians here.

Nimrod build the tower on a place these Sumerians called "The bottomless pit". It was there, that these ancients would have contact with a being we would recognize as "Satan".

More Tomorrow.

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


ITEM FOR THIS EDITION:
BACKYARD SESSIONS: INNA ROOTS STYLE

BACKYARD SESSIONS: INNA ROOTS STYLE

BACKYARD SESSIONS: INNA ROOTS STYLE
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WWW, January 2008 - In the meantime, we take a look in King Konsul's backyard where we enjoy 45 minutes of a satisfying combination of known and relatively unknown works of art.

King Konsul knows his Reggae. Starting of with a selection of predominantly Lover's tunes, only to go forward into more Conscious and spiritual material, the first episode of his Backyard Sessions contains a well-balanced set of older and less older Reggae tunes.

Militant Roots Rockers by Dr. Alimantado, foundational works from Israel Vibration, even Bob Marley's children are represented in what could be seen as a presentation of the versatility of Roots Reggae Music.

Unfortunately, at the time this review is written, King Konsul only released one of his backyard session. Unfortunately, because the selector knows his business: the kind of business that is sweet to the soul of those that live, eat and breath Reggae Music!


PLAYLIST

01. DESI YOUNG - I don´t know why I love you
02. LORNA BENNETT & SCOTTY - Skank in bed
03. BB SEATON - Summertime
04. THE MELODY MAKERS - Sugar pie
05. KENNY KNOTTS - Love & Blessings
06. SUGAR MINOTT & JOSEPH COTTON - Downbeat special
07. ZAP POW - Cry inflation
08. DR ALIMANTADO - Gimme mi gun
09. FABULOUS FIVE - Oooh aah!
10. DENNIS BROWN - Easy take it easy
11. ISRAEL VIBRATION - We a de rasta
12. JACOB MILLER - Baby I love you so
13. JOHN HOLT - Police in helicopter
14. GREGORY ISAACS - One more time


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MYSTERY BABYLON (11)

Dubroom Online - Edition January 15, 2008
"MYSTERY BABYLON (11)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, January 15 2008 - We know, that Babylon means "confusion" when translated from the language in which the original Bible was written.

In the language of the Babylonians, though, the name Bab-El means "Gate to the gods". And the infamous "Tower of Babel" was that very gateway to these very "gods".

Unlike popular belief, the ancients were not so stupid to think that if they would build a skyscraper, they would reach "into heaven".

And the very fact that JAH stopped the building of this "skyscraper" in order to stop Nimrod and his minions from -indeed- "reaching into heaven" should indicate that there was something else going on but what popular belief tells us.

So, why did Nimrod build that tower anyway? More tomorrow...

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

ITEM FOR THIS EDITION:
DON'T CUT OFF THE DREADLOCKS

DON'T CUT OFF THE DREADLOCKS

DON'T CUT OFF THE DREADLOCKS
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WWW, January 2008 - The fourth episode of the Potcast will definitely keep the barber away: check out a dreadful session of 70's conscious Reggae Music.

Some say, that Reggae music can best be enjoyed when smoking a good one on top of that. Well, that is up to everyone to decide. Fact is, that Reggae Music can make you feel Ire with or without Lamb's Bread.

You definitely do not have to be a "Pothead" to enjoy the Potcast, though. You just have to love and love Reggae Music with your heart and soul. Sharing the love with our selector, who does his best to make you feel Ire.

And he's quite good at it, too!

Every now and then, the selector will add some crucial flangers and phasers to the mix. Not in a disturbing way, though. Just like feeling ire can be subtle, so are the effects that perfectly blend the different tunes into one vibe.

The fact that the mix contains a selection of stricktly conscious and spiritual Reggae music, gives an extra dimension to the mix. While those that may not necessarily be interested in the topics of the lyrics just rock to the rhythm of the drum and bass line, those with spiritual ears to hear will know themselves to be encouraged once again to move forward in consciousness.

For which I and I give thanks!

PLAYLIST

01. Barry Brown - Mafia - Time 1
02. Big Youth - Big Youth Capitalist - Vivian Jackson/Yabby U
03. Jr. Byles - Fade Away - Joe Frasier
04. Dennis Brown - Some Like It Hot - Observer
05. Dillinger - Riding Down Memory Lane - Observer
06. Devon Irons - When Jah Come - Clocktower
07. Meditations - Life Is Not Easy - Scandal
08. Heptones - Storm Cloud - Hep Hep
09. Abyssinians - This Land Is For Everyone - Clinch
10. Linval Thompson - Don't Cut Off Your Dreadlocks - Striker Lee
11. Prince Alla - Funeral - Tappa
12. Cornell Campbell - No Man's Land - Joe Gibbs
13. Wailing Souls - Joy within your heart - Well Charge
14. Jr Blair - I want someone - Ossie´s Motion
15. Peter Tosh - You Can't Fool Me Again - Impact!
16. Ronnie Davis - Everybody Needs Love - On Top


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MYSTERY BABYLON (10)

Dubroom Online - Edition January 14, 2008


"MYSTERY BABYLON (10)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, January 14 2008 - The origins of Babylon can be traced back to the Middle-East, in what we call Iraq today.

It's hailed as the "Cradle of Civilization" by many of not most historians in today's Universities. The Bible also tells us how after the Great Flood, a man called Nimrod "began to be a mighty man" and founded an empire he called "Bab-El" or "Gate to (the) God(s)".

We know this gate as "Tower of Babel". Most people will have heard about the Tower of Babel, or rather the unfinished attempt to build it.

But not too many people know what it means that Nimrod "began to be a mighty man" and why the "tower" he attempted to build cause JAH to put an end to it.

More tomorrow!

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

ITEM FOR THIS EDITION:

THE SOUND OF THE VOLCANO

MYSTERY BABYLON (9)

Dubroom Online - Edition January 13, 2008


"MYSTERY BABYLON (9)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, January 13 2008 - Mystery Babylon is not just a system of religious and political downpression. Not just a word from Reggae musicians quoting the Bible or a topic in archeology.

But when we do look at the injustice, inequality, wars and rumors of wars, we do see a system and even a plan. This obviously leads to something!

And when we listen to Reggae Music or read the Bible, we find revelation about that system which keeps people under downpression for so many years now.

So, where did this all start and what exactly is that plan or agenda of Mystery Babylon?

Let's find that out in the coming days!

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


ITEM FOR THIS EDITION:
OLD RIDDIM, NEW ROOTS

OLD RIDDIM, NEW ROOTS

OLD RIDDIM, NEW ROOTS
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WWW, December 2007 - "Old Riddim, New Roots" gives us an insight into the way Reggae Riddims are taken from one generation into the next and things are added with each new style.

Even though fortunately new riddims come into existence almost every day, the old ones are revamped with each new generation of Reggae Music as well.

This is done in a wide variety of ways, some technically and some instrumentally. One might sample a loop and base a whole new tune on just that one loop, others will re-do the old riddim and yet there is a third group that will do even other things.

This episode of the "PotCast" (No Typo there) gives us a wonderful example of such new skool recordings.

We're introduced to a wide variety of styles and sounds, which in itself is rather interesting because many seem to think that contemporary Reggae all sounds the same because of the digital technology that is incorporated.

Heavy Skanking!


PLAYLIST

01. Sizzla - Just one of those days - VP
02. Richie Spice - Gideon Boots - Digital B
03. Anthony B - Fed Up - Digital B
04. Anthony Cruz - Halfway Tree - Footsteps
05. Tanya Stephens - To The Rescue - Footsteps
06. Glen Washington - Pour Your Sugar - Joe Frasier
07. Screwdriver - Owe We - Joe Frasier
08. Kashief Lindo - Paradise Jamdown - Joe Frasier
09. Honorebel - Wife - Joe Frasier
10. U Roy - Fisherman style - Blood & Fire
11. Capleton - Words of mine - Reggae Central
12. Luciano - Man Of Jah Order - Blood & Fire
13. Yami Bolo - Conspiracy - Blood & Fire
14. Anthony B - Good & Bad - Blood & Fire
15. Screwdriver - Mi Nuh Like - Jasfar
16. Yami Bolo - Wrong - Jasfar
17. Johnny Osbourne & Burro Banton - The truth - Massive B
18. Sizzla - Give Jah thanx - Massive B
19. Richie Spice - Youths A So Cold - Massive B
20. Buju Banton - Tormented Souls - Notorious
21. Morgan Heritage - Wall Of Babylon - Kickin
22. Wenchman & Crusher - Ganja Baby - Kickin
23. Perfect - Till the soil - Ball A Fire Muzik


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