Thursday, December 4, 2008

JAH ARMY RIDDIM

JAH ARMY RIDDIM
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW




WWW, November 2008 - A more-than-up tempo Steppers, two vocalists and a Dub: This must be Roots Ministry's presentation of the JAH Army Riddim and so it is!

It takes the German based Sound System just five minutes to get us straight into the groove of this militant, hard hitting Steppers tune.

Jah Melodie and Zoro chant down Babylon once more and once again, after which we go deeper with a small portion of the energizing DUB version in which the minimalistic Drumbeat becomes even more harder than before.

Keep an eye on this riddim: there must be more and more who want to chant some more!


PLAYLIST

1. Jah Melodie - Jah Army
2. Zoro - Killing Fields
3. Iyah One - Version

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YASUS AFARI - HONOR

YASUS AFARI - HONOR
DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW




WWW, November 2008 - DUB Poetry is where several forms of Art meet each other in Reggae Music.
It started in the 1970's, and in 1992 it sounded like this.


The music is digital, the poet is Yasus Afari. He is keeping up the tradition of DUB Poetry in Jamaica, and he does so from his consciousness as a Rastaman.

In this video, we see and hear him chanting down Babylon's new world order. Straight to Babylon Head!

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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

MYSTERY BABYLON (193)



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"MYSTERY BABYLON (193)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, December 3 2008 - My naive idea that I could REFORM BABYLON where in truth you can do nothing in Babylon but building Babylon even further, came out of the fact that I believed a lie.

I believed, that I had to accept the most outright lies and abominations some people did in public, just because they claimed to be Christian.

I believed, that they were actually Christians, too. I ignored too many things which I knew I should not ignore, just for the sake of "tolerance" and "respect" and what have you.

As I was privately trying to speak out, the ones who I spoke to were not interested and even worse, consciously doing that which I tried to warn them for.

More Tomorrow...

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




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APR ROOTS REGGAE MIX VOLUME 3 (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)



WWW, November 2008 - Right now, in 2008, the words "Roots Reggae" mean quite a different thing than it used to.
Roots Reggae Mix volume 3 shows, how what once was Dancehall now is Roots.

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STILL COOL - TO BE POOR IS A CRIME (DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW)



WWW, November 2008 - In this 1979 TV performance by the UK group Still Cool, we see them singing the tune that is a classic until this day.

Behold!

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APR ROOTS REGGAE MIX VOLUME 3

APR ROOTS REGGAE MIX VOLUME 3
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW




WWW, November 2008 - Right now, in 2008, the words "Roots Reggae" mean quite a different thing than it used to. Roots Reggae Mix volume 3 shows, how what once was Dancehall now is Roots.

The first two episodes of this excellent excursion into late 1970's, early 1980's Reggae gave us a crucial introduction to Rub a Dub. This early Dancehall Music is now considered to be Roots, and not in the least because many people nowadays to not know the difference between Rockers and Rub a Dub.

Rockers Reggae, in the 1970's, was often called "Roots Reggae" as well. It is the basic form of the rhythm we all love so much, and it was usually played with a numerous amount of musicians participating in the recordings.

When the 1980's began to rise at the horizon of time, the music changed. Keyboards and electronic drums began to have a more predominant place in especially the tracks that were played in the Dancehalls and at Sound Systems.

Dub became more prominent, where the Drum and Bass also changed significantly. Electronic effects like the Digital Delay slowly replaced the tape echo's, et cetera et cetera.

It was not before Ronald Reagan's war on drugs cause the island of Jamaica to be flooded with cokane while the ganja fields were burned down, that "Dancehall Reggae" slowly became a form of Jamaican music that many see as very distinct from Reggae.

Where Rub a Dub cannot be defined as anything else but Reggae Music, Ragga went clearly beyond that. Some complained about Rub a Dub, but it's follow-up genre called Ragga made many to think that Reggae had ceased to exist and hence the word Roots got a new meaning.

In this third episode, we are being treated to a number of crucial Rub a Dub and Rockers Reggae selection. The difference between the two styles are so evident, that even those that think all Reggae sounds the same will notice it.

Simply essential!


PLAYLIST

01. Rod Taylor Bad Man Comes Dillinger No Chuck It
02. Bingi Bunny Me And Jane Nicodemus Gunman Connection
03. Vivian Jones Nahya Bingi Sis Nya Jah Works
04. Winston Jarrett 100Lbs Of Collie Weed Jah Stone Collie Weed
05. Barrington Levy Dont Give Up Meditations Carpenter Rebuild Eek A Mouse Na Make Me Girl Go Away
06. Max Romeo One Step Foward Prince Jazzbo Ital Corner
07. Al Campbell Take A Ride Johnny Osbourne Truths And Rights Lone Ranger Automatic
08. Trevor Junior Its History Yellowman And Fathead Richman Poorman
09. Reggae George Streetside Lover Prince Far I Take Heed Frontline
10. Gregory Isaacs Tumbling Tears I Roy Dread Have The Handle Ranking Barnabas Tumbling Tears
11. Ras Imurh Asha Im Waiting For You Love Lacksley Castell Leaving
12. Martin Campbell Jah Love Twinkle Brothers Faith Can Move Mountains
13. Al Campbell Time So Hard Barrington Levy Begging You A Ten Cent Sir
14. Mad Professor Psychologically Yours Ranking Ann Black Rock Posse

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STILL COOL - TO BE POOR IS A CRIME

STILL COOL - TO BE POOR IS A CRIME
DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW




WWW, November 2008 - In this 1979 TV performance by the UK group Still Cool, we see them singing the tune that is a classic until this day.

Don't ask me what these vinyl scratches do in the sound. This is not your average You-Tube clip, where you hear a tune and see photo's: we see the singers as they playback on the tune.

This 1979 video clip is, just like the singers, still cool. An incredibly sensitive UK Roots tune, that unfortunately has a theme which is actual even today, almost thirty years after the video was recorded.

Behold!

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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

MYSTERY BABYLON (192)



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"MYSTERY BABYLON (192)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, December 2 2008 - Why did it take me seven years before I finally Stepped Out of the Babylon that is the "Christian Reggae Scene"?

First, I really thought I could REFORM that Babylon. I thought, that by privately contacting the key figures (who invited me to their scene), I could stimulate them to do the right thing.

Now I realize, that it was the very nature of that "Scene", which eventually led to a "Gospel Reggae Industry" where the Gospel of Yesus Kristos is being bought and sold as a product.

In other words, there was nothing to do in Babylon than to keep building Babylon further.

More Tomorrow...

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




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APR ROOTS REGGAE MIX VOLUME 2 (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)



WWW, November 2008 - The second episode of this Showcase excursion into Rub a Dub Reggae most definitely takes off where part one left us. And we're surely taken to the heigher heights!

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TONY REBEL - SWEET JAMAICA (1993) (DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW)



WWW, November 2008 - Before he started Rebel Salute, before he became known to the world as another conscious DJ of the time. Tony Rebel was already going strong.

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TONY REBEL - SWEET JAMAICA (1993)

TONY REBEL - SWEET JAMAICA (1993)
DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW




WWW, November 2008 - Before he started Rebel Salute, before he became known to the world as another conscious DJ of the time. Tony Rebel was already going strong.

Jamaica, Land of Food and Water. That name was given to the Island by the original inhabitants, before Christopher Columbus and his gang of vampires turned it into a big plantation.

Jamaica, also the birth place of Tony Rebel. He grew up feeling what it means to be at the receiving end of Babylon System's ugly shitstem. He saw the dances getting hotter, as cokane and violence flooded the island, and decided to do something about it.

Together with people like Luciano, he was part of what some call the "Rasta Renaissance" in the early nineties. "Sweet Jamaica" was one of the tunes of the day.

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Monday, December 1, 2008

MYSTERY BABYLON (191)



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"MYSTERY BABYLON (191)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, December 1 2008 - I tried for about seven years, to REFORM BABYLON.

I privately contacted the man who is now calling himself the founder of the "Gospel Reggae Industry", and provided him with the evidence that proofed him wrong in his public statement about Rastafari.

Remember, I am talking about someone who is quoted in the Christian Media as saying that "among Rastafarians it is an honor to kill people who disagree with them".

In the years that I wasted trying to proof the obvious to him, people were associating him and me and in fact are associating us until this very day.

It took me seven years to discover that I was trying to REFORM BABYLON when I thought that the "Christian Reggae Scene" could be a good influence in helping Christian becoming aware of Babylon Shitstem.

More Tomorrow...

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




The above column is the personal opinnion of the Webmaster and does not neccesarily reflect the contents of the Dubroom Website and/or Message Boards and/or Weblogs.

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APR ROOTS REGGAE MIX VOLUME 1 (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)



WWW, November 2008 - Except for an excellent Mad Professor release, Roots Reggae Mix Volume One is a hard hitting Rub a Dub Showcase that you can't afford to miss out!

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LUCIANO - IT'S ME AGAIN JAH (DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW)



WWW, November 2008 - In 1993, Luciano introduced himself to the people of the world, and to JAH, with an impressive musical track and video clip.

This is it.

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