Dubroom Online, Edition November 23 2009

Dubroom Online, Edition November 23 2009

"UK DUB REVISITED" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 23 2009 - Like yesterday, today's edition of Dubroom Online features Love Grocer and the Power Steppers. Like yesterday, this column is about UK DUB.

Stricktly Dub, this time.

Love Grocer released quite a few instrumentals, but they definitely know just how to mix up a crucial Dub. After all, one of the members started his carreer in the UK based Conscious Sounds studio, known from Sentry and Jah Warrior to name just two.

Power Steppers are stricktly Dub anyway, and their releases are a welcome contribution to the already crucial and impressive catalogue of DUB and Roots Reggae produced on the island in front of the European Continent.

UK DUB is here to stay, and the Dubroom will, Jah Willing, continue to review the best online available free and legal music.

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.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:

LOVE GROCER - NO TURNING BACK DUBWISE (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, November 23 2009 - Part One was already filled with nuff Dub vibes, but this part -which is also almost six minutes long- shows that the Love Grocer means DUB when he says DUBWISE. Pure Niceness, Pure Bass, Pure Roots And Culture!

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POWER STEPPERS - PARAMETRIC EQUALISATION (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, November 2009 - Themes from Europe's musical history are combined with an up-tempo steppers drum and bassline that will make you move and groove from the top to the very last drop. UK DUB at it's finest!

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Dubroom Online, Edition November 22 2009

Dubroom Online, Edition November 22 2009

"UK DUB AND ROOTS" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 22 2009 - Starting today until November 30, Jah Willing we'll feature one free and legal MP3 file a day from the UK based Reggae and Dub duo Love Grocer.

Their music is rather remarkable: original Roots Reggae with beautiful horns and fine to crucial mixing, most of it released as instrumentals with a slice of Dub.

You can also get another -rather long- Digital Steppers Dub by the Power Steppers, another UK based Dub and Reggae collective of which the Dubroom has quite a few free and legal MP3's reviewed and available straight from the Dubroom's download pages.

Love it or hate it.

Even though I can't imagine anyone hating UK DUB and Roots...

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.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:

LOVE GROCER - NO TURNING BACK (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, November 22 2009 - The Drum and Bass are massive, the voice is more than heartical, the horns are -of course! This is Love Grocer, remember?- there in just the right sound and proportion: everything is there to maintain the Dub vibe that the lover of the better UK productions expect.

Almost 6 minutes of pure, and pure niceness, which definitely makes you wanna listen to part two as well. Part two, which will be presented in the next Dubroom Online MP3 Review.

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POWER STEPPERS - AURAL EXCITER (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, November 2009 - When the tune starts with a crucial bassline, nuff sounds and a drum rhythm which is building up to yet another powerful steppers rhythm, an expectation is build which is most definitely satisfied in the 5 minutes which have then yet to come.

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Dubroom Online, Edition November 21 2009

Dubroom Online, Edition November 21 2009

"KING TUBBY'S DIGITAL PRODUCTIONS" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 21 2009 - Most people, including myself, would associate King Tubby with DUB and mainly 1970's Roots Rockers productions. But when he died in the late 1980's because of violence, he was working really hard to get his own studio where he could actually record musicians.

That's not all, as today's Dubroom Online MP3 Review shows. King Tubby was, in contrast to many people who are fan of his works in the 1970's, not allergic to drum computers and other digital devices at all!

Gregory Isaac's "Warning" was one of the first digital productions by King Tubby's, a genre where the Godfather of DUB was developing himself in at warp speed.

Unfortunately, a bullet would end the life of the man who gave us what many including myself call the Best Music In The World: DUB.

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.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:

GREGORY ISAACS - LONG SENTENCE (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, November 21 2009 - Taken from the digital King Tubby production named after the classic "Warning", Long Sentence showcases Gregory Isaacs during the changing times of the mid-1980's. Ancient Digital Niceness, yes Sir!

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POWER STEPPERS - PRECISION DEVICE (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, November 2009 - In just over 5 minutes, the UK based Power Steppers takes us into the deeper realms of UK DUB's outer space: basslines which go under the audible spectrum of the human ear, a militant steppers drums and nuff sirens, which is a necessary ingredient of the sound of every self respecting UK DUB Sound System.

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Dubroom Online, Edition November 20 2009

Dubroom Online, Edition November 20 2009

"NOW ROOTS" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 20 2009 - Mikey General and Zyon High: two artists of which the Dubroom reviewed free and legal MP3 files, downloadable straight from the Dubroom's download pages.

The music is Contemporary Roots, you could also say: "Now Roots".

It is not without reason, that the Dubroom utilizes this term to describe new or recently released traditional Reggae.

Where a lot of people seem to think that Roots are by definition to be seen in the past, in reality (as every biologian can tell us) roots keep on growing and not just in size: also strength is increasingly necessary as the rest of the tree grows too.

Check out the music, and the lyrics, and see once again how Reggae is still strong, still growing Roots.

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.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:

MIKEY GENERAL - FOR THE CHILDREN'S SAKE (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, November 20 2009 - Taken from the "One Day" One Riddim album, Mikey General sings heartically about the children who are the next generation as he rides High Fence's more than excellent Roots and Culture production. Check it!

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ZYON HIGH - THESE STREETS (OFF ROAD MIX) (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, November 2009 - In a mix of what can be described as Reggae's own version of a ballad and Contemporary Roots, Zyon High's December 2009 release warns people about the dangers of the USA's "Patriot Act".

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Dubroom Online, Edition November 19 2009

Dubroom Online, Edition November 19 2009

"REGGAE CULTURE" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 19 2009 - Today, we close our featuring of Edi Fitzroy's oeuvre with a great track called "Deep In Mi Culture".

The track made me think about all these times wherein I had to face people who, let's say, never heard Edi Fitzroy's track, especially not lyrically. People who often had names for me which said more about themselves than about me.

They could be people who have been, let's say, unpleasantly confronted with religious systems. They could also be people who have uncovered the true purpose of these systems, which of course is nothing less than to keep people under spiritual slavery. And sometimes, they're people who are slaves to the Politikal Korekteness of the day.

In all cases, however, I see that there is an ignorance when it comes to at least a little understanding of that culture which Edi Fitzroy sings about.

Reggae Culture...

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.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:

STEVIE CULTURE - WHY CAN'T WE ALL GET ALONG? (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, November 19 2009 - Contemporary Roots Steppers always bring an upfull vibe, which can go in a joyful or a militant way. These two ways go along in this majestic and energetic tune by Stevie Culture, a tune which should not be missing in your free and legal Reggae MP3 collection.

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EDI FITZROY - DEEP IN MI CULTURE (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, November 2009 - In this title track from Edi Fitzroy's 1995 release, Edi Fitzroy explains what it means to be in that culture which produces Reggae Music: it has everything to do with a faith in the Creator Jah and reading up the Bible won't hurt either!

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Dubroom Online, Edition November 18 2009

Dubroom Online, Edition November 18 2009

"JAH WILLING..." (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 18 2009 - I have many plans. Plans with the website, plans with the studio, and of course in my private life as well I'm swimming in ideas, plans and hopes.

I'm not the kind of person to wait for the proverbial pie in the sky, the instant supernatural gratification of my often not-so-supernatural desires, when I add "Jah willing" to my ideas.

Still, I think I would be a fool if I wouldn't realize that it is not me who decides anything, in the end. As true as the fact that I did not make those beautiful trees I see when I look outside my window, is the fact that I did not make myself either.

And so, while I'm not having any ideas about pies in skies, I do know that when I do not realize that Jah run things, I'm not having a very realistic perspective on things.

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.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:

EDI FITZROY - WORK ON MR FARMER (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

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EDI FITZROY - POOR JOHNNY (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, November 2009 - Recorded in Jamaica, this 1995 release catches up with Edi Fitzroy during a time wherein positive music was more needed than ever before. Known for his intelligent and conscious lyrics, "Poor Johnny" didn't disappoint those that had high expectations of Edi Fitzroy's (then) new album "Deep In mi Culture".

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Dubroom Online, Edition November 17 2009

Dubroom Online, Edition November 17 2009

"I HAVE TO ADMIT..." (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 17 2009 - ...that I was not able to make so many Dubroom Artists pages that they could all be featured until the end of this month.

Of course, there are a number of factors, but time is the most important one. It takes me about a day to make ten of them, and I just have seven days in the week.

So, I hope you don't mind that as it looks now, Dubroom Online will feature a new Dubroom Artist page a day, starting again on December 1.

That's also when the Mikey Dread MP3 month will start, Jah Willing.

A month that requires a lot of preparation, not in the least because of the traditional evaluation of the year, a year that for me personally was one of the most important ones...

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.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:

KENYATTA 'CULTURE' HILL - DADDY (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, November 17 2009 - He's the-son-of, but Kenyatta Culture Hill is a more than good vocalist in his own might. In this tune, though, he doesn't make a mystery of what it is he feels for his father Joseph Hill and loves to share it with you and I. Raspect!

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EDI FITZROY - HAVE YOUR EVER (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, November 2009 - Taken from his 1982 release "First Class Citizen" which included no less than three top ten hits in Jamaica, Have You Ever features a soulful Edi Fitzroy and some very heartical backing vocals in what can only be described as a top-of-the-bill Lovers tune.

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Dubroom Online, Edition November 16 2009

Dubroom Online, Edition November 16 2009

"FEATURED ARTISTS" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 16 2009 - As I'm sitting here, sipping from my morning cup and slowly watch the darkness turn into light, there's a new day ahead of me wherein I will work hard on preparing the Dubroom for the rest of November and even December.

Apart from the daily Dubroom Online MP3 reviews, artists are featured with a daily MP3 as well. Currently we're featuring Edi Fitzroy, scheduled for later towards the end of November is a UK based duo called Love Grocer.

Jah willing, in December readers and visitors of the Dubroom will be offered a free and legal Mikey Dread MP3 file per day. We're talking about a lot of DUB and toasting, under which classics such as "Barber Saloon". In the extended version, of course.

Of course!

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.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:

THE ITALS - NEVER SAY NEVER (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, November 16 2009 - Vocal harmony group the Itals have always been going their own way within the spectrum of Jamaican trio's. Ever since they started recording decades ago, that is. "Never Say Never" catches up with them as they ride a digital rhythm with the very same ease as they've done it with the analogue works before that.

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EDI FITZROY - YOUNG GIRL (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, November 2009 - Traditional early Dancehall music from 1982: sweet music, crucial guitar works, and a young Edi Fitzroy doing some crucial hooks and licks with his voice in his own very special way. Rub a Dub at it's best, can't afford not to check it out!

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