HERE IS... RADIO DUBROOM!

HERE IS... RADIO DUBROOM!
DUBROOM IN-SITE 30

WWW, May 2010 - After what was really a long hiatus of several years, Radio Dubroom is back online, allbeit somewhat different than before. One very nice difference is, that all episodes can be downloaded for free instead of just being streamed. Read about it in the 30th edition of Dubroom In-Site!

It really was a long time, about five years to be exact. In that time, a lot of things changed on the Internet and one of these things was that it was simply no longer affordable to keep Radio Dubroom online. After all, royalties were paid to some shady organization of which you just know that they will never distribute that money to the artists themselves. That shady organization got more and more greedy these last years with the result that it would have cost the Dubroom 100 dollar a month or more to keep streaming the music.

In the mean time, the podcast phenomenon took an enormous step forward and became just that: a phenomenon which isn't about to vanish. Throughout the years, the Dubroom reviewed hundreds of podcasts and now the time has arrived to put out our own.

So once again: Here Is... Radio Dubroom!

The choice was made to put the podcasts on dubroom.podbean.com with an on-site presentation at radio.dubroom.org. At the time this is written, there's one episode online but when you read this update as part of Dubroom Weekly, there's supposed to be another one too...

The music will consist out of the best from the Online (DUB) Reggae Artist community, material which the Dubroom has explicit permission to use, new releases sent to us for review and/or promotion, plus some rare and/or out-of-print music. Everything is mixed non-stop into one long mix, some effects and sounds are added.

The podcast will be available for free download in MP3 format. Episode one is encoded in 128kBit but the plans are to use higher quality in the episodes to come.

Hopefully, you'll like this brand new old feature of the Dubroom as much as I like to make them for you and for the promotion of Reggae Music.

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

Dubroom Online, Edition May 24-30 2010

Dubroom Online, Edition May 24-30 2010

FROM THE EDITOR

WWW, May 24 2010 - Greetings, welcome to another edition of Dubroom Weekly and thank you for your interest! We got some nice stuff for the collector of Free and legal (DUB) Reggae MP3 Files and. Hopefully, the first episode of the brand new Radio Dubroom Podcast will be a part of that as well!

After a couple of weeks to set thing up, I'm really happy to be able to announce the very first episode of the -hopefully- brand new series of Radio Dubroom podcasts. It's just a humble beginnings but I hope that throughouut time things will crystalize. For now, I just give thanks for this brand new thing of which I hope to make new episodes on a regular basis, preferably weekly...

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THE OLD, THE NOW AND THE NEW

THE OLD, THE NOW AND THE NEW
RADIO DUBROOM 2010 - EPISODE 1

WWW, May 2010 - In the very first episode of the brand new Radio Dubroom Podcast, we can listen to a selection of fine (DUB) Reggae Music tracks, of which with the exception four titles all were available for free and legal download at mp3.dubroom.org.
The show opens up with 6 Jamaican (DUB) Reggae tracks from the 1970's-1980's. After the introduction Dub, a discomix by Mikey Dread, followed by two DJ tracks and a Dub. That was The Old.
We make a quick trip in both time and place, to land in the European continent where there is a large French movement involved in orthodox Roots Rock (DUB) Reggae. Centered around the beautiful Bring JAH Love by Kenny Knots and the French No More Babylon, we get a large taste of French DUB and Roots.
Via Moa Anbessa with a heartical, contemporary Roots rendering of the ancient Psalm 63, we cross the channel over to the UK where we find JAH Warrior with a Real DUB from Conscious Sounds Studio, JAH Rej from JAH Works UK and The Blackstarliners.
The last three titles are reserved for new releases: One title in two versions by the Abassi All-Stars and JAH Cure's soulful, spiritual response to the current tribulation in which many Jamaicans find themselves these days, as covered in the Dubroom Message Boards.
PLAYLIST
01. Scientist - Dub Ovation
02. Mikey Dread - Barber Saloon (Discomix)
03. Clint Eastwood - Whip Them Jah
04. Jah Woosh and Horace Andy - This Natty Allright
05. Jah Woosh and Horace Andy - This Natty Allright Dub
06. Mikey Dread - Operator's Choice Dub
07. Ondubground - Lola Dub (Part One)
08. Ondubground - Lola (Featuring J. Cotton, Bigga Ranx and B Ben Massa)
09. No More Babylon and Kenny Knots - Bring Jah Love (Discomix)
10. I-Plant - Shine (Dub Remix)
11. Dawa Hi-Fi - Smokee Riddim
12. Webcam Hi-Fi - Spiritual Livin'
13. Moa Anbessa - Psalm 63
14. The Blackstarliners - Roaring Lion
15. Jah Warrior - Real Dub
16. Jah Rej - Cool Runnings Dub
17. Abbassi All-Stars meet Marta - Forward (Dub)
18. Abbassi All-Stars meet Marta - Forward (Vocal)
19. Jah Cure - Save Yourself

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Dubroom Online, Edition May 17-23 2010

Dubroom Online, Edition May 17-23 2010

FROM THE EDITOR

WWW, May 17 2010 - Greetings once again! A who say, that they Don't Like Mondays? Hopefully, not those that get Dubroom Weekly in their mailbox or visit the Dubroom every Monday for yet another healthy doses of crucial free and legal (DUB) Reggae Music

This week, we've got a Dubmatix MP3 Special, two renderings of the Kick Hard riddim, as well as some early Dancehall tunes by well-known names such as Wayne "Sleng-Teng" Smith, Chaka Demus and Nardo Ranks.

In the same time, there's now some serious plans to release Dubroom Podcasts but since everything has to be free and legal this is going to take a little bit of communication and planning here and there. More information in the 29th edition of Dubroom In-Site, which you can read after downloading the MP3's of this week.

Also introducing this week the brand new section of Dubroom Compilations: virtual compilation albums of which you can download the individual tracks on one page. The first compilation is entitled A REGGAE SHOWCASE and contains 14 Discomixes.

Lastly, check out the brand new MP3 Top 10 as well as our featured MP3 artist: more than enough music, if such a thing was possible, that is...

See you next week!

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

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DUBMATIX - BLADE AND CHALICE

DUBMATIX - BLADE AND CHALICE
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW

WWW, May 2010 - In this nicely done Roots Reggae production, Dubmatix brings us another upfull musical message in word, sound and power.

Blade and Chalice contains some nice slices of Dub mixing and a crucial Message which shows just how empty Reggae Music without Jah.

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DUBMATIX AND HOWIE SMART - HARD ROAD

DUBMATIX AND HOWIE SMART - HARD ROAD
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW

WWW, May 2010 - Howie Smart meets Dubmatix in a Roots Reggae meeting of which the results have yet to be released on disc.

Hard Road is more than crucial: a catchy Rockers riddim and the voice of original Skatalites member Howie Smart singing a song of praise and consciousness on top of it. A truly spiritual Roots Reggae track in the most Orthodox tradition.

JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

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DUBMATIX AND HOWIE SMART - LET THE POWER

DUBMATIX AND HOWIE SMART - LET THE POWER
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW

WWW, May 2010 - Original Skatalites member Howie Smart chants it up to the Most High while Canadian producer Dubmatix provides a well-fitting One Drop riddim to accompany the prayer.

In "Let The Power", Howie Smart sings two classic lyrics which give thanks and praises to the Creator Jah while acknowledging His Power which shall break every chain to set Jah people free again.

The well-fitting music, provided and produced by Toronto based Dubmatix is Ire, almost in a Gospel style because of some organ lines but stays within the wide realms of Reggae.

Dubmatix is a name to not only remember, but actively speak about to your fellow lovers of the better DUB and (other) Reggae Music.

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THREE WEEKS LATER...

THREE WEEKS LATER...
DUBROOM IN-SITE #29

WWW, May 2010 - This episode of Dubroom In-Site shall JAH Willing be featured in the fourth edition of Dubroom Weekly. In the mean time, plans are continued to work out and Dubroom Weekly itself gets a bit of a character, too.

The fourth edition of Dubroom Weekly will be featuring a lot of reviews of free and legal MP3 files. Additionally, new features have been established which let people download tracks directly from the Dubroom Weekly pages. Yes: MP3 files is still the main feature of Dubroom Weekly and it will probably stay like that for a while.

That is not to say that nothing else is going on...

Some test recording have already been done under the motto of Dubroom Radio. The plans are to upload Podcasts to the Internet very soon but certain things have to be settled, copyright issues being one of them. In the mean time, it definitely looks like Podcasts will soon be available.

The MP3 Portal is also under maintenance. New reviews and artists are added, slowly the MP3 Artist pages will contain direct download links to the reviewed MP3 files. One example is the NO MORE BABYLON MP3 PAGE.

A new feature at mp3.dubroom.org is the Dubroom Compilations. The first compilation will be presented in the fourth edition of Dubroom Weekly, but can also be found HERE. One reason why the Dubroom Podcasts have to be online pretty soon is that the compilations should also be available for download as a long mix file.

In the meantime, the weekly editions of Dubroom Online shall Jah Willing continue to provide the reader with some great free and legal MP3 files as well as information about (DUB) Reggae and Consciousness, as you're used to get from the Dubroom.

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