Babylon Observer Video Report: Dutch Coffee Shops Under Siege By Right Wing Government

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Dutch Coffeeshops Under Siege By Right Wing Government

WWW, May 2011 - The right-wing minority administration of the Netherlands launched a major attack on one of the nation's best known cultural features: the coffee shop. The administration wants to introduce a club pass for the coffee shops, which can only be obtained by local residents. Tourists and other foreigners will no longer have legal entrance into the coffee shops, which will re-introduce street sales.

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Radio Dubroom 2011 Chapter 9: UK DUB and ROOTS Vibration Steppers

UK DUB AND ROOTS VIBRATION STEPPERS
RADIO DUBROOM 2011 CHAPTER 9

WWW, March 2011 - A heavyweight selection without objection of steppers DUB and some vocal parts featuring some of the top UK DUB producers. From Mad Professor to Alpha and Omega, from Bush Chemists to Vibronics: not to mention Nucleus Roots, Fullness and Black Roots.
We're kicking of with Jah 'Dub Activist' Free from his Break-Out album, of which we play the vocal and the Dub track. After the magnificent 'Dub Reaction" mixed by Mad Professor for Lush Records on their excellent AKA DUB compilation and a hard hitting mix by Fullness, it's time for the Nucleus Roots DUB and Roots collective. Heartical and militant vibes combined fe true.
Cyrenius Black's more-than-heavyweight discomix opens up a selection from the Conscious Sounds studio, with Dougie Wardrop and others at the control delivering some crucial Steppers in DUB. The Conscious Sounds selection end with the vibefull Dub and Vocal by King General asking you about your membership of JAH Army. Conscious Sounds, fe true.
This show also contains a long selection all produced by the Dynamic UK DUB Twins Alpha and Omega, containing some massive material with their outstanding bass lines and vibefull, much varied mixing works. These ones go deeper than deep and higher than high fe true!
The last three selections of the set is reserved for two steppers tunes produced by Steve Vibronics, whose sound contains the best of the digital and analogue possibilities. Ending with another mix by Mad Professor (Courtesy Universal Egg), this chapter of Radio Dubroom 2011 surely is exactly that which the title says: nuff vibes, stricktly UK Steppers!
PLAYLIST
01. Jah Free - Wicked Can't Run (MORE)
02. Jah Free - Wicked Dub (MORE)
03. Mad Professor and Black Roots - Dub Reaction (MORE)
04. Fullness and Izyah Davis - Arise Dub (MORE)
05. Nucleus Roots - Run Come Dub (MORE)
06. Nucleus Roots - Dub Rule (MORE)
07. Nucleus Roots - Jah Rule (MORE)
08. Cyrenius Black - Jah Is My Rock (Discomix) (MORE)
09. Bush Chemists - Enigma Dub (MORE)
10. Bush Chemists - Dub Secret (MORE)
11. Bush Chemists - Heigher Heights (MORE)
12. King General and Bush Chemists - Army Dub (MORE)
13. King General and Bush Chemists - Jah Army (MORE)
14. Alpha and Omega - Jah Protection (MORE)
15. Alpha and Omega - Protect I Dub (MORE)
16. Alpha and Omega - Dub Tribulations (MORE)
17. Alpha and Omega - Island of Dub (MORE)
18. Alpha and Omega - Elephant Dance Dub (MORE)
19. Vibronics - Jahlight Jahlove (Version) (MORE)
20. Vibronics - Brimstone and Fire Dub (MORE)
21. Mad Professor - Raging Storm (MORE)
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Radio Dubroom 2011 Chapter 8: Step Out Of Babylon

STEP OUT OF BABYLON
RADIO DUBROOM 2011 - CHAPTER 8

WWW, March 2011 - Heavyweight Steppers from the top to the very last drop: Here is Chapter 8 of Radio Dubroom 2011. Presenting a big selection from the World Wide Web as well as tunes from some of the top UK DUB Masters, like Mad Professor and Disciples. Twenty-one titles: three Vocal tracks and 18 DUB Shots, well over 1 hour and 30 minutes of energy!
The show starts with a massive steppers track released by GoldHeart Music: Daweh Congo tells us what the music is all about and how it works on to provide Jah Children with yet another blessing. Much needed down here inna Babylon, and so we forward with a remix of the Babylon Children title by Vibronics and Boney L.
After the two vocal tracks, we dive deep in Dub. We're talking Vibronics, Disciples, Iration Steppas, Mad Professor, Alpha and Omega: representing the TOP of DUB Material from the UK. Also included in the mix is a very healthy portion of music released by the many Hi Quality DUB Net Labels. Here, we're talking too: Italian DUB Community, Kris Naphtalie, Original DUB Gathering, French Dub Released, they're all presented with one or more titles.
There's even more: a massive DUB by the UK based Nucleus Roots, Swedish Lion Dub and French I-Plant. A highlight towards the end is the extended mix of No More Babylon with Kenny Knots at the microphone stand, available for free and legal download from mp3.dubroom.org.
All in all, a selection of very powerful and uplifting DUB and other Roots Reggae from the last two decades in which the DUB Movement spread all over the world, providing Consciousness and other blessings that will definitely motivate you doing JAH Works even more as we Step Out Of Babylon to Mount Zion.
PLAYLIST
01. Daweh Congo - Step Up Conscious (MORE)
02. Boney L and Vibronics - Babylon Children (MORE)
03. Boney L and Vibronics - Babylon Children Dub (MORE)
04. Vibronics - Return Version (MORE)
05. Disciples - Dub Revolution Version (Dub Plate Style) (MORE)
06. Iration Steppas - Kilimanjaro Version (Dub Plate Style) (MORE)
07. Mad Professor - Psychological Warfare (MORE)
08. Mad Professor - 6 Million Dub (MORE)
09. Alpha and Omega - Rastafari (Version) (MORE)
10. ODG - 6 Million Ways (MORE)
11. Dub Fighta - Yes I (MORE)
12. Dub All Sense - 40 Inches Of Dub (MORE)
13. Suino Production - Late In The Morning Dub (MORE)
14. Mark Mostec - Dub Interview (MORE)
15. Brizion - Good Over Evil Dubwise (MORE)
16. Vibronics - Fistful Of Dub (MORE)
17. Vibronics - Dub Lalibela (MORE)
18. Nucleus Roots - Shoulder To The Dub (MORE)
19. No More Babylon and Kenny Knots - Bring Jah Love (Discomix) (FREE AND LEGAL DOWNLOAD HERE)
20. Lion Dub - Colonial (MORE)
21. I-Plant and Ras Martin - No Corrupt (MORE)
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Radio Dubroom 2011 Chapter 7: Message From Ancient

MESSAGE FROM ANCIENT
RADIO DUBROOM 2011 - CHAPTER 7

WWW, March 2011 - The message from ancient is almost 1 1/2 hour of Jamaican Rockers Reggae from the 1970's, with DJ's and Singers chanting down Babylon and singing Jah Praise: timeless truth on some really heavy duty drum and bass lines carefully mixed by the Founding Fathers of DUB Mixing and Reggae Music.
The show opens with a classic tune by Yabby You singing praises to Yesus Kristos, JAH Himself Who came down to save His children. The tracks also contains a warning for those that play with fire while Jah Jah soon come. More actual than ever before as I would say! Sylford Walker also comes with a warning because when Jah Jah come Judgment come along with Him.
The second part of the show is reserved for some of the best Jamaican toasters (Reggae DJ's) of the 1970's: Dr. Alimantado, I Roy, Tappa Zukie, U Brown and Trinity are there to deliver their message of Truth and Righteousness.
Third part comes in a stricktly, stricktly Dubwise style mixed by some of the Founding Fathers of DUB: King Tubby, of course, as well as Prince Jammy and Ernest Hoo-Kim who mixes a crucial riddim by Inner Circle (aka Fatman Riddim Section). Roots at the Control fe true!
Chapter 7 of Radio Dubroom 2011 ends with a selection of vocal tracks with their Dub version, some of them even with two Dubs: Junior Ross, Errol Holt and Yabby You are there to once again remind us of the Message of Ancient that you can find throughout the whole set.
Blessed Vibes!
PLAYLIST
ALL TRACKS COPYRIGHT BLOOD AND FIRE
01. King Tubby's - Jerusalem Dub
02. Yabby You - Walls of Jerusalem
03. Sylford Walker - Eternal Day (Discomix)
04. I Roy - Holy Satta
05. Tappa Zukie - Jah Is I Guiding Star
06. U Brown - Satta Dread
07. Dr. Alimantado - Mash it Up
08. Dr. Alimantado - Chant To Jah
09. Trinity - Tribal War
10. Trinity - Tribal Dub
11. King Tubby and Soul Syndicate - Tinmson Pen Dub
12. Gregory Isaacs - War Of The Stars
13. Prince Jammy's - Great Man Called Kenyatta
14. Inner Circle - Too Much War
15. Tappa Zukie - Jah Speak in Dub
16. Junior Ross - So Jah Jah Seh (Discomix)
17. Tappa Zukie - Way Over In Dub
18. Junior Ross - Send Me Over There (Discomix)
19. Tappa Zukie - Way Over In Dub
20. King Tubby's - Fire Dub
21. Yabby You - Fire In A Kingston
22. Errol Holt - Yes, Yes, Yes (Discomix)
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Radio Dubroom 2011 Chapter 6: Inna Revelation Time

INNA REVELATION TIME
RADIO DUBROOM 2011 CHAPTER 6

WWW, February 2011 - Once more, Babylon is showing her ugly face in this time: from the injustice done to Buju Banton to the injustice done to the millions of people who are currently rising up all over the world, everything is more than clear. This is a Revelation Time, and Radio Dubroom pays tribute to the Freedom Fighters with some true Freedom Sounds inna Dub and Roots style!
The show starts with a massive tune by the Italian Dub collective BR Stylers, followed by a long set of stricktly DUB. Many of the tracks are taken directly from the Online (DUB) Reggae frontline where crucial Net Labels and Dub Artists bless the web with some massive sounds as you can hear.
There's also Nucleus Roots, Bush Chemists, Powersteppers and Vibronics from the UK. Crucial stuff with vocalists like Madu, Tena Stelin and Judah Dan delivering Jah Message to Jah People and all People once again.
Play loud!
PLAYLIST
01. BR Stylers - Let Them Shine (BR STYLERS)
02. BR Stylers - Let Them Shine Dub (BR STYLERS)
03. Bush Chemists - Dub Exploitation (CONSCIOUS SOUNDS)
04. Bush Chemists - Dark Dub (CONSCIOUS SOUNDS)
05. Nucleus Roots - One Fe De Sound man (NUCLEUS ROOTS)
06. Panda Dub - Axion Esti (PANDA DUB)
07. Inadubstate - Meditation Time (INADUBSTATE)
08. Inadubstate - Subsystem Part 2 (INADUBSTATE)
09. Movements of Rastafari - Hail Ites (MP3.com LEGACY)
10. Youthman Steppa - Paradis Fiscal (YOUTHMAN STEPPA)
11. Powersteppers - Make Love Not War (WOBBLY WEB)
12. Bush Chemists - Come Together (WOBBLY WEB)
13. Bush Chemists - Righteous Dub (CONSCIOUS SOUNDS)
14. Jonah Dan and Bush Chemists - 4 Minute Dub (CONSCIOUS SOUNDS)
15. Tena Stelin and Bush Chemists - Can't Touch Jah Dub (CONSCIOUS SOUNDS)
16. Tena Stelin and Bush Chemists - Can't Touch Jah (CONSCIOUS SOUNDS)
17. Ranking Joe and Vibronics - Original Rastaman (VIBRONICS)
18. Ranking Joe and Vibronics - Original Version (VIBRONICS)
19. Madu and Vibronics - Stand Up Version (VIBRONICS)
20. Madu and Vibronics - Stand Up (VIBRONICS)
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Babylon Observer Video Report: Iraqi Christians Continue To Flee

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WWW, February 11 2011 - Iraqi Christians continue to flee their homes as the result of heavily increased violence against them. As they seek refuge in the Kurdish part up north, they have nothing left but their lifes.

The Iraqi Christians hold America mainly responsible for their sufferation. In the video, the Americans are said to have financed and trained both sides of the Muslim extremists. The Babylon Observer watches and prays...

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Babylon Observer Video Report: The DEA And The Dutch

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WWW, February 2011 - According to documents recently released by Wikileaks, the American DEA is conducting what they call "controlled drugs deliveries" within the country of the Netherlands. The Americans do this without official permission, which they call "unofficial" but could better be called "illegal". The Babylon Observer watches an item from Dutch public TV and in accordance with Fair Use laws, shares his observation...

In the leaked documents, the American ambassador in the Netherlands is complaining how the Dutch Justice department does not want to go into official DEA requests to conduct these "controlled deliveries of drugs". Apparently things changed in the end of 2005, because in the first half of 2006, there were already six of such deliveries conducted on Dutch soil and with cooperation of the Dutch police.

What changed?

A political situation, perhaps... Or something more sinister...

However, the Wikileaks show that the Americans are now very pleased because they found a way to bypass the Dutch Justice department by conducting so-called "police to police information", that is: information from one police unit to another.

As a professor in criminology, very much esteemed in the Netherlands, this is either done illegally by the police who doesn't inform the justice department or it is done illegally by the Justice department itself, because no official request is done in either case.

Radio Dubroom 2011 Chapter 5: Kingly Character

KINGLY CHARACTER
RADIO DUBROOM 2011 CHAPTER 5

WWW, February 2011 - We're starting this second month of 2011 with an extra-long non-stop mix of purely Roots and DUB in a Kingly Character: we've got a healthy portion of brand new material from the DUB Net Labels, for the conscious upliftment there is crucial lyrical content by Kyle Sicarius, Jah Melody and Lyrical Benjie, some very deep excursions into DUB realms. One hour and forty-seven minutes of pure niceness!
The show starts with a crucial Dub by the Swedish based Gold Heart music, featuring Roots Daughter Sheya Mission on vocals. It's followed by Lyrical Benjie explaining just what this Roots and Culture music is all about, after which we find another Dutch vocalist Jah Melody teaming up with producer Slimmah Sound in two heavyweight Roots and Dub singles.
We're going straight into DUB Cyberspace with no less than three tracks from the brand new Highvory album, released by the Original DUB Gathering and Dubalizer with a tune from his brand new release on Fresh Poulp called In Transe. We also urge you to sign up at Talawa.fr because that is (one of the) top site(s) for the online DUB community today in 2011. Crucial massive steppers tune by Dub Soldier called Riot inna Babylon to prove it.
Last segment of this podcast is reserved for Zion Train, Powersteppers and Disciples with some rare material originally released on the vinyl format. Lyrical Benjie, Jah Marnyah and Vanya O riding Vibronics riddims and last but not least a reminder once again to consider the essence: Kyle Sicarius proclaiming JAH is I Light and I Salvation, just to wipe away confusion.
Another selection of crucial music!
PLAYLIST
01. Sheya Mission - Valley Dub (GoldHeart Music)
02. Lyrical Benjie - Rastaman Style (Discomix) (Lyrical Benjie)
03. Jah Melody - Love Fire Burning (Slimmah Sound)
04. Jah Melody - Dub Fire Burning (Slimmah Sound)
05. Jah Melody - Jah Army (Slimmah Sound)
06. Jah Melody - Jah Army Version (Slimmah Sound)
07. Dub Soldier - Riot Inna Babylon (Part 2) (Talawa)
08. ODG - Heavy (From the Net Album Highvory)
09. Massive Dub Corporation - Spiritual War (From the Net Album Highvory)
10. Dubalizer - Rei Dos Reis (From the Net Album In Transe)
11. Zion Train - Grooving with Mr D (Universal Egg)
12. Zion Train - Bush Groove (Universal Egg)
13. Powersteppers meet Disciples - Inner Dub (Universal Egg)
14. Lord Hissaya and Johnny Clarke - UoJah (From the Net Album Highvory)
15. Lyrical Benjie - The System (Discomix) (Lyrical Benjie)
16. Jah Marnyah - Anointed One (Vibronics)
17. Jah Marnyah - Anointed One Version (Vibronics)
18. Vibronics - Safe in the Dub (Vibronics)
19. Vibronics - World of Dub (Vibronics)
20. Vibronics - Flying Dub (Vibronics)
21. Vanya O - Oh Jah Come Now (Vibronics)
22. Vanya O - Oh Jah Version (Vibronics)
23. Kyle Sicarius - Jah Is My Light (Slimmah Sound)
24. Kyle Sicarius - Enlighted Dub (Slimmah Sound)
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