MYSTERY BABYLON (181)

Dubroom Online - November 21, 2008


"MYSTERY BABYLON (181)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 21 2008 - When I look back, I can hardly imagine how I could be so foolish to engage myself in the "Christian Reggae Scene", about a decade or so ago.

Didn't I know about Church and State, about the fact that most people who call themselves Christians are in fact more Babylonian than the Babylonians themselves, if you will?

Well, I thought I did.

But still, I accepted the invitation of the man who is now calling himself the "Founder of Gospel Reggae" and has admitted to his purpose, namely to poison Reggae Culture and even Rasta Culture with the message of the White Jesus of Babylon.

And by accepting that invitation, I committed the sin of spiritual fornication.

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

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A POWERFULl DUB SET (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)



WWW, November 2008 - Powerful DUB in a different style than one could assume in the first place. Not your typical Jamaican or UK productions, but rather examples of how DUB progresses to become a style of it's own.

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BLACK UHURU - LIVE AT REGGAE SUNSPLASH 1984 (DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW)



WWW, November 2008 - When Black Uhuru performed at the Reggae Sunsplash Festival in 1984, they had made their name not just within Reggae Music.

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A POWERFULL DUB SET

A POWERFULL DUB SET
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW



WWW, November 2008 - Powerful DUB in a different style than one could assume in the first place. Not your typical Jamaican or UK productions, but rather examples of how DUB progresses to become a style of it's own.

After a short introduction, we're taken into a DUB with violins and a voice saying something strange about "six hundred and sixty six miles".

French based High Tone takes over, followed by the Radikal DUB Kollektive from Zagreb. We're going into deeper realms of DUB, that's certain by now.

Adrian Sherwood has been experimenting with DUB since the early 1980's already. Mixing Punk, New Ave and Reggae into a form of DUB that would appeal to an audience that would not necessarily like Reggae Music or even DUB.

Experiments, guitars, effects, voices and soundscapes: all of this and more can be heard as the mix progresses.

A perfect mix, in itself an experience that can definitely carry the name it was given by the selector.


PLAYLIST

1. Tcha K Federateur - Magnum Bass
2. High Tone - Bad Weather
3. Radikal Dub Kolektiv - Bosnia By Bus
4. Adrian Sherwood feat Samia Farah - J'ai Change
5. B.r. Stylers - Jah plan
6. Queen Omega - Ganja Party
7. Framix - No War

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BLACK UHURU - LIVE AT REGGAE SUNSPLASH 1984

BLACK UHURU - LIVE AT REGGAE SUNSPLASH 1984
DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW



WWW, November 2008 - When Black Uhuru performed at the Reggae Sunsplash Festival in 1984, they had made their name not just within Reggae Music.

Throughout the 1980's, Black Uhuru was much, arguably even more, a Sly and Robbie project rather than a vocal harmony group consisting out of Duckie Simpson, Puma Jones and Mikal Rose. Albums like "Sinsemillia" and "Red" had shown already, just how progressive Black Uhuru actually was.

In 1984, Black Uhuru had become one of the top groups in Reggae Music. They had, just like Burning Spear and Bob Marley before them, introduced Reggae to an audience that was not usually looking for Jamaican Music.

The top-notch production and musical skills of Sly and Robbie were responsible for the success of Black Uhuru. Before the Rhythm Twins took over the care for Black Uhuru, so to speak, they had been "just" another vocal harmony group.

When Michael Rose joined the group, together with the American Puma Jones, the success formula was completed. Throughout the 1980's, they dominated the Reggae charts.

Watch this mighty performance by the singers and players of instruments, and realize that this was almost one quarter of a century ago!

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MYSTERY BABYLON (180)

Dubroom Online - November 20, 2008


"MYSTERY BABYLON (180)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 20 2008 - After discovering how key-figures in the Christian Reggae Scene were nothing but wolves in sheep's clothing, I discovered where I had put myself in to.

It's one thing to join a local church where most people don't know anything about Reggae and Rastafari than what the mainstream media is telling them, this and that confirmed by wolves who pretend to be Rasta but are something completely different.

It's another thing to join a group of people who wear dreadlocks, listen to and play Reggae Music while singing praises to Jah, only to find out that they are perpetuating that false image of Rastafari just because they get a financial benefit out of that.

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

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DJ I-SMASH DUB, ROOTS AND REGGAE MIX (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)



WWW, November 2008 - He works in Switzerland, Italy and Germany as an acclaimed Techno/House DJ. Just what would he select for 1 hours and 40 minutes of Dub, Roots and (other) Reggae?

The result may surprise you.

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TENOR SAW - LIVE IN JAPAN (DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW)



WWW, November 2008 - Reggae is definitely "Big In Japan" and it has been so for quite a while now, as this 1980's performance by Rub a Dub singer Tenor Saw shows.

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DJ I-SMASH DUB, ROOTS AND REGGAE MIX

DJ I-SMASH DUB, ROOTS AND REGGAE MIX
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW



WWW, November 2008 - He works in Switzerland, Italy and Germany as an acclaimed Techno/House DJ. Just what would he select for 1 hours and 40 minutes of Dub, Roots and (other) Reggae?

The result may surprise you.

DUB has been more than influential in the eventual creation of electronic Dance music: a thing you can read on many Dubroom pages. Ever since King Tubby cultivated the skill of mixing into a work of Art, people have been developing their own style over the concept.

A concept of drums, bass, and effects. A concept wherein instruments drop in and out rather than playing solo's et cetera. A concept wherein just one or two lines of singing have more effect than many full lyric tracks.

Listen to certain UK DUB, and you will hear a style that many Reggae fans will not even (want to) recognize as a form of Reggae. Add to that, a lot of Reggae fans have a lot of dislike for contemporary digital music.

On the other hand, we do find that a lot of House/Techno producers and DJ's will know all too well just where their music is (partly) coming from. A lot of them have a love for Reggae, and especially DUB.

One of these DJ's is DJ I-smash, aka Psysmael. He works for Swiss radio, organizes festivals and is a wanted guest on parties in Switzerland, Italy and Germany. He can tell you all about electronic music and knows how to spin a few records.

In this mix, however, he doesn't "go techno". Quite the contrary, actually. In one hour and forty minutes he shares some of his (DUB) Reggae favorites. A look at the playlist might surprise you.

The music is mixed one track after the other, sometimes with a little effect but mostly just a no-nonsense non-stop mix of some of the most heartical DUBS and other Reggae out there.


PLAYLIST

01. Israel Vibration - Nah Fix It Dub
02. Mad Professor - Dub Of Intregrity
03. Tu shung Peng - Princess Dub
04. Augustus Pablo Meets King Tubby At The Control King Tubby's The Professor of Dub
05. Barry Brown - It A Go Dread (Extended Dub)
06. Alton Ellis & The Heptones - Humble Will Stumble
07. Errol Dunkley & I-Roy - Created By The Father
08. Augustus Pablo - East of the River Nile (version)
09. Lloyd Charmers - Shang Hai
10. Tony & Soundemension - Cool Version
11. Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution
12. Gladiators - Bongo Red
13. Gregory Isaacs - Babylon Too Rough
14. Jacob Miller- Forward Ever Blackward Never
15. Prince Malachi - Burning
16. Sylfor Walker - Burn Babylon
17. Nora Dean - Barbwire
18. Cornell Campbell - Mash You Down
19. Burning Spear - I&I Survive ( slavery days)
20. June Lodge & Prince Mohamed - Someone Loves You Honey
21. Carl Dawkins - Get Together
22. Ijahman - Africa
23. Horace Andy - Mr.Bassie
24. Winston and Robin - Wailing Time
25. Ray Darwin - People's Choice
26. Johnny Osborne - Marijuana Tree
27. Groundation feat Don Carlos & Congos - Babylon Rule Them
28. Mungo's HiFi Sound System - Warning

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TENOR SAW - LIVE IN JAPAN

TENOR SAW - LIVE IN JAPAN
DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW



WWW, November 2008 - Reggae is definitely "Big In Japan" and it has been so for quite a while now, as this 1980's performance by Rub a Dub singer Tenor Saw shows.


The video opens with Tenor Saw saying some nice things to the public, after which we go straight into the performance of two tracks, of which the second one ("No Work On Sunday") is one of the best known songs by the Rub a Dub singer.

The video was shot somewhere in the 1980's, when Reggae Times were definitely changing.

Together with singers like Barrington Levy, Cocoa Tea and others, Tenor Saw was part of a new generation of singers after Rockers Music had slowly changed into what we now call early Dancehall or Rub a Dub.

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MYSTERY BABYLON (179)

Dubroom Online - November 19, 2008


"MYSTERY BABYLON (179)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 19 2008 - After joining the "Christian Reggae Scene", I came to the horrible realization that I found myself in the midst of some of the most Babylonian schemes I could imagine.

"Christians" with "dreadlocks" would tell me they would only do it to "gain trust from Rasta's", so that they could turn him into a good Babylonian.

They would imitate the outward appearance of what is usually perceived as a Rasta, but they would not feel any attachment, any identification with Rasta whatsoever.

In their own Christian publications, I started to read how some of them were laughing about Bob Marley's death, how they would say things like: "Among Rastafarians, it is an honor to kill people who disagree with them" and so on.

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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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BRETHREN IN CANADA (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)



WWW, November 2008 - Brethren in Canada? Sure thing! It's not only the title of one of the tracks in this highly danceable mix of Jamaican, UK and Canadian Reggae, it's a statement of fact too.

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MAD PROFESSOR - ROBOTRONIC (DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW)



WWW, November 2008 - In this ultra-rare video clip, we see the King of UK DUB while listening to one of his DUB excursions into Outer Space.

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BRETHREN IN CANADA

BRETHREN IN CANADA
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW



WWW, November 2008 - Brethren in Canada? Sure thing! It's not only the title of one of the tracks in this highly danceable mix of Jamaican, UK and Canadian Reggae, it's a statement of fact too.

Canada's Reggae history is almost as old as Reggae itself. When Jackie Mittoo settled down in Toronto in 1969, he was one of the first to introduce the music to the second largest country of the world.

He wasn't the last, either. Roots singer Willi Williams, for example, is another one. The list goes further and shows the long time relationship of Canada with Reggae Music.

Brethren in Canada? Of course!

The people behind the Toronto-based Dub Connection Podcast give us a few crucial Canadian Reggae tunes and combined them with some of the better works from Jamaica and the UK from roughly the early 1980's until now.

The result is a highly danceable mix of several styles of Reggae Music: Rub a Dub, Ragga, Dancehall, UK DUB, Roots, et cetera. Definitely not a mix-up without structure, definitely not a mix without quality.


PLAYLIST

01. Junior Delgado - Really For A Reason
02. Willie Williams - Freedom Time/Dub
03. Adrian Miller - Brethren In Canada
04. R Zee Jackson - Love Must Conquer/Dub
05. Stewart Brothers - Break Down The Barriers
06. Zionics - Resurrection
07. Kenneth Dawson - I Know
08. Don Carlos - No Trouble This/Dub
09. Lascelles Douglas - Na Lose This Battle
10. Kendrick Andy - Hearsay
11. Nerious Joseph - Danger Man
12. Junior Murvin - Jack Slick/Dub
13. Teddy Brown - Immigration
14. Sandeeno - Nah Go Down Deh/Dub
15. Ras Nyto - Tribulation/Dub
16. Mighty Massa - Build A Better World
17. G Corp - Perilous Times/Dub
18. Sister Audrey - Forward Home/Dub

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