MYSTERY BABYLON (182)

Dubroom Online - November 22, 2008


"MYSTERY BABYLON (182)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 22 2008 - When I accepted the invitation to join the "Christian Reggae Scene", I committed the sin of spiritual fornication with the Mystery.

I am ashamed over it: don't think it is easy to write this knowing that others will read it.

However, I have also learned a lot of mechanisms as I discovered just why Mystery Babylon is called the Mother of all Harlots (prostitutes), and just how this spiritual fornication takes place.

Even further: out of fornication can come a "child". In the case of Mystery Babylon, we speak about her "children" as "abominations".

So instead of beating myself on the head and feeling shame, I will use my own sin as an example of this spiritual fornication.

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.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:


TRIBUTE DUB GIRLS (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)



WWW, November 2008 - What would Reggae, what would DUB be without the female touch of our Sistren? Fortunately, we'll never know.

Therefore: a Tribute to the Sistren!

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ASWAD - AFRICAN CHILDREN (DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW)



WWW, November 2008 - The UK has been a major outlet and breeding place for Reggae Music. Patterned after Bob Marley's success, the 1970's gave birth to countless of UK based Reggae bands and Aswad was one of them.

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TRIBUTE DUB GIRLS

TRIBUTE DUB GIRLS
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW



WWW, November 2008 - What would Reggae, what would DUB be without the female touch of our Sistren? Fortunately, we'll never know.

Therefore: a Tribute to the Sistren!

The title of this mix is a bit deceptive. Why? Well, simply. This is not a Stricktly DUB Show. A tune can be DUB, but not Reggae. And a tune can be Reggae, but not DUB. Sure, you guessed it: this show has it all.

However, this Tribute to the "Dub Girls" does give a very good picture just what the female touch does in Reggae, and DUB. Tanya Stephen's "Pity", for example, is quite different than the opening track.

Let's take a closer look.

We go from DUB Fusion, Sub DUB to Reggae DUB, to Roots Reggae, to Dancehall. From a poem to a little slack slap, from some Righteous Lyrics to one of the best Bass players in UK DUB, who happens to be a Sistren too as part of Alpha and Omega.

Indeed.

Nuff Said.


PLAYLIST

01. Waldeck - This Isnt Maybe
02. Zenzile feat Jamika - Airport Lights
03. The Dubians - Mentality
04. Miss Lynx - One Love
05. Dezarie - Exhalt
06. Tanya Stephens - It's A Pitty
07. Alpha & Omega - Jah Protection
08. Music Inna House - Across The Mountain
09. Tanya Stephens - Glory Days
10. Zion Train feat Lua - Live As One
11. Kanzeon feat Jaqee - Princess Dub
12. Junkyard Productions - Sister Let Him Go


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ASWAD - AFRICAN CHILDREN

ASWAD - AFRICAN CHILDREN
DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW



WWW, November 2008 - The UK has been a major outlet and breeding place for Reggae Music. Patterned after Bob Marley's success, the 1970's gave birth to countless of UK based Reggae bands and Aswad was one of them.

The "Old Grey Whistle Test" was the name of a television program in the UK, where bands and artists performed live for a studio audience.

At least, most of the time.

In this case, it definitely was a live performance. We see Aswad as a full blown band performing somewhere in the early 1980's. An impressive performance, allready showing the group to be here-to-stay.

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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.

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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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)

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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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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