MYSTERY BABYLON (187)

Dubroom Online - November 27, 2008


"MYSTERY BABYLON (187)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 27 2008 - "You sleep with dogs, you rise with flees". First time I heard that saying, was in an Israel Vibration tune.

Well, I surely rose up with flees after finding myself in the spiritual brothel called the "Christian Reggae Scene".

I discovered it was filled with people who had their heart and soul set against Rastafari and the Truth. People who were involved in setting up something we now know as the "Gospel Reggae Industry", which in it's turn is part of a larger complex I call the "Christian industrial Complex".

For years, I privately contacted key-figures in the assumption that they did not know what they were doing. I provided them with information which showed how their ideas about Rastafari were not at all in accordance with reality.

With the Truth.

More Tomorrow...

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




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TUF TUF TUF (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)



WWW, November 2008 - Dennis Brown's rendering of Marley's "Want More" opens up a mix that more than deserves the name given by the Selector.

Roots and Culture, Tuffer than Tuff!

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THE SPECIALS AND MADNESS LIVE (DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW)



WWW, November 2008 - In the 1960's, you had skinheads who liked Ska music and were usually seen as rude boys.
No, this is no typo and this is not about neo-nazi's either.

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TUF TUF TUF

TUF TUF TUF
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW



WWW, November 2008 - Dennis Brown's rendering of Marley's "Want More" opens up a mix that more than deserves the name given by the Selector. Roots and Culture, Tuffer than Tuff!

Before the Zagreb based Radikal Dub Kolektiv ends this 47 minute Podcast, we've been treated to some of very hard Dubs and Vocals. Tuf, Tuf, Tuf is indeed the word to use no less than three times you'll need to describe what you've just bee going through.

You will rise up, full of energy to Chant Down Babylon one more time, definitely wanting more as Dennis Brown asks us right at the start.

It's the thing, you know. It's the one thing you want, once you've been taken by the deep, conscious sounds we loosely call UK DUB and Roots.

You want more.

You want it Tuf, Tuf and Tuf.


PLAYLIST

01. Dennis Brown - Want More
02. I-Plant - I Am Blowing a Dub
03. Improvisators Dub - Serious Time
04. I-Plant ft Ganja Tree - Hard Road To Travel
05. Eastman Sounds - Help The youth
06. Eastman Sounds - Jah Jah Way
07. Eastman Sounds - Bot Speaking Dub
08. The Bush Chemist - Speaker Rocker
09. The Disciples - Imperial Stepper
10. Abassi All Star - Roading Of Correction
11. Kanka ft Mc Oliva - No Stress (part 1)
12. Manutension - Tribute to King Tubby
13. Radikal Dub Kolektiv - Loonich

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THE SPECIALS AND MADNESS LIVE

THE SPECIALS AND MADNESS LIVE
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WWW, November 2008 - In the 1960's, you had skinheads who liked Ska music and were usually seen as rude boys.

No, this is no typo and this is not about neo-nazi's either.

In the end of the 1970's, the UK witnessed the birth of the "Two Tone" movement. It was a Movement with a philosophy and with a music, too.

The name of the music was a bit deceptive, though. It was basically a Reggae rhythm with the drums playing on the 2 and the 4 with the skanks between the counts, where the bass continued to play a reggae-ish line.

It sounded like Reggae, but it was not Reggae.

However, ten years before that, Jamaica also had a music called Ska.

And this is not the only comparance...

Two-Tone was also an answer to the rising army of neo-nazi's who called themselves skinhead. We can see them in the streets today, even, too. However, what most neo nazi skinheads do not know, is that just like Ska, also the skinheads were originally found in Jamaica.

Two-tone had the mission to tell the skinheads about their Toots, and they did so with a lot of music. Here are two of these bands.


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MYSTERY BABYLON (186)

Dubroom Online - November 26, 2008


"MYSTERY BABYLON (186)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 26 2008 - When I accepted the invitation to join the Christian Reggae Scene, I violated one of my own principals.

I thought, that by joining them, I could wake up some and educate others. Even stronger: I thought, that on the basis of mixing Reggae and the Message of Jesus, people could come together and collectively do something good.

How wrong I was...

I had to ignore the Truth, that Yesus clearly said we should not use our spiritual identity to create ourselves some position in this physical world.

Even though you could say that I had a good intention, after all I was determined to wake up the Christians for the truth concerning Babylon, I still had to join a group that wanted to use their (perceived) spiritual identity for some physical purpose.

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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BEEEM BAIXO (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)



WWW, November 2008 - After passing the first minutes of this Podcast in total confusion, slowly it becomes clear what this is all about: bass, bass and nothing but bass.
Bass, and DUB!

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BLACK UHURU LIVE AT GLASTONBURY, 1982 (DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW)



WWW, November 2008 - After a few atmospheric impressions of a rainy day at Glastonbury festival, we go straight into a majestic performance by Sly and Robbie's Black Uhuru!

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BEEEM BAIXO

BEEEM BAIXO
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW



WWW, November 2008 - After passing the first minutes of this Podcast in total confusion, slowly it becomes clear what this is all about: bass, bass and nothing but bass. Bass, and DUB!

Yours truly doesn't speak or read Spanish or Portuguese, which seems to be the native language of our host in this extremely interesting mix. However, "Beeem Baxio" can hardly refer to anything else but... the Bass (Baxio, anyone? thank you).

It's all about Bass, after all. Bass, and Dub.

Contemporary Dub. Contemporary, online DUB even. For not only do we find a couple of nice tracks by Dutch based Twilight Circus, we're also treated by some works of Dubmatix. Dubmatix is one of the most prolific Online Artists. Those who visit the Dubroom may have seen his advertisements or read the Dubroom review on this artist.

Next to Twilight Circus and Dubmatix, Beeem Baxio is filled with bass-driven music as only Reggae Music can be.


PLAYLIST

01. Guvna Dub - Fistful Of Dub
02. Nick Holder - Moments in dub
03. Digital Dubs vs Dubiterian - DIB DEB DUB
04. Dub Matix - Repatriation
05. Ketty Roots - Dub Majesty
06. Wicked Beat Sound System - Be Humble
07. Piratedub - Dub Plate Roots
08. Twilight Circus - Filter 13 [Wailers Tribute Mix]
09. Sub Oslo - Sub Oslo VS Bookshelf Speakers
10. Twilight Circus - Beneath The Valley Of The Ultra Dub
11. Guvna Dub - Karmaggeddon


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BLACK UHURU LIVE AT GLASTONBURY, 1982

BLACK UHURU LIVE AT GLASTONBURY, 1982
DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW



WWW, November 2008 - After a few atmospheric impressions of a rainy day at Glastonbury festival, we go straight into a majestic performance by Sly and Robbie's Black Uhuru!

As the rain falls down, so does the music. A very strong set played by Sly and Robbie with Black Uhuru during their best days with Puma Jones, Duckie Simpson and Mikal Rose falls over the audience that soon forgets the rain and start chanting along as the band plays Sinsemillia.

The rest is history, which can be seen in this two-part impression of a peace festival somewhere in the UK during the early 1980's.

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MYSTERY BABYLON (185)

Dubroom Online - November 25, 2008


"MYSTERY BABYLON (185)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 25 2008 - It takes temptation and a willingness to go into that temptation, in order to land in a brothel.

Physically, and spiritually too.

When I joined the Christian Reggae Scene as an answer to an invitation, I also acted out of temptation and I had a willingness to spiritually fornicate.

I was not Walking in Truth. And I should have known better, too.

Before I started the Dubroom, I had already found out -the hard way, I might add- that to work for any Church or Organization, is in fact to work for the System.

The Church and State System, where people who are supposed to be the spiritual examples are nothing but workers for the System.

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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MISC DUB (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)



WWW, November 2008 - Sometimes, you shouldn't be discouraged by the title of a tune. Or a Podcast. For the "miscellaneous" category in DUB is everything but a pimped trashcan.

This is for those that want their DUB in each and every (im)possible way.

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THE WAILERS - STIR IT UP (OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST 1973) (DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW)



WWW, November 2008 - The "Old Grey Whistle Test" was a UK program, where artists performed live.

At least, most of the time. There were artists who playbacked.

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MISC DUB

MISC DUB
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW



WWW, November 2008 - Sometimes, you shouldn't be discouraged by the title of a tune. Or a Podcast. For the "miscellaneous" category in DUB is everything but a pimped trashcan.

This is for those that want their DUB in each and every (im)possible way.

Finn the Giant and Polish based Muflon DUB are two Online Artists that fit perfectly well with the Twinkle Brothers and UK DUBheads Manasseh and The Equalizer.

We're going into several styles and regions in this Podcast, after all.

With a title like this, there are some who would expect a mix-up of indefinable material that is usually indefinable because of their poor quality. The "miscellaneous" category, after all, is invented for such things.

Right?

Wrong.

At least, not in DUB. Listen to the evidence as it is presented to you in this Podcast. We go from one DUB Vibe into the next without pain and suffering, and realize how rich the Art that give name to this website really is.


PLAYLIST

01. The Lions - Ethio-Steppers
02. Manasseh meets The Equalizer - Planet Humanity
03. B.r. Styler - Fire Burning
04. Twinkle Brothers - Stomp it Out
05. Finn The Giant - The Giant Attacks
06. Muflon Dub Sound System - Follow Jah Ways
07. Dreadlock Tales - Follow The Sun
08. Wild Cat - Space Station Wildcat
09. Junkyard Productions - Wo Woi
10. Jamaram - No Place To Run To (Dub Remix)
11. Habakuk - Dub Co Dzien (by Kadubra)
12. Tuff - Oh What A Fire
13. Jonny Blender - Thinking Of A Better Day

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