VARIOUS ARTISTS - STEP 4 I (PART 4)

VARIOUS ARTISTS - STEP 4 I (PART 4)
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW

WWW, June 2009 - Another impressive DUB compilation by the French Original DUB Gathering Net Label. Ah, well, let's be more precise: the fourth episode of the Step 4 I series doesn't carry the subtitle "Serious Dub Makers" for nothing. 

When you like DUB, especially UK DUB, you will simply not want to miss out on this great compilation. Twelve superb tracks, fitting well together and creating a DUB Vibe that is kind of really crucial. When you're into contemporary electronic DUB, that is.

The versatility of the contemporary DUB producers becomes clear for those with ears to hear: definitely, productions by Serious DUB Makers, as the subtitle of part four in this more than interesting set of DUB compilations by the French Net Label indicates.

Twelve DUB tunes, free and legal, deep and high, a delight for the ear and sweet for the Soul of the DUB connoisseur.

PLAYLIST
01. Guidoud - Redemption
02. Algar - Uzinadub
03. Tomaski - Night and Day
04. Gary Clunk - He-Tek Vibe
05. Webcam Hi-Fi - Special Request
06. Echo Roots - Digitally Yours
07. Redi - Digitalist
08. Moa Anbessa - Psalm 63
09. Kanka - Echo Dub
10. U. Stone - Babylon Control
11. Dawa Hi-Fi - Baldhead Meets Dread
12. Ondubground - No More

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MAD PROFESSOR - ADVENTURES OF A DUB SAMPLER (DUB ME CRAZY CHAPTER SEVEN)

MAD PROFESSOR - ADVENTURES OF A DUB SAMPLER (DUB ME CRAZY CHAPTER SEVEN)
DUBROOM ALBUM REVIEW

Throughout the 1980's, Mad Professor set the High Standards for DUB with his DUB ME CRAZY series which started in 1982.

In times when the Jamaican studio's lost their interest and turned to Dancehall, Ariwa Sound kept on releasing one massive document of DUB after the other. This is the 7th chapter, catching up with the Mad Professor in 1987.

Mad Professor's first release in the DUB ME CRAZY series already sounded pretty digital. The year was 1982. Now, we're 5 years along the road and the Sound Sampler arrived in the Ariwa Studio's. A thing we'll really know after listening to the adventures of the DUB Sampler.

We hear a fatter sound, and as more and more digital technologies arrive in Mad Professor's studio, we hear a combination of programmed and played material joining perfectly together in what the connoisseur definitely recognizes as the Ariwa Sound.

Fragments of vocals drop in and out as one Roots Reggae Riddim after the other comes into our ear and blesses us once again with what can only be described as another addition to the collection of every self-respecting collector of the better DUB.

OBAMA NATION (7)

Dubroom Online, Edition June 8 2009

"OBAMA NATION (7)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, June 8 2009 - It's scary to hear, or better: not hear many of the voices within Reggae that used to protest, chant down, and expose the works of Babylon through the Bush administration.

Like many, the voices have not only silenced, but turned into voices of praise for a man who perpetuastes and accelerates that very same policy.

It can't be, that Barack Obama is the first not-completely-white president of the USA. After all, the colour of a man's skin is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes.

And a look to the men behind Barack Obama doesn't reveal a group of freedom fighters, who chant down Babylon.

Quite the contrary...

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:

VARIOUS ARTISTS - STEP 4 I (PART 3) (DUBROOM NET ALBUM REVIEW)

WWW, June 2009 - In part three of their excellent line of DUB compilations, the French based Original DUB Gathering goes outernational and gathers ten Ire DUB tunes from the Online DUB Underground.

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MAD PROFESSOR - DUB ME CRAZY (CHAPTER ONE) (DUBROOM ALBUM REVIEW)

WWW, June 2009 - Mad Professor's more than excellent DUB series which started in the 1980's definitely opened up the Art of DUB to a wider audience while also putting himself among the small group of top DUB engineers.

This is the original album that started it all: Dub Me Crazy Part One. Plus two bonus tracks, that is.

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VARIOUS ARTISTS - STEP 4 I (PART 3)

VARIOUS ARTISTS - STEP 4 I (PART 3)
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW

WWW, June 2009 - In part three of their excellent line of DUB compilations, the French based Original DUB Gathering goes outernational and gathers ten Ire DUB tunes from the Online DUB Underground.

Opening with an Ire and Upfull track by Online DUB Artist Meef Chaloin, Step 4 I Part Three sets the vibe. It's about Ireness, and Reggae can provide some crucial Ireness. There's not much dubbing going on in that first track, neither in the second track. The music, however is nice and sweet.

The third track brings a sudden change in the atmosphere. A whole host of samples, slowly a rhythm enters, the samples soaked in echo's: you thought there was no DUB going on?

When the DUB Activist meets Dr. TomTom, the DUB goes deeper and the rhythm becomes more energetic. JAH Billah's contribution to this excellent compilation, a collaboration with Ngaumo, brings some more peaceful vibes back in an interesting combination of electronic and analogue effects.

"Back To School" is another piece of Digital DUB Niceness. It's laid-back, has some interesting echoings and effects on the bass, where a rather odd placements of the chords completes the 6th track on the compilation. It's well placed before the explosion of digital sound we find in the tune after that. Which in it's turn is well placed before the energetic steppers by Barbes D and Toko Blaze.

The mix of track number nine, simply entitled "Dub Plate Style", builds up rather slow. The title is well put: you can imagine someone chanting over the riddim. There's not much happening, nice sound though.

In closure of this first full-length compilation album by the Original DUB Gathering Net Label, we find a track by the founders, a French DUB Collective named Ondubground. An upfull Dub with resemblances of the UK DUB act The Disciples here and there.

Niceness Galore!

PLAYLIST

01. Meef Chaloin - Lost Heroes
02. Scoop - Riddim Away
03. Drydeck - Mon Ame En Peine
04. Dub Activist featuring Dr. TomTom - Prison Dub
05. JAH Billah featuring Ngaumo - No TV Dub
06. Sartouk - Back To School
07. Kuro Loud Dub - Dance Ce Cas
08. Barbed D. featuring Toko Blaze - Spirit
09. Big Family - Dub Plate Style
10. Ondubground - Step 4 Yah

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MAD PROFESSOR - DUB ME CRAZY (CHAPTER ONE)

MAD PROFESSOR - DUB ME CRAZY (CHAPTER ONE)
DUBROOM ALBUM REVIEW

Mad Professor's more than excellent DUB series which started in the 1980's definitely opened up the Art of DUB to a wider audience while also putting himself among the small group of top DUB engineers.

This is the original album that started it all: Dub Me Crazy Part One. Plus two bonus tracks, that is.

Mad Professor, it can not be said enough, is one of the most creative and innovative DUB engineers, and he is so for decades in a row. His Ariwa Studio may have released a lot of crucial vocal singles and albums, but unlike many Jamaican Studio's in the 1980's, Ariwa never lost interest in DUB.

The DUB Me Crazy series definitely set the standard for DUB through-out the 1980's. It started in 1982 with this release. There are some serious DUB mixes on the album, which originally just contained 10 tracks due to the limitations on vinyl. This release has two bonus tracks, for some extra enjoyment. DUB Enjoyment to the max.

Mad Professor's superb DUB transformation of the excellent vocal parts which pop in throughout the entire album will take you into another Sound Dimension. The crucial work by the drummer and bass player are often the only points of reference as each and every effect device is utilized to the max.

The more you listen, the more you hear, the album will catch you and then grow on you: some might call it "crazy"...

OBAMA NATION (6)

Dubroom Online, Edition June 7 2009

"OBAMA NATION (6)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, June 7 2009 - The wars in Afghanistan and especially in Iraq are widely criticized throughout the last 8 years. The Red, White and Blue invasions in the Middle-East and subsequent brutal occupation have been exposed for what they are.

On top of that, Guantanamo Bay has become the symbol of torture, euphemistically named "enhanced interrogation techniques". Then there is the secret kidnap program, when people are taken to their tortures and possible even worse, in unknown countries.

It's strange, to say the least, how all these things were rightly criticized throughout the last eight years, but when Barack Obama perpetuates the whole thing, even accelerates some, many voices of protest remain silent.

Now why would that be?

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:

VARIOUS ARTISTS - STEP 4 I (PART 2) (DUBROOM NET ALBUM REVIEW)

WWW, June 2009 - From France, With DUB: Four Massive Steppers in the second compilation EP from the Original DUB Gathering Net Label. Get ready for some serious Drum and Bass niceness in 21st Century Style!

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THE MEN BEHIND BARACK OBAMA (BABYLON OBSERVER VIDEO REVIEW)

WWW, June 2009 - Meet Webster Tarpley, historian and author. He wrote the widely acclaimed, Unauthorized Biography Of George Bush, one of the most downloaded books on the Internet. He also wrote the Unauthorized Biography Of Barack Obama.

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VARIOUS ARTISTS - STEP 4 I (PART 2)

VARIOUS ARTISTS - STEP 4 I (PART 2)
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW

WWW, June 2009 - From France, With DUB: Four Massive Steppers in the second compilation EP from the Original DUB Gathering Net Label. Get ready for some serious Drum and Bass niceness in 21st Century Style!
Truth be told: even though we're almost in the second decade of the new century, there are still people who claim that Digital Music cannot be, ah, well, eeh... music. This EP won't convince them otherwise, but they will be missing out on some serious good vibrations.
DUB Vibrations, that is.
Clearly inspired by UK DUB Acts like the Disciples, the French Label Original DUB Gathering knows how to find the right DUB acts in the country of France. Good Drum programming, crucial basslines and penetrating echoings galore!
PLAYLIST

1. Inadubstate - Serious Time
2. Ackboo - Botswana DUB
3. Dawa H-Fi - Steppa Story
4. Ondubground - No Comment

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THE MEN BEHIND BARACK OBAMA

THE MEN BEHIND BARACK OBAMA
BABYLON OBSERVER VIDEO REVIEW

WWW, June 2009 - Meet Webster Tarpley, historian and author. He wrote the widely acclaimed, Unauthorized Biography Of George Bush, one of the most downloaded books on the Internet. He also wrote the Unauthorized Biography Of Barack Obama.

In this interview, we meet with Webster Tarpley during the presidential election campaign that ultimately led to the inauguration of Barack Obama. As the multitudes cheered on the streets, thinking that Barack would clean up the mess that George Bush left the country in, the Men Behind Barack Obama were already planning their perpetuation, even accelerating of the wars in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

"Beware of Obama", says Webster Tarpley. After a short introduction, he explains how it's not just so much about Barack Obama, but more about the men behind him. Zbignew Brzezinski, for example. As difficult as some might find it to even pronounce his name, as unknown he is to the general public.

Brzezinski can be called the founder of the Taliban, as the Babylon Observer reported earlier. And when Webster Tarpley is right, the man will soon be active in shaping politics in that area of the world once again. The historian fears how the USA and Europe will be led by Obama into a war that would involve Russia and China, and after you've heard him out, you might want to think again about the president of whom many think he wants to "make peace, not war"...