Dubroom Online, Edition September 11 2009

Dubroom Online, Edition September 11 2009

"PROMOTING CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE DANCE" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, September 11 2009 - Dancehall isn't exactly that part of Reggae Music which is loaded with, let's say, conscious lyrics. If it isn't pornographic, we got violence as a popular topic and of course everything is not just preached, but practiced as well...

It's actually quite simple. The more slackness is promoted, the more this is also practiced. The more Consciousness is promoted, the more Consciousness will be practiced.

Of course, promoting Consciousness doesn't mean that we don't have to be "churchically correct" or "political correct" at all. It "just" means, that we have to be conscious in whatever it is we are doing.

Conscious when we are building our carreer as a female Dancehall vocalist, for example. Like Lady Shelly, whose free MP3 album should really be downloaded by every self-respecting Dancehall fan.

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:

ROD TAYLOR - HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, September 11 2009 - Rod Taylor riding this Mikey Dread riddim with a spiritual and heartical message as a true born Rastaman: another classic from the Dread At The Controls!

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LADY SHELLY - KARAMANTI MIX VOLUME 1 - RESURRECTION (DUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW)

WWW, September 2009 - With tracks like "Kum Out", several mixes of "Welcome To Canada", Lady Shelly's free MP3 Album gives a good representation of her past and presence as more-than-conscious Dancehall vocalist.

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LADY SHELLY (DUBROOM ARTIST PAGE)

After her massive success in the 1990's with hits on several dance labels, Lady Shelly returned from Montreal to Jamaica where she re-launched her carreer as a much needed, more-than-conscious Dancehall Singer/DJ.

Her refusal to compromise with the often disgusting "rules" in the Music Industry has not stopped her from producing hits like "Kum Out", addressing domestic violence, and "Welcome To Canada", addressing the way Jamaicans are treated in Canada.

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GREGORY ISAACS - STORY BOOK CHILDREN (DUBROOM EZ TRACK PORTAL)

WWW, August/September 2009 - From August 16 to September 30, the Dubroom presents a new track available for free download at EZTRACKS.com. Just click to listen and check it out!

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LADY SHELLY - KARAMANTI MIX VOLUME 1 - RESURRECTION

LADY SHELLY - KARAMANTI MIX VOLUME 1 - RESURRECTION
DUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW

WWW, September 2009 - With tracks like "Kum Out", several mixes of "Welcome To Canada", Lady Shelly's free MP3 Album gives a good representation of her past and presence as more-than-conscious Dancehall vocalist.


Lady Shelly's story is more than interesting: after moving to Montreal (Quebec) from Jamaica, she became a signed recording artist for a number of Dance labels, scored several hits and even received a golden plaque. A few years followed wherein she traveled to and from Jamaica, bringing her to the decision that she now was going to use her talents to spread Consciousness in the Dance.

In Montreal, she recorded "Welcome In Canada" (track 14). It's a Rub a Dub tune, which drew the attention of Dean Fraser. He made her decide to permanently move back to Jamaica and work on building her Dancehall career.

And she did.

KARAMANTI MIX VOLUME ONE _ RESURRECTION is an 18 track presentation of some really hard hitting Dancehall music. Ten tracks are new, by the way. Lady Shelly shows her talents on several styles, but they all have that militant and conscious element lacking in so many other Dancehall productions.

She addresses current situations in Jamaica (Bruce Golding, No Gully No Gaza), domestic violence (Kum Out) and the way Jamaicans are treated in Canada (Welcome In Canada). Her faith in Jah keeps her going on and she will not go astray from Him (Naa Do It), but she also sings about good vibes (Party Tonight).

Lady Shelly's message is clear, and it gets even more clear on her website where we can find the story behind most of the tracks and herself. She is a hard working, even struggling artist whose refusal to walk in the ways of the wicked doesn't make things easier.

How easy is it, to be a female vocalist and you find out that one producer is more interested in punany than in the musical talents? How hard is it, to know that this producer is no exception? We feel it directly in the music and lyrics of this more-than-conscious Dancehall artist.

Download the album, check out her website for remixes and some instrumentals or even a capella recordings, read up her poetry and news items and know why Dancehall Music would not survive without sistren like Lady Shelly.

The mainstream might choose to ignore her, but the conscious online massive will not.

Sela.

TRACKS:

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Dubroom Online, Edition September 10 2009

Dubroom Online, Edition September 10 2009

"THIS IS THE DUBROOM (9)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, September 10 2009 - Thanks for your interest in the Dubroom, and also for your interest in this little column.

During the last week-and-a-day, I've been sharing a bit concerning the Dubroom, especially from my own point of view as founder, editor and main contributor.

It is a blessing to promote (DUB) Reggae and Consciousness, to maintain an independent position in order to uphold a tradition that made Reggae Music appeal to the hearts and souls of too many millions of people world wide.

It would be totally foolish to make a Reggae Website without respecting the tradition that made the Music big. In any way, it would totally eradicate the reason why this website exists.

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:

HORACE ANDY - AINT NO SUNSHINE (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, September 10 2009 - Here we have Horace Andy singing a cover version of the well known non-Reggae title. He's doing it over a dubbed out Rub a Dub riddim, making this one a thousand times more enjoyable than the original. Crucial!

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VARIOUS ARTISTS - DUB TENTACLES VOLUME 1

WWW, September 2009 - Fresh Poulp Records' first attempt at an all-Dub compilation surely came up with some really crucial Dub Steppers among some weaker choices.

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MISTY IN ROOTS (DUBROOM ARTIST PAGE)

WWW, August 2009 - Ever since they were founded in the wake of the 1970's UK Reggae Band Boom, Misty In Roots are known for their uncompromising, spiritual and militant Roots Reggae. This is a band that will always sing praises to Jah and chant down Babylon.

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PHILLIP FRAZIER - COME ETHIOPIAN (DUBROOM EZ TRACK PORTAL)

WWW, August/September 2009 - From August 16 to September 30, the Dubroom presents a new track available for free download at EZTRACKS.com. Just click to listen and check it out!

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VARIOUS ARTISTS - DUB TENTACLES VOLUME 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS - DUB TENTACLES VOLUME 1
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW

WWW, September 2009 - Fresh Poulp Records' first attempt at an all-Dub compilation surely came up with some really crucial Dub Steppers among some weaker choices.

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Dubroom Online, Edition September 9 2009

Dubroom Online, Edition September 9 2009

"THIS IS THE DUBROOM (8)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, September 9 2009 - Obviously, it took a long time before the Dubroom took the shape and size that the website currently has.

The possibilities of the Internet increased significantly since the Dubroom was established online in 1997, and of course, my own experience increased as well.

It's always good to keep realizing just where you're coming from, though.

Fun, too.

It's fun to look back and read these early articles and reviews, fun also to see my own mistakes as absolute beginner among absolute beginners in these early days of the Internet.

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:

JOHNNY OSBOURNE - RUN (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, September 9 2009 - Johnny Osbourne in another Reggae classic complete with DJ chanting over the digital Rub a Dub riddim: time to put on your dancing shoes and dance away the blues!

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VARIOUS ARTISTS - ON THE ROCK: DANCEHALL IN 2K8 (DUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW)

WWW, September 2009 - Dancehall avant la lettre: hip hop style and slackness galore, with vocalists like Damien and Stephen Marley, Buju Banton and Sean Paul all riding over labels released by the Germaica label.

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CLINT EASTWOOD (DUBROOM ARTIST PAGE)

WWW, August 2009 - Together with General Saint, he scored a major hit called "Stop That Train". But before that, Jamaican DJ Clint Eastwood had already toasted some crucial releases into the microphones of Jamaican studio's.

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LOUIE RANKING - HOT ME HOT (DUBROOM EZ TRACK PORTAL)

WWW, August/September 2009 - From August 16 to September 30, the Dubroom presents a new track available for free download at EZTRACKS.com. Just click to listen and check it out!

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VARIOUS ARTISTS - ON THE ROCK: DANCEHALL IN 2K8

VARIOUS ARTISTS - ON THE ROCK: DANCEHALL IN 2K8
DUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW

WWW, September 2009 - Dancehall avant la lettre: hip hop style and slackness galore, with vocalists like Damien and Stephen Marley, Buju Banton and Sean Paul all riding over labels released by the Germaica label.

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Dubroom Online, Edition September 8 2009

Dubroom Online, Edition September 8 2009

"THIS IS THE DUBROOM (7)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, September 8 2009 - In a column like this one, on my messiandread.dubroom.org website, and on the forums I express my freedom of speech under my own name, while restraining myself into professional objectivity on another.

Obviously, I'm much more experienced in this than in the time I started to review over 12 years ago now. I had to learn to refrain from words like "I", for example.

Especially when I read the earlier album reviews, it produces a smile on my face and sometime it's so terrible that I write another review instead.

I will not very likely do that with articles, though. That would be literally falsification of history.

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:

EDI FITZROY - CHANT DOWN BABYLON (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, September 8 2009 - No, this is not a cover of the well-known Bob Marley track. This is a hard stepping Roots Reggae tune with Edi Fitzroy delivering a militant message that goes straight to Babylon Head!

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RAGGABALDER RIDDIM REBELS - KNOCKIN LIKE A HAMMER PON UR FUKKING DOOR (DUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW)

WWW, September 2009 - From Shaggy and Elephant Man to Mykal Rose and Collie Budz, they've all voiced dub plates and other mixes for the Scandinavian Raggabalder Riddim Rebels. Heavy Dancehall that you don't want to miss out.

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JAH STITCH (DUBROOM ARTIST PAGE)

WWW, August 2009 - Together with producer Bunny Lee, Jah Stitch scored an impressive number of hits in Jamaica during the 1970's as he chanted on top of some heavyweight Roots Rockers Dubs.

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EDI FITZROY AND BIGGA STA - COME TOGETHER (DUBROOM EZ TRACK PORTAL)

WWW, August/September 2009 - From August 16 to September 30, the Dubroom presents a new track available for free download at EZTRACKS.com. Just click to listen and check it out!

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RAGGABALDER RIDDIM REBELS - KNOCKIN LIKE A HAMMER PON UR FUKKING DOOR

RAGGABALDER RIDDIM REBELS - KNOCKIN LIKE A HAMMER PON UR FUKKING DOOR
DUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW

WWW, September 2009 - From Shaggy and Elephant Man to Mykal Rose and Collie Budz, they've all voiced dub plates and other mixes for the Scandinavian Raggabalder Riddim Rebels. Heavy Dancehall that you don't want to miss out.

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