Dubroom Online, Edition December 13 2009

Dubroom Online, Edition December 13 2009

"EVALUATING 2009 (12)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, December 13 2009 - In the summer of this year, I was at the edge of a nervous break-down. Couldn't eat or drink, would be worrying and doing things all day, and it all had to do with some very intense things going on in my private life.

It was so happy that even though I took a month off from Dubroom, I was unable to update the site even for a week after that and when I could, all I could was writing an update basically explained how I was unable to do a thing.

For two years, I had to deal with all kind of official people and organizations, in different countries and with different functions. The climax came in the summer as many delayed things came on my desktop together with things planned for that time as well...

Not to mention the things that came before they were planned...

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:

AJ BROWN - REAL ROCK (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, December 13 2009 - The Real Rock riddim is often used, and in this one AJ Brown explains just why that is: it's one of "Jah's favorite weapons". Very atmospheric, kind of original, and definitely interesting!

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MIKEY DREAD - BLACK SUPREMACY FOR SOUTH AFRICA (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, December 2009 - Black Supremacy For Africa takes us back to the times we know as the 1980's: the system of Apartheid in South-Africa was still in it's political place and the Racist State still had Nelson Mandela in jail rather than in the president's office.

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Dubroom Online, Edition December 12 2009

Dubroom Online, Edition December 12 2009

"EVALUATING 2009 (11)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, December 12 2009 - Quality is always better than quantity, this also goes for the Dubroom Message Boards. Something which I call "on-topicness" is in my idea a minimal quality requirement that needs no further explanation.

Currently, the membership-list of the Dubroom Message Boards is not big but overall the quality of postings are on-topic and on an interesting level.

Only a few threads turned out to be off-topic, even though at first this wasn't clear. Of course, not everyone who says "Lord, Lord" shall enter into Mount Zion and not everyone who says "Reggae" actually talks about the musical works and culture which is promoted on the Dubroom website.

So I stand corrected there.

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:

KEN BOOTHE AND NO MORE BABYLON - ARTIBELLA (LIVE) (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, December 12 2009 - Experiencing a concert with veteran singer Ken Boothe is more than an experience, as he dances from place on stage to the other. In this concert, he teams up with his band whenever he tours in Europe: No More Babylon. Feel the energy!

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MIKEY DREAD - WOMANIZER DUBTRACT (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, December 2009 - A fat drum and bassline, accompanied by synthesizers and sound effects: this Dub of Rod Taylor's "My Complexion" shows a humoristic way of Dub in that unique Mikey Dread style!

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DJ'S AND PRODUCERS: DOWNLOAD FREE EDI FITZROY VOCALS (STUDIO DUBROOM WEB-TIP)

WWW, December 2009 - Having Edi Fitzroy spicing up your podcast or even Dub production? Producers and DJ's can now download a REGGAEDJ.com exclusive with several sound samples from Ras Edi's voice.

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DJ'S AND PRODUCERS: DOWNLOAD FREE EDI FITZROY VOCALS

DJ'S AND PRODUCERS: DOWNLOAD FREE EDI FITZROY VOCALS
STUDIO DUBROOM WEB-TIP

WWW, December 2009 - Having Edi Fitzroy spicing up your podcast or even Dub production? Producers and DJ's can now download a REGGAEDJ.com exclusive with several sound samples from Ras Edi's voice.

The files come, packed in a Zipfile of just over 1 mB big. Three MP3's, including Edi Fitzroy singing a part of "Princess Black" and "Easy Ride", as well as him saying "Nothing Can Stop Reggae Music" among other things.

CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE DOWNLOAD PAGE AT REGGAEDJ.COM

Dubroom Online, Edition December 11 2009

Dubroom Online, Edition December 11 2009

"EVALUATING 2009 (10)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, December 11 2009 - The fact one has to apply in order to be manually added to the Dubroom Message Boards membership-list, a lot of trolls and cyber bullies will be prevented from being able to mash up a thread or even complete fora.

It happened a number of times since the Dubroom Message Boards moved from Xsorbit to Yuku: One person was banned, two applications denied.

All three of these persons did make clear, in some way or another, that they would post off-topic material as the topic of the Dubroom is a positive attitude towards the promotion of (DUB) Reggae and Consciousness, preferably both. In normal language, they would deliberately and intentionally create trouble and expressed so...

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:

WEBCAM HI-FI - WAR IN THE STREETS (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, December 11 2009 - French-based electronic Dub Producer Webcam Hi-Fi knows how to make a riddim in what is usually recognized as the UK DUB and ROOTS tradition. Listen and feel!

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MIKEY DREAD - DUB PARTY (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, December 2009 - Check out this invitation to yet another piece of niceness by the Dread at the Controls: Dub Party catches up with Mikey Dread in 1995 when digital technology and analogue were getting more combined than in the decade before. Digital Niceness in which the music does most of the talking.

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MIKEY DREAD - AFRICAN ANTHEM DELUXE: THE MIKEY DREAD SHOW DUBWISE (DUBROOM ALBUM REVIEW

WWW, December 2009 - If only because of African Anthem alone this album should be considered a clasic, but the fact that this is the Deluxe edition makes this another must-have for every self-respecting collector of the better (DUB) Reggae music.

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WEBCAM HI-FI - WAR IN THE STREETS

WEBCAM HI-FI - WAR IN THE STREETS
DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW

WWW, December 11 2009 - French-based electronic Dub Producer Webcam Hi-Fi knows how to make a riddim in what is usually recognized as the UK DUB and ROOTS tradition. Listen and feel!

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MIKEY DREAD - AFRICAN ANTHEM: THE MIKEY DREAD SHOW DUBWISE

MIKEY DREAD - AFRICAN ANTHEM: THE MIKEY DREAD SHOW DUBWISE
DUBROOM ALBUM REVIEW

WWW, December 2009 - If only because of African Anthem alone this album should be considered a clasic, but the fact that this is the Deluxe edition makes this another must-have for every self-respecting collector of the better (DUB) Reggae music.

The subtitle of this album is not there for nothing: especially in the first ten titles, the original African Anthem album, it's jingles and soundeffects galore. This is indeed The Mikey Dread Show avant la lettre, as the album should really be played from start to finish and the jingles gives us the idea that we're listening to one of the best Radio Stations in the universe.

As said: the original release only contained the first ten titles. This release comes with 5 bonus track, among which an extended version of JBC Days/Proper Education Version and some more heavyweight material by the man we will never forget: Michael "Dread At The Controls" Campbell aka Mikey Dread.

There are three titles from this album avaialbe for free and legal download straight from their Dubroom MP3 download pages. Click on the titles to visit them.

- Resignation Dub - Saturday Night Style - Industrial Spy -

Dubroom Online, Edition December 10 2009

Dubroom Online, Edition December 10 2009

"EVALUATING 2009 (9)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, December 10 2009 - Where on the old Dubroom Message Boards there were a lot of people who simply registered without ever posting a thing, this is no longer necessary or even possible on the new boards.

Because people are manually added to the membership list, they logically have to apply. Simply creating an account at Yuku is just step one in this two-step process. I see the very same phenomenon of people registering without posting, as I observe how people register but do not apply.

Anyway, there's a nice side-effect.

Even though the measure is there to prevent automatic registrations of "spam-bots", it does also prevent most "trolls" or cyber bullies from being able to mash up a thread or even complete fora with their dung.

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:

RONNIE DAVIS - RAINDROPS (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, December 10 2009 - The tune is short, but nice: original Rockers from the 1970's, majestically sung by Ronnie Davis. Previously only released in Jamaica, now presented to you courtesy of President Records who hope you'll get the point, the point being the album!

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MIKEY DREAD - BACKSTAGE PASS (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, December 2009 - Life as a touring artist is not always easy, especially not when people try to get a backstage pass for a photograph and an autograph. Or is it? Find out in this 2007 release by Mikey Dread and a whole host of the top of Jamaica's Reggae musicians.

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MIKEY DREAD - DREAD AT THE CONTROL/EVOLUTIONARY ROCKERS (DUBROOM ALBUM REVIEW)

WWW, December 2009 - Together with some crucial DUB versions, this 2005 two-albums-on-one-disc release contains the original 1979 Mikey Dread debut releases all mixed in King Tubby's Waterhouse Studio.

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MIKEY DREAD - DREAD AT THE CONTROLS/EVOLUTIONARY ROCKERS
DUBROOM ALBUM REVIEW

WWW, December 2009 - Together with some crucial DUB versions, this 2005 two-albums-on-one-disc release contains the original 1979 Mikey Dread debut releases all mixed in King Tubby's Waterhouse Studio.

It wasn't until Mikey Dread gained control over his own productions that his debut album "Evolutionary Rockers" was available on the digital market. That's over one quarter of a century in which the material was only available through collector's and traders' channels.

Quite some material, especially when you consider that there's a DUB version of most of the vocal tracks on the album. Containing classics like "Barber Saloon" and "Propper Education" (available for free and legal MP3 download on the Dubroom, just click on the links) in their extended version, the album captures Mikey Dread as he is still focused on Toasting ("Reggae Rapping") during these his early days.

None less than seventeen outstanding tracks on one disc: you just cannot miss out on this one, when you like Roots Rockers Reggae and Dub and Toasting and King Tubby and an all-star Band, in short unless you hate Reggae with every bone in your body, you will simply have to have this one.