ROOTS 'N' FUTURE - DUBPLATES FOR POWERFULL SOUND VOLUME 1

ROOTS 'N' FUTURE - DUBPLATES FOR POWERFULL SOUND VOLUME 1DUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW

 

  WWW, September 2012 - If only for the hard-hitting "Business of War" and it's even harder hitting DUB version, you just have to download this 2010 release by the Swiss based Audioactivity Net Label who brought us such excellent compilations as DUB Propaganda and DUB Disaster 1 and 2. 

As a matter of fact, Roots 'n' Future is a project and collective based around the drummer of the band High Note, Dino. When this is the first of many Dubplates for Powerfull System, it's a very promising one. There's a wide variety of styles on the album, even some Dubstep tracks that you may or may not like. Those with a focus on Steppers DUB will definitely want to check out the album, in fact every lover of DUB Reggae should.

As said in the opening paragraph, tune called "Business of War" and it's heavyweight DUB counterpart is reason enough to download the album. Definitely one of the hardest Steppers DUB recently reviewed right here in the Dubroom.

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GUITOUD - CONSCIOUS RASTA

GUITOUD - CONSCIOUS RASTADUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW

 

  WWW, September 2012 - Straight from the French (DUB) Reggae underground, this very interesting one filled with eleven titles all starting with the letter C. C as in Conscious, even though there are hardly any lyrics in this no-nonsense instrumentalist Reggae album.

"Conscious Rasta" is indeed interesting for a variety of reasons. Much thought has been put in the music, both in the samples as well as the (excellent) instrumentation and overall concept. Expect an album that is filled with intelligence and style, as you listen to the instrumentals with nuff Dub effects here and there you will definitely recognize the amount of work that has been put in it.

The production itself has an interesting combination of programmed and played parts. It has an analogue vibe without becoming too much like an old-skool album. You just don't really know what is played and what is programmed and it's a real challenge to try and decipher just what exactly is put in the mix.

Even though this is not a DUB album avant la lettre, it has more than enough mixing work. Even though it is an Instrumental Reggae album avant la lettre, it will also appeal to those that are looking for echoings, reverberations and other vibes we know from Dub.

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DUBROOM MP3 ARTIST REVIEW: KING TUBBY

KING TUBBYDUBROOM MP3 ARTIST REVIEW
 

  WWW, September 8, 2012 - Widely considered to be the godfather of DUB, King Tubby's name is as essential in the art of remixing Reggae as Bob Marley is for Reggae in general. Osbourne Ruddock's oeuvre gets into the thousands if not tens of thousands of tracks, created in two decades of which the 1970's was the most productive one.

His career started way back in the 1950's, when he began repairing stuff for the sound systems. A talented repairman, Tubby's soon started his own sound system called King Tubby's Hometown Hi-Fi. His original approach would prelude his later DUB era as he would add effects to the tunes played on a pristine sound.

In the 1960's, Tubby would become a remixer for Duke Reid. Usually, these remixes or versions would simply be an instrumental counterpart of s vocal track and released on the B-side of 7" singles. But King Tubby went much further as he not only stripped the vocals but also other instruments. In just a few years time, the first decade of DUB was a fact.

He started his first studio in the early 1970's. It was a small studio, no room for recording music but designed to mix from multi-track tapes from other studio's. The very first dub room, if you will. In this studio, which later had room for recording vocalists as well, he mixed countless of DUB tracks and gave a DUB education his protégées like Prince Jammy and Scientist.

His enormous creativity would lead him to build bigger and better studio's until he started producing on top of his remixing in the 1980's. This lasted until February 1989, when he was violently killed in what many people assume was an attempted robbery. The murder has yet to be solved...

Unfortunately, King Tubby was not given the chance to see just what the art he created would lead to. The Art of DUB has itself given birth to, or is at least influential in the sound of many contemporary musical styles, like House and other Dance genres. Until this day, many popular artists will -rightfully- list him as source of inspiration.  

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ORIGINAL DUB GATHERING

ORIGINAL DUB GATHERINGDUBROOM NET LABEL REVIEW

 

  WWW, August 2012 - They started their website to promote their -then new- STEP 4 I compilation albums way back in 2006. That was two years after it's founders formed their own DUB Collective, called Ondubground. The impressive compilation series is now "only" a part of the large quantity of online releases by the Original DUB Gathering.
Currently, this Net Label centered around Ondubground as well as other France-based producers, vocalists and players of instruments has become a well established name in the Online DUB Massive world-wide.  

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FULL DUB - BRAIN STAGE

FULL DUB - BRAIN STAGEDUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW

 

  WWW, August 2012 - In this brand new release by the french based Original DUB Gathering Net Label, we hook up with Full DUB, producer based in Dijon France. Spaced out DUB with loads of digital effect, vocal snippets and elements of Dubstep, even tolerable for those that don't specifically like the dub-derived style.
Six tunes, filled with examples of Full DUB's creativity. Definitely based on the Reggae rhythm, with strategically placed excursions into the broader digital domain. This is some high quality, intelligent music in this August the third twenty twelve release of Original DUB Gathering.

One thing that stands out is the fact Full Dub changes from the Steppers Drum rhythm into others and vice versa. A concept that's not used a lot, especially not in Reggae. It shows the creative experimentation which occupies the French producer as he trods on in DUB Space.

Brain Stage, the second installment in what hopefully turns out to become a line of releases, as Full Dub leaves you wanting more every time you play the last tune of this mini-album.

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Dubroom MP3 Reviews To Start Again August 25

WWW, August 22 2012 - Jah Willing, the MP3 reviews will start again at August 25. At least two per day, a series of reviews that should continue until October 2012 at least. In this update, you can discover what kind of names are scheduled. Messian Dread reports.
Greetings!

I'm currently preparing the pages for the next set of MP3 reviews and I'm almost done with that. When all pages have been prepared, the reviews can be written and published on mp3.dubroom.org, the Dubroom message boards and both the main Dubroom blog and the Dubroom Reviews blog. I hope to be able to start releasing them this coming Saturday, the 25th of August 2012.

What's in store?

There's a bit of Dancehall with Jigsy King, there's John Holt and Johnnie Clarke as well as Jimmy Riley. Wailing Souls, Anthony Davis, King Tubby's. Junior Kelly, Kashief Lindo, Luciano and Morgan Heritage. To name a few. This is a selection of music from all kinds of decades and vibes, there's definitely something for anyone in the world-wide Reggae massive.

So wherever you may follow the Dubroom's reviews, keep an eye for somke crucial material in the next few days!

One Love,
Messian Dread (Dubroom Webmaster)

Back From A Refreshing Time

WWW, August 19 2012 - After two weeks of reloading in Jah Creation, the Dubroom Webmaster is about to restart the works on the Dubroom website, blogs and message boards. A personal update.

Greetings!
I thank Jah for the two weeks I was able to spend in Jah Creation together with loved ones. Away from the news and views, away from the daily routine, in the presence of beautiful weather and enjoying just general Irieness. I feel like re-loaded and it's a good feeling. Yes, I definitely needed this break and I'm grateful I was able to receive it out of the Hands of Jah.

Very soon I will write new MP3 reviews as there's a ton waiting on my hard drive to be reviewed. I'm also acquiring new stuff for another podcast. I will still take it a bit easy but I have the energy to do stuff and I didn't receive that energy to be wasted.

In the meantime, I would also like to thank the various contributors on `the Dubroom Message Boards for their postings during my absence. Interesting exchange of news and views!

One Love,
Messian Dread

VARIOUS ARTISTS - TENTACLES OF DUB VOLUME 3

VARIOUS ARTISTS - TENTACLES OF DUB VOLUME 3DUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW

 

  WWW, August 2012 - The third installment of FRESH POULP's Tentacle of DUB Compilation Series gives an oversight in not only DUB but also styles that derive from it, like Dubstep. A style that not every lover of DUB will apprecilove in the same manner, and so this album does not just contain Dubstep but also styles "closer to home", let's say.   "Don Dub" by Malta-based Mind's Eye DUB is the fourth track and the first upright, no-nonsense Roots Reggae track. Some great melodica and the typical bubbling organ. It's followed by Ackboo's "Holy Mount Zion" featuring Steve Steppa: a hard hitting steppers rhythm as the Book of Bibles is quoted and excellent singing is done.

Mahom's "Darker, Stronger, Dubber" is your typical digital Steppers DUB with loads of changes and filters, candy for the ear of those that can and do apprecilove some electronic DUB. Over here in the Dubroom it is definitely received with joy! The very same can be said about "Dubalalla" by A Man Called PJ: massive drum and bass at the foundation of a continuous stream of sounds and effects.

The albums closes of with "Praises", a great track by the Roots Revival Sound System. Praises to the Most High JAH in a Roots Reggae DUB Style. Yes, there is more than enough material in this third chapter of Dub Tentacles to make you want to download and listen.

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