AMBASSADA HI-POWAH PRESENTS: ENTEBBE SOUND LIVE IN SESSION

AMBASSADA HI-POWAH PRESENTS: ENTEBBE SOUND LIVE IN SESSION
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WWW, September 2010 - Ever since Reggae Music is there, there is Reggae Music in the UK. Of course this includes a whole lot of Sound Systems, each one coming with their own selections and equipment. In this special episode of the Ambassada Hi-Powah podcasts, we are taken to a heartical session by the mighty Entebbe Sound.

Sure, the sound quality is not in the best digital quality, possibly even taken from cassette tape. However, this increases the experience of heavy bass and live chanting by several MC's. The energetic session, of which about 46 minutes is recorded, is a school example of the heartical vibes and spiritual truths which are being spread through the conscious Sound Systems, of which Entebbe is not the least.

You'll hear a crucial number of Dub Plates (special mixes), over which there's -next to chanting- a lot of effects and EQ changes. The bass goes deeper than deep, the tunes are presented in the true old-skool Sound System style of wheeling records, having "silent" breaks between the titles, et cetera.

Niceness, seen?

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STEP IT! WALK IT! SKANK IT! - AN IRIE MEDITATION MIX BY IAN IRIE

STEP IT! WALK IT! SKANK IT! - AN IRIE MEDITATION MIX BY IAN IRIE
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WWW, September 2010 - Named after the great Nucleus Roots track (played in the show), DJ Ian Irie shows us once again what over three decades of experience can bring both the selector as well as the listener: An Irie Meditation it is!

Not a single knob is left untouched when Ian Irie is at the controls. No different in this mix: we are being treated to musical works of several producers but everything is mixed to one crucial vibe, the Ambassada Hi Powah vibe, that is...

Another thing which shows the expertise of our selector, is the fact that tracks from several different periods blend well together in the mix. There is a timeless, eternal if you will, element there which can only be presented when it is experienced as well.

Yes I, another great selection by one of the veterans of the Sound System culture that started in the Jamaica and the UK but has in the meantime spread all over the world.

IRIE!

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MUNGO'S HI-FI - DON'T LET THEM BREAK YOUR HEART DUB

MUNGO'S HI-FI - DON'T LET THEM BREAK YOUR HEART DUB
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WWW, September 2010 - Based in Glasgow (Scotland), Mungo's Hi-Fi Sound was established in 2000 and have continued to grow into on of the better known Sound Systems from the UK. In this tune, we're getting a special remix the Sound Systems did especially for the Polish based Ostrada festival.

A deep One Drop (bass) Drums, an ever deeper bassline: the foundation is truly solid. The mixing is skillful, all the instruments are there including the horns and of course there are vocal snippets .

All in all, when you didn't know Mungo's Hi-Fi this is your chance to change!

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JOHNNY CLARKE MEET SOOTHSAYERS AND MANNASSEH - BAD BOYS

JOHNNY CLARKE MEET SOOTHSAYERS AND MANNASSEH - BAD BOYS
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WWW, September 2010 - In this special remix of the Johnny Clarke collaboration with the Soothsayers band, done by UK based Sound System and Dub producer Manasseh, we have yet another true gem of Reggae waiting to arrive on your hard disk.

It's a crucial tune, both production-wise as well as lyrically. Johnny Clarke's voice ripened more even though back in the seventies his voice was already ripe. It's amazing to hear just alone, how decades of singing has brought Johnny Clarke to this level.

Just one remark: it's really too bad that this is only a vocal track, as a Discomix would be nicer. Perhaps, too nice? After all, we can't have it all...

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EVERTON BLENDER - GHETTO YOUTHS

EVERTON BLENDER - GHETTO YOUTHS
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WWW, September 2010 - Riding a contemporary rendering of the classic Real Rock riddim, Everton Blender showing once again just what he is able to do with his voice. In "Ghetto Youths", he stands up for the fact that there's too much suffering in the ghetto's in spite of the fact that many of the youths have good hearts.

Where many look down on the ghetto people, as much as many will also see the rising of the good-hearted youths as they fight their way up to the top. A thought-provoking statement, delivered in the Roots and Culture style of the upful Rastaman.

Crucially Crucial!

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ZION TRAIN - GIVE ME GOOD SENSI (LIVE AT OSTRADA FESTIVAL POZNAN, POLAND, 2009)

ZION TRAIN - GIVE ME GOOD SENSI (LIVE AT OSTRADA FESTIVAL POZNAN, POLAND, 2009)
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WWW, September 2010 - "Give Me Good Sensi" is a well-known Zion Train riddim, with Earl Sixteen at the microphone. In this live rendering done at the Polish Ostrada festival, there's no Earl 16 but the vibe is definitely more than there.

The message is clear, and the message is given in Poland but should be heard all over: we need Rub a Dub and the right sensi, not no chemical poison and devil vibes to mash up our minds.

The music is clear, too: heavyweight bass and dub sounds, with live voicing and live mixing to create the good vibrations once again.

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ZION TRAIN - KNOW ABOUT JAH (LIVE AT OSTRADA FESTIVAL POZNAN, POLAND, 2009)

ZION TRAIN - KNOW ABOUT JAH (LIVE AT OSTRADA FESTIVAL POZNAN, POLAND, 2009)
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WWW, September 2010 - Introduced as "This Is The Sufferers Style", Zion Train comes again with a Dub Plate style Dubwise riddim, with nuff live mixing and singing, nuff wheels, nuff breaks, nuff message.

Nine minutes and forty seconds of pure Dubwise and Conscious Niceness fe true: as the Zion Train interacts with the audience, delivering the message that it's all about knowing about Jah as the ancients knew about the Creator. Given the fact that this is all taking place at a location where already a few decades ago the Jah-denying communist government was still trying to fight all that knowledge down, pure vibes for those with ears to hear!

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ROOTZ UNDERGROUND - ROCKET

ROOTZ UNDERGROUND - ROCKET
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WWW, September 2010 - After the countdown, we're being treated to a very majestic intro, with a full band plus backing vocals delivering the right vibe for the rest of the track.

A very smoky voice continues to ride the live riddim after the introduction, asking just why there is so much money spent on rockets to space and military objectives, where love and peace should be running the place.

The band plays tight, obviously they've done this before, including the electric guitar solo which give the music a rock vibe, and a saxophone playing crucially skillfully.

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SCIENTIST AND DUB LOUNGE INT. - OVER THE CLIFFS

SCIENTIST AND DUB LOUNGE INT. - OVER THE CLIFFS
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WWW, September 2010 - They've backed for Winston Jarrett, worked with a lot of well-known names from Black Uhuru to Buju Banton and many others. Seattle based Dub Lounge International know their Roots Music and their Dub, too: especially with Scientist At the Controls!

The riddim is ultra-slow, drums are played in One Drop style, the bass is there at the right place: Scientist rides the multitrack recording from behind the mixing board, where he has an interesting interaction with the music as engineer and recording blend together for three minutes and fifty-six seconds.

This one is simply, Ire, cool music, totally in harmony with the name of the players of instruments.

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