MAD PROFESSOR - THE LOST SCROLLS OF MOSES

MAD PROFESSOR - THE LOST SCROLLS OF MOSES
DUBROOM ALBUM REVIEW

This 11 track album from the year 1993 has it all: Bible Readings, Middle Eastern melodies, and of course the massive drum and basslines we're used to hear from Ariwa Studio's.

Mad Professor rides a number of riddims, gives it different treatments, but all of them contain a healthy combination of programmed and played material.

Towards the end of the 1980's, early 1990's the digital machines had taken strong roots in the studio's on Jamaica and the UK. Dancehall, Ragga, even though DUB was more at the background in the Jamaican Studio's, the technology created new sounds.

We hear some of these sounds in The Lost Scrolls Of Moses. The bass, clearly inspired by the Sleng Teng sound and even details like a snapping finger every now and then give us a Dancehall vibe.

However, the music is unmistakably the UK Roots we're known to receive in our ears almost every time we listen to a Mad Professor production. That sound stands for a quality in itself, which makes you want to collect all of Neil Fraser's albums.

DAWA HI-FI - ANTIK THINGS

DAWA HI-FI - ANTIK THINGS
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WWW, June 2009 - Brand New, Good For You: at least for us as listeners and searchers for the better online DUB. Antik Things refers to the fact that the five tracks on Dawa Hi-Fi's début EP are produced one or two years ago. Does it matter?

The French label Original DUB Gathering, started by DUB Collective Ondubground, knows how to introduce artists to the online massive. Too bad, the collective have not released any début album on their own label, but with Panda Dub and Dawa Hi-Fi they got some impressive material already.

It's a French Interpretation of UK Dub, and the mix goes well. Dawa Hi-Fi love their steppers, they love to bring out the echo machine on top of some massive drum and basslines and that's just how we, the online DUB Massive, like it to be.

Crucial and more than crucial as I would say!

PLAYLIST

1. Africa
2. Friendly dub
3. Outernational Skanking
4. Smokee Riddim
5. Tanguy de la Boîte à Rythme

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MAD PROFESSOR - DUB YOU CRAZY WITH LOVE

MAD PROFESSOR - DUB YOU CRAZY WITH LOVE
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WWW, June 2009 - It's not just, that he is known for his original and creative DUB mixes. A thing, for which he stands at a lonely height when it comes to the Art of DUB.

His originality includes original concepts, too. What about this 16 track collection of superb Dubs from original Lover's Rock tunes produced by Neil Fraser, aka Mad Professor, in his Ariwa Sound Studio's?

One would almost forget it: with the enormous flood of DUB albums coming from Mad Professor's Ariwa studio's, he also releases an equal amount of vocal albums in a wide variety of Reggae styles, and sometimes even beyond.

His upfull Lover's Rock releases, for example. Sweetness galore, but how does this actually sound when Mad Professor creates some DUB mixes from several of his Lover's Rock riddims?

Dub You Crazy With Love obviously gives the answer.

In 16 tracks, the Mad Professor creates a nice atmosphere that will definitely enhance the vibe when two people who love each other decide to be together for a while, without anyone watching. They could just decide to let it go, while the album plays.

Arguably, without too much words, the Lover's Rock is getting into the Love Vibe even more. Do not expect too much spaced out and tripped out parts, do expect an easy chilled out time where some righteous loving is accompanied by some righteous dubbing in several senses of the word.

PANDA DUB - SUBCONTRAIRE

PANDA DUB - SUBCONTRAIRE
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WWW, June 2009 - Four riddims, five titles: introducing the French based DUB producer Panda DUB. Straight from Lyon, this Dub Stepper comes with some serious Digital Niceness for the DUB Lovers worldwide.

Too bad, that it's just 5 tracks. But hey, Panda Dub's début is definitely promising. A good choice of the French Net Label on which this EP is released. Original DUB Gathering, known from their excellent Step 4 I DUB Compilation series previously reviewed on the Dubroom, definitely put themselves on the growing map of great DUB Net Labels.

French Dub, as this EP clearly shows, is closely related to UK DUB but it has that extra touch. A continental touch if you will, which adds another dimension to the Digital DUB. With that in mind, Panda Dub mixes slices from Techno and House with steppers drum, has an original and creative use of synthesizers et voila!

PLAYLIST

1. Neighbor Connexion
2. Axion Esti
3. Warrior Step
4. (R)evolution
5. Axion Esti (Ondubground Remix)

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MAD PROFESSOR - SCIENCE AND THE WITCH DOCTOR (DUB ME CRAZY CHAPTER NINE)

MAD PROFESSOR - SCIENCE AND THE WITCH DOCTOR (DUB ME CRAZY CHAPTER NINE)
DUBROOM ALBUM REVIEW

The year is 1989. Nuff and nuff things are going on in the world as communism seemed to collapse and the last decade of the 20th century is dawning at the horizon.

Mad Professor is working on yet another superb album in his DUB ME CRAZY series. He's been doing it for the last seven years and he's not about to stop either.

From 1982 to 1993, the Mad Professor released twelve albums in the DUB Me Crazy series. They're all reviewed by the Dubroom and not without reason. Not only does the series itself give a perfect overview for the evolution of DUB throughout the 1980's (and a little bit further than that), it has put the Mad Professor at the top of the top of DUB engineers.

In the 9th Chapter, the Mad Professor once again keeps up to his own standards, wherein each and every aspect of the Art of DUB is given the right attention. Subtle effects you might only hear when you're listening on headphones with your ears closed in an Ire vibration, but also hard hitting changes in atmosphere and most of all: a deep, deep bass.

Twelve original Ariwa riddims, several vocalists, a whole variety of effects including some impressive echoing: it's clear that throughout the 1980's, the Mad Professor acquired more and more devices enabling him to express his talents in an ever-growing way.

This 1989 release shows it without a doubt!

VARIOUS ARTISTS - STEP 4 I (PART 5)

VARIOUS ARTISTS - STEP 4 I (PART 5)
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WWW, June 2009 - The fifth and last (for now?) episode in the line of DUB compilations by the French Net Label Original Dub Gathering gives us no less than 15 top shots from the DUB Underground. You might not want to miss out this great legal and free album, when you're a DUB connoisseur, that is.

Industrial sounds, dubbed out medieval audio illustrations: the robot in the autumn forest on the cover of this album isn't there just for fun. The music on Step 4 I Part 5 will definitely give you "vibes like that".

It's DUB, DUB and more DUB and the wide variety of styles even within the DUB Underground is versatile enough. After all, it's all in the mix and when it comes to DUB mixing, this album will do just fine. Especially when you're a DUB head with an unquenchable thirst for DUB, DUB and more DUB.

There's funny dub, serious dub, deep dub, militant dub, peaceful dub, and it's all present. Let's hope that the people at the Original Dub Gathering will keep on gathering, for they know how to make their compilations.

Big Up's!

PLAYLIST

01. Mottron P - Get Stuck
02. Padawin - N3W Cello Track
03. King Looping - Number One
04. No Name Dub - Era Mesianica
05. Metastaz - Santa Skank
06. Mysy K Dub - Alarme
07. Dub In V.O. - Bagdad Cola
08. Blondubsexysound - They Don't Know
09. Molecule - Falujah
10. Kojito - Uhuru
11. Mayd Hubb - Magic Camel
12. Disrupt - Riddim Grid
13. Panda Dub - Domptes Des Panda
14. Dawa Hi-Fi - Lion Step
15. Ondubground - High Tist ft. Mighty Cricket

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MAD PROFESSOR - EXPERIMENTS OF THE AURAL KIND (DUB ME CRAZY CHAPTER EIGHT)

MAD PROFESSOR - EXPERIMENTS OF THE AURAL KIND (DUB ME CRAZY CHAPTER EIGHT)
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After the introduction by Macka B, the 8th chapter in the DUB ME CRAZY series opens up with a very hard hitting steppers riddim.

The tone is set for yet another collection of DUB tracks by one of the masters in the discipline and his mysterious set of effect devices.

Mad Professor is obviously one of the masters. It's not just, that he has a superb sound, it's also that he knows how to literally transform that sound by taking instruments and adding effects. It sounds so easy, but in fact it's not.

DUB engineers play with the dimension called time. Echo's, for example, have their own rhythm and that little piece of knowledge theoretically enables the man behind the mixing board to change the rhythm of a tune.

It needs to be said: for those who are interested in the production of DUB, each and every DUB album by the Mad Professor simply is a Master Class in the Art and that is a thing you definitely feel if you are just interested in enjoying the music.

Too technical? It doesn't matter. After all, the result is what counts.

In this case, the result is a collection of 12 riddims, in various speeds and styles, mixed in a wide variety of styles. Sometimes the mix goes subtle, only to be "disturbed" by a cutting razor style effect. In other instances filters are applied where no engineer dares to apply them.

This Master Class in DUB is definitely not for producer's ears only, it's an experience that will make the heart and soul of every true lover of DUB rejoice 12 more times.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - STEP 4 I (PART 4)

VARIOUS ARTISTS - STEP 4 I (PART 4)
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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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