Monday, June 28, 2010

HOT DROP - IT'S A REMIX THING

HOT DROP - IT'S A REMIX THINGDUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEWBand  Website
WWW, June 2010 - Get six different Dub engineers from all over the world to each do a track created by the Spanish based Roots Rock Reggae band Hot Drop and you get some very surprising material. After all, It's A Remix Thing.
The surprising element is of course the fact that the Spanish band has made a name with some more than crucial Roots Reggae releases in true Old Skool style from instruments to recording to mixing. That is something which you should not expect on this one, at least not from the top to the very last drop.
The Remix thing basically shows what can be done with old skool material when it is processed using contemporary techniques and styles. Styles such as Dubstep and Hip Hop. There's definitely material there for the Dub purists but It's A Remix Thing predominantly features Dub Fruits rather than Roots. Which isn't bad: It's A Remix Thing, after all...

This album was released under CreativeCommons Copyright, which means you can share it provided that the original zipfile is being offered without any change. Another aspect of the CC copyright is, that no money should be made and therefor this album is offered to you free of charge. For more specific information, look to the information in the archive. When you like the music, consider visiting the Net Label's website and donate some money or feedback.



HOT DROP - THE SECRET DUBS

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WWW, June 2010 - Hot Drop is one of the hottest Reggae Bands in Europe, especially when it comes to Net Label releases. In "The Secret Dubs", we're remembered on the fact once again.


Unfortunately, there are only six titles in this release from the "A Quiet Bump" Net Label. Six very impressive tracks, that is. The mini album closes of with a digital remix by Jambassa, but that's only after we've experienced five crucially mixed and played DUB tracks in true Old Skool style.


After the tracks were recorded, they have gone all over the world from Brazil to Italy where they were mixed into the crucial tracks that we can hear after downloading the album for free. This is stuff you can't refuse and still maintain you love DUB Reggae.



This album was released under CreativeCommons Copyright, which means you can share it provided that the original zipfile is being offered without any change. Another aspect of the CC copyright is, that no money should be made and therefor this album is offered to you free of charge. For more specific information, look to the information in the archive. When you like the music, consider visiting the Net Label's website and donate some money or feedback.



RAS AMERLOCK - 2010 A BASS ODDITY

RAS AMERLOCK - 2010 A BASS ODDITY
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RAS AMERLOCK - 2010 A BASS ODDITY



WWW, June 2010 - "Songs from the first decade of the 21st Century", Ras Amerlock writes about this 2010 release which signifies itself through it's old-skool approach of the Art of Dub.

In fact, the album basically contains a number of previously unreleased material by the American multi-instrumentalist and Dub engineer who has been working in the field of Reggae for quite a while now. Let's just mention the fact that he was a part of what was one of the first DUB oriented Net Labels: Jahtari.

Eleven titles, all of which get the very same dubwise approach. An approach we could easily recognize as old-skool even though there is some recognizable digital technology involved as well. Who cares: the result is what matters.

Eleven titles, all which give a good overview in the musical progress of Michael McCutcheon. A musical progression which is confirming his past productions and creating positive expectations for the many more releases which are hopefully to come from Ras Amerlock.

Monday, June 21, 2010

KEN DREAD - LION TRAIN

KEN DREAD - LION TRAIN
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KEN DREAD - LION TRAIN



WWW, June 2010 - Netherlands-based Reggae singer Ken Dread, originally hailing from Surinam, stands for Roots and Culture, for Consciousness and Ireness. In "Lion Train", we get a full album of pure niceness for the conscious massive worldwide.

In a friendly, upfull manner Ken Dread provides the listener with his message of Truth and righteousness. Ten vocals, one Dub of stricktly positive spiritual food for the souls of Jah Children.

Raspect!

KEN DREAD - ONE LOVE

KEN DREAD - ONE LOVE
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KEN DREAD - ONE LOVE



WWW, June 2010 - Featured in Radio Dubroom 2010 #5, Ken Dread's four-track Riddim EP "One Love" is upfull, soulful and definitely powerful in the same time. Strong lyrics, highly danceable music complete with backing vocals and horns and all the rest.

Definitely a must-have for the lover of Consciousness, for the lover of Upfull Reggae Music, for the lover of Hi-Quality free and legal MP3 Files, in short: a must-have for all!

VARIOUS ARTISTS - FEUER UND FLAMME

VARIOUS ARTISTS - FEUER UND FLAMME
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VARIOUS ARTISTS - FEUER UND FLAMME



WWW, June 2010 - With everything mixed and mastered in the German city of Munster, Feuer Und Flamme (Fire and Flames) provides us with some really crucially tight Reggae music with vocals in English and German.

When you don't understand German, you will still be able to feel what they are talking about: it's all in the music. As you can hear in Radio Dubroom 2010 #5, it's all about tight music, crucially recorded and voiced, and subsequently offered for free to the online Reggae Massive.

DUB TERMINATOR - DEMOS & REMIXES IN DUB

DUB TERMINATOR - DEMOS & REMIXES IN DUB
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DUB TERMINATOR - DEMOS & REMIXES IN DUB


WWW, June 2010 - DUB Terminator hails from the deep, deep south: New Zealand, to be exactly. In Demo's and Remixes in Dub (featured in Radio Dubroom 2010 #5), he presents 15 tracks of Dubs and Discomixes in a very special style that mixes Dancehall, Reggae and more R&B related vibes.

According to his biography at MYSPACE.com, the musical philosophy of the Dub Terminator was significantly formed when he was living as a youth in Jah Creation, far away from the so-called "civilized" world. All he was doing was developing his musical talents which led him to become member of many bands before he found himself as the Dub Terminator, terminating all the bad vibes and provide the online massive with some very inspirational sounds.

Big Up Down Under!

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

VARIOUS ARTISTS - DUB FRESH AIR VOLUME 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS - DUB FRESH AIR VOLUME 1
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VARIOUS ARTISTS - DUB FRESH AIR VOLUME 1



WWW, June 2010 - Mastered and released by the Italian based 4WEED Net Label, and freshly released on the Web: DUB FRESH AIR VOLUME 1. Eight superb, splashing DUB tracks from the Polish based Dubmassive website and community.

Dubbing Is A Must, a thing which definitely goes up for the Eurodub Movement which gained in strength and quality throughout the last 10 or so years. The Internet, a love for DUB and the fall of the Iron Curtain are the three major ingredients out of which this Movement came into existence.

This is how an Italian-based Net Label can come in contact with a Polish Dub Community and present the (warm) music to the rest of the world, after mastering the eight different titles so that they all perfectly join together in this compilation. This is how we can get ourselves acquainted with all the creativity, originality and authenticity Jah has put in the souls of the artists on DUB FRESH AIR VOLUME ONE.

Volume One.