TUF TUF TUF

TUF TUF TUF
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WWW, November 2008 - Dennis Brown's rendering of Marley's "Want More" opens up a mix that more than deserves the name given by the Selector. Roots and Culture, Tuffer than Tuff!

Before the Zagreb based Radikal Dub Kolektiv ends this 47 minute Podcast, we've been treated to some of very hard Dubs and Vocals. Tuf, Tuf, Tuf is indeed the word to use no less than three times you'll need to describe what you've just bee going through.

You will rise up, full of energy to Chant Down Babylon one more time, definitely wanting more as Dennis Brown asks us right at the start.

It's the thing, you know. It's the one thing you want, once you've been taken by the deep, conscious sounds we loosely call UK DUB and Roots.

You want more.

You want it Tuf, Tuf and Tuf.


PLAYLIST

01. Dennis Brown - Want More
02. I-Plant - I Am Blowing a Dub
03. Improvisators Dub - Serious Time
04. I-Plant ft Ganja Tree - Hard Road To Travel
05. Eastman Sounds - Help The youth
06. Eastman Sounds - Jah Jah Way
07. Eastman Sounds - Bot Speaking Dub
08. The Bush Chemist - Speaker Rocker
09. The Disciples - Imperial Stepper
10. Abassi All Star - Roading Of Correction
11. Kanka ft Mc Oliva - No Stress (part 1)
12. Manutension - Tribute to King Tubby
13. Radikal Dub Kolektiv - Loonich

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BEEEM BAIXO

BEEEM BAIXO
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WWW, November 2008 - After passing the first minutes of this Podcast in total confusion, slowly it becomes clear what this is all about: bass, bass and nothing but bass. Bass, and DUB!

Yours truly doesn't speak or read Spanish or Portuguese, which seems to be the native language of our host in this extremely interesting mix. However, "Beeem Baxio" can hardly refer to anything else but... the Bass (Baxio, anyone? thank you).

It's all about Bass, after all. Bass, and Dub.

Contemporary Dub. Contemporary, online DUB even. For not only do we find a couple of nice tracks by Dutch based Twilight Circus, we're also treated by some works of Dubmatix. Dubmatix is one of the most prolific Online Artists. Those who visit the Dubroom may have seen his advertisements or read the Dubroom review on this artist.

Next to Twilight Circus and Dubmatix, Beeem Baxio is filled with bass-driven music as only Reggae Music can be.


PLAYLIST

01. Guvna Dub - Fistful Of Dub
02. Nick Holder - Moments in dub
03. Digital Dubs vs Dubiterian - DIB DEB DUB
04. Dub Matix - Repatriation
05. Ketty Roots - Dub Majesty
06. Wicked Beat Sound System - Be Humble
07. Piratedub - Dub Plate Roots
08. Twilight Circus - Filter 13 [Wailers Tribute Mix]
09. Sub Oslo - Sub Oslo VS Bookshelf Speakers
10. Twilight Circus - Beneath The Valley Of The Ultra Dub
11. Guvna Dub - Karmaggeddon


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MISC DUB

MISC DUB
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WWW, November 2008 - Sometimes, you shouldn't be discouraged by the title of a tune. Or a Podcast. For the "miscellaneous" category in DUB is everything but a pimped trashcan.

This is for those that want their DUB in each and every (im)possible way.

Finn the Giant and Polish based Muflon DUB are two Online Artists that fit perfectly well with the Twinkle Brothers and UK DUBheads Manasseh and The Equalizer.

We're going into several styles and regions in this Podcast, after all.

With a title like this, there are some who would expect a mix-up of indefinable material that is usually indefinable because of their poor quality. The "miscellaneous" category, after all, is invented for such things.

Right?

Wrong.

At least, not in DUB. Listen to the evidence as it is presented to you in this Podcast. We go from one DUB Vibe into the next without pain and suffering, and realize how rich the Art that give name to this website really is.


PLAYLIST

01. The Lions - Ethio-Steppers
02. Manasseh meets The Equalizer - Planet Humanity
03. B.r. Styler - Fire Burning
04. Twinkle Brothers - Stomp it Out
05. Finn The Giant - The Giant Attacks
06. Muflon Dub Sound System - Follow Jah Ways
07. Dreadlock Tales - Follow The Sun
08. Wild Cat - Space Station Wildcat
09. Junkyard Productions - Wo Woi
10. Jamaram - No Place To Run To (Dub Remix)
11. Habakuk - Dub Co Dzien (by Kadubra)
12. Tuff - Oh What A Fire
13. Jonny Blender - Thinking Of A Better Day

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PRA FRENTEX

PRA FRENTEX
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WWW, November 2008 - Just like Dancehall, DUB definitely takes it's own way inside and outside of Reggae Music. In Pra Frentex we Step It Up on that One Way Street called DUB and let the Drum and Bass take use to Heigher Heights.

Here in the Dubroom, we often have seen the influence of DUB in what can loosely be called contemporary Digital Dance Music. Styles like House and Techno would not have been there, or would have sounded quite different.

We also see on a regular basis just what DUB as a discipline in itself is capable of. Instead of just serving as a source of inspiration for such highly popular styles in Dance Music, DUB is also continuing to develop into ever Heigher Heights.

Often crossing the realms of Reggae, too.

Or expanding them, if you will.

For DUB and Reggae are connected, arguably more than Dancehall. If only for the simple reason that the best music to create DUB with is still Reggae Music.

Just how DUB is developing, crossing or expanding the borders of Reggae, can be heard in Pra Frentex.

We hear music that represents a form of DUB which is played at parties where you can hear Techno and House in other rooms or halls. Music that still is Reggae, but definitely seeks the limits at times.


PLAYLIST

01. Ez3kiel feat Blurum 13 - Alignment
02. Pilah (Dub Addict) - Pile-Up Dub
03. Vavamuffin - Serce (by P.Lush & P.Teck)
04. Improvisators Dub - Warmonger Dub
05. Dub Plate Vibes Crew - Dub Zone
06. Iration Steppas Vs D.Rootical - Way Down in a Babylon
07. Barbes D Feat ras Rudy Gad - Black is my story
08. K2R Riddim - Indépendance Dub
09. Centry - Before Christmas
10. The Bush Chemist - Light Up Your Spliff
11. Improvisators Dub - Disciples of Dub
12. Improvisators Dub - Time of Decision
13. Manutension Vs Dub Browsers - Sufferer
14. Twilight Circus feat Ranking Joe - Don't Follow Babylon
15. Liquid Wicked - Optical
16. Rusko - Mr Chips
17. Kromestar - kalawanji 2
18. Caspa & The Others - Well 'Ard
19. Uncle Sam - Round The way Girls (Tes La Rok rmx)

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TROMBETAS DIVINAS

TROMBETAS DIVINAS
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WWW, November 2008 - You guessed it: A tribute to the Mighty, Mighty sound of the Horn Section. However, this is a tribute of the Horn Section where you might just not expect it: in the usually very digital realms of UK DUB!

As we step from one crucial DUB into the next, the Mighty Horns are everywhere without taking us into a vibe where only those that "also like jazz" would love to stay throughout the entire length of this podcast.

Don't worry, though.

Unless you really don't like DUB.

But then, you wouldn't be here reading this.

So, let's step into this tribute of the Mighty Horns as we go from crucial and deep UK DUB into the next. Many Zion Train projects are present, like the Tassili Players and Love Grocer. Dennis Bovell is there, the man behind just too much DUB to mention. Vibronics, and the German based Sir Larsie-I: All in all, just too much niceness to be left un-downloaded.

Seen?


PLAYLIST

01. Abassi All Stars - Cross The Dub
02. Love Grocer - Waiting At The Gate
03. Sir Larsie I - Jah is Great
04. Bush Chemist - Stand Up
05. Vibronics - Only One Dub
06. Love Grocer - Surviving
07. R.D.K - Through The Woods And Over The Hills
08. Kanka - Elephant Dub
09. Tassili Players - Tribute Dub
10. The Viking - MGD
11. Dennis Bovell - Chief Inspector
12. Zion Train - Movement Of The People


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DJ I-SMASH DUB, ROOTS AND REGGAE MIX

DJ I-SMASH DUB, ROOTS AND REGGAE MIX
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW



WWW, November 2008 - He works in Switzerland, Italy and Germany as an acclaimed Techno/House DJ. Just what would he select for 1 hours and 40 minutes of Dub, Roots and (other) Reggae?

The result may surprise you.

DUB has been more than influential in the eventual creation of electronic Dance music: a thing you can read on many Dubroom pages. Ever since King Tubby cultivated the skill of mixing into a work of Art, people have been developing their own style over the concept.

A concept of drums, bass, and effects. A concept wherein instruments drop in and out rather than playing solo's et cetera. A concept wherein just one or two lines of singing have more effect than many full lyric tracks.

Listen to certain UK DUB, and you will hear a style that many Reggae fans will not even (want to) recognize as a form of Reggae. Add to that, a lot of Reggae fans have a lot of dislike for contemporary digital music.

On the other hand, we do find that a lot of House/Techno producers and DJ's will know all too well just where their music is (partly) coming from. A lot of them have a love for Reggae, and especially DUB.

One of these DJ's is DJ I-smash, aka Psysmael. He works for Swiss radio, organizes festivals and is a wanted guest on parties in Switzerland, Italy and Germany. He can tell you all about electronic music and knows how to spin a few records.

In this mix, however, he doesn't "go techno". Quite the contrary, actually. In one hour and forty minutes he shares some of his (DUB) Reggae favorites. A look at the playlist might surprise you.

The music is mixed one track after the other, sometimes with a little effect but mostly just a no-nonsense non-stop mix of some of the most heartical DUBS and other Reggae out there.


PLAYLIST

01. Israel Vibration - Nah Fix It Dub
02. Mad Professor - Dub Of Intregrity
03. Tu shung Peng - Princess Dub
04. Augustus Pablo Meets King Tubby At The Control King Tubby's The Professor of Dub
05. Barry Brown - It A Go Dread (Extended Dub)
06. Alton Ellis & The Heptones - Humble Will Stumble
07. Errol Dunkley & I-Roy - Created By The Father
08. Augustus Pablo - East of the River Nile (version)
09. Lloyd Charmers - Shang Hai
10. Tony & Soundemension - Cool Version
11. Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution
12. Gladiators - Bongo Red
13. Gregory Isaacs - Babylon Too Rough
14. Jacob Miller- Forward Ever Blackward Never
15. Prince Malachi - Burning
16. Sylfor Walker - Burn Babylon
17. Nora Dean - Barbwire
18. Cornell Campbell - Mash You Down
19. Burning Spear - I&I Survive ( slavery days)
20. June Lodge & Prince Mohamed - Someone Loves You Honey
21. Carl Dawkins - Get Together
22. Ijahman - Africa
23. Horace Andy - Mr.Bassie
24. Winston and Robin - Wailing Time
25. Ray Darwin - People's Choice
26. Johnny Osborne - Marijuana Tree
27. Groundation feat Don Carlos & Congos - Babylon Rule Them
28. Mungo's HiFi Sound System - Warning

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BRETHREN IN CANADA

BRETHREN IN CANADA
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WWW, November 2008 - Brethren in Canada? Sure thing! It's not only the title of one of the tracks in this highly danceable mix of Jamaican, UK and Canadian Reggae, it's a statement of fact too.

Canada's Reggae history is almost as old as Reggae itself. When Jackie Mittoo settled down in Toronto in 1969, he was one of the first to introduce the music to the second largest country of the world.

He wasn't the last, either. Roots singer Willi Williams, for example, is another one. The list goes further and shows the long time relationship of Canada with Reggae Music.

Brethren in Canada? Of course!

The people behind the Toronto-based Dub Connection Podcast give us a few crucial Canadian Reggae tunes and combined them with some of the better works from Jamaica and the UK from roughly the early 1980's until now.

The result is a highly danceable mix of several styles of Reggae Music: Rub a Dub, Ragga, Dancehall, UK DUB, Roots, et cetera. Definitely not a mix-up without structure, definitely not a mix without quality.


PLAYLIST

01. Junior Delgado - Really For A Reason
02. Willie Williams - Freedom Time/Dub
03. Adrian Miller - Brethren In Canada
04. R Zee Jackson - Love Must Conquer/Dub
05. Stewart Brothers - Break Down The Barriers
06. Zionics - Resurrection
07. Kenneth Dawson - I Know
08. Don Carlos - No Trouble This/Dub
09. Lascelles Douglas - Na Lose This Battle
10. Kendrick Andy - Hearsay
11. Nerious Joseph - Danger Man
12. Junior Murvin - Jack Slick/Dub
13. Teddy Brown - Immigration
14. Sandeeno - Nah Go Down Deh/Dub
15. Ras Nyto - Tribulation/Dub
16. Mighty Massa - Build A Better World
17. G Corp - Perilous Times/Dub
18. Sister Audrey - Forward Home/Dub

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COCO TEA - BARACK OBAMA

COCO TEA - BARACK OBAMA
DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW



WWW, November 2008 - When the first black president of the USA announced his candidacy, Reggae singer Coco Tea created a tune plus video to voice his support.

Regardless of the many justified arguments against the politicks of Barack Obama, the fact that November 2008 marked the time in which the first Black Man enters the White House as president of the USA was and is something to rejoice over. Especially, when you are a Black (wo)man in the USA or even in other countries of the world.

In the night it became know that he was (s)elected to be that first Black president of the USA, people all over the country went crazy for joy. Hope and happiness could be read on everybody's face.

The campaign that brought Obama to the White House, started somewhere early 2008 and this was also the time wherein Reggae singer Coco Tea did a thing to express his support for what later turned out to become the first Black president of the USA.

This is his song.


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