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Roots
Ministry
DUBROOM
PODCASTER REVIEW |
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Germany based Sound System ministers to the
online (DUB) Reggae massive with some of the
most solid mixes you have ever heard!
As soon as
you visit the Roots Ministry website, which
is probably the first thing you want to do
after reading this review, you know you've
landed on a very special place in
Cyberspace. And when you go deeper, you will
praise Jah for where you've just landed.
Here is a
collective that know their music and how to
play it. They know how to minister to the
Roots Massive with some crucial Drum and
Bass lines, Conscious Lyrics and
strategically placed Sound Effects. Playing
one record after the other without you even
noticing it, you will keep moving and
grooving from the top to the very last drop.
They're
very up-to-date with the latest riddims, and
when you prefer a certain style, Roots
Ministry is able to provide you with a show
containing that particular style.
Yes, this
is the kind of Sound system you want to hire
for a crucial Reggae Festival. This is the
kind of Sound System you want to experience
when you go to a crucial Reggae Festival.
This is
also the kind of Sound System that has an
online presence which serves the online
(DUB) Reggae Community with a wide variety
of services. On their website they have a
"Monthly Fire Tune", several
impressive long mixes and a lot of Riddim
Presentations: short non-stop mixes
featuring one riddim.
Listening
to the material they put out is a true
blessing. As the showers of pure Reggae
Music flow over your soul, Ireness becomes
fact rather than word. You can just sit down
or jump up, relax or move and groove, it
truly doesn't matter.
Nuff
Niceness, Nuff Raspect, Nuff Vibes!
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UNREVIEWED
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RIDDIM
MIXES |
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Shiloh Ites
Riddim |
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Bye Bye
Riddim |
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Songs Of
Zion Riddim |
MP3 |
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Belly Ska
Riddim |
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JAH
ARMY RIDDIM
DUBROOM PODCAST REVIEW |
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November 2008 - A more-than-up tempo
Steppers, two vocalists and a Dub: This must
be Roots Ministry's presentation of the JAH
Army Riddim and so it is!
It takes
the German based Sound System just five
minutes to get us straight into the groove
of this militant, hard hitting Steppers
tune.
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ONENESS
RIDDIM
DUBROOM PODCAST REVIEW |
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November 2008 - In Reggae, several vocalists
will use the same Riddim to voice
their lyrics over. Over the Oneness riddim,
for example: a cool contemporary Roots
Reggae One Drop.
Luciano
opens up this presentation of the Oneness
Riddim, and he is followed by not only a
long list of names: he is also followed by a
wide variety of styles these vocalists use.
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ROOTS
MINISTRY MIXDOWN PART 11
DUBROOM PODCAST REVIEW |
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October 2008 - In another great mix by
Roots Ministry selector Sista Simone, we
explore more UK ROOTS and DUB drum and
basslines with their vocal counterparts.
Indeed:
here is one more essential addition to the
collection of every self-respecting lover of
the better (DUB) Reggae.
Often, Roots
Ministry will introduce us to names of
artists.
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ROOTS
MINISTRY MIXDOWN PART 10
DUBROOM PODCAST REVIEW |
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October 2008 - When Augustus Pablo's
melodica, King Tubby's echo's, and Paul
Blackman's voice open up number ten of the
Roots Ministry series of Mixdowns, the tone
is set. Deep, deep Dub and Roots U just
can't refuse!
The
previous episode of the Roots Ministry
Podcast predominantly contained contemporary
UK DUB and Roots. This one, selected by Papa
Jason, brings us back in time to the island
where Reggae originated.
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ROOTS
MINISTRY MIXDOWN PART 9
DUBROOM PODCAST REVIEW |
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October 2008 - One hour of (almost)
stricktly UK DUB and Roots, mixed skillfully
straight from vinyl, with nuff jingles and
effects: the 9th episode of the excellent
Roots Ministry Mixdown series is a highlight
among highlights!
German-based
Roots Ministry stands at rather lonely
heights when it comes to Sound Systems who
share their works with the online (DUB)
Reggae community. The eight great Mixdowns
and several other releases we have reviewed
definitely enlarged to collection of the
true self-respecting collector of the better
works, and episode number nine is no
exception to that fact.
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ROOTS
MINISTRY MIXDOWN PART EIGHT
DUBROOM PODCAST REVIEW |
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October 2008 - Selector Papa Jason of
the German based Roots Ministry Sound System
takes us into a Dancehall vibe
extraordinaire! Digital vibes galore and
well versatile. When you can take it, that
is...
Ever since
Jammy's came up with the now legendary Sleng
Teng riddim, Jamaican studio's have been
applying digital possibilities with various
results. Some people went wild, while others
couldn't apprecilove it at all. The debate
continues until this day...
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ROOTS
MINISTRY MIXDOWN PART SEVEN
DUBROOM PODCAST REVIEW |
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October 2008 - Selecting and mixing is
an art requiring skills and talents. Germany
based Sound System ROOTS MINISTRY masters
the arts and comes back once again to serve
the needs of Roots Lovers all over the
world.
In the
meantime, we've reached the seventh episode
in the Roots Ministry Mix Down series.
Selected and mixed by Sista Simone, here is
another hour filled with Vocals, Dubs and DJ
tracks. Everything skillfully mixed together
in different and surprising ways,
accompanied by crucial sirens and jingles.
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ROOTS
MINISTRY: MIXDOWN #6
DUBROOM PODCAST REVIEW |
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January 2008 - For your enjoyment, Roots
Ministry's very own Papa Jason selected 18
massive tunes for an entertaining non-stop,
no-nonsense Reggae mix of almost one hour.
The 6th
episode in the excellent series of Podcasts
(called Mixdowns) released by the German
based Sound System predominantly features
Jamaican Music from the 1980's and late
1970's, when Rub a Dub was the
style-of-the-time.
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ROOTS
MINISTRY: MIXDOWN #5
DUBROOM PODCAST REVIEW |
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January 2008 - Stricktly Conscious lyrics in
the 5th Podcast or Mixdown of the Germany
based Roots Ministry Sound System. 50
minutes of Words and Teachings from the Good
Lord God JAH on crucial drum and basslines!
One Roots
Ministry Mixdown is not like the other, but
they all have this uplifting vibe that goes
higher than the love for any music can ever
take us. It's called consciousness, and has
to do with being aware of what's going on
and praising the Creator JAH.
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ROOTS
MINISTRY: MIXDOWN #4
DUBROOM PODCAST REVIEW |
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January 2008 - German based ROOTS MINISTRY
comes again with another great selection of
serious Roots Reggae, skillfully mixed in
one hour of pure niceness, Showcase Style!
Mixdown #4
is a no-nonsense, non-stop mix of mainly
serious and militant Jamaican Roots Rockers
from the 1970's. Almost every tune comes
with crucial DUB and/or DJ version, too.
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ROOTS
MINISTRY MIXDOWN #3
DUBROOM PODCAST REVIEW |
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July 2007 - In this last episode of a
Mixdown Triplet, Sista Simone ministers to
the World Wide Roots Massive with a solid
mix of some serious music.
Yes, we're
being treated with an hour long of stricktly
Roots and Culture, from different times and
places. German based ROOTS MINISTRY shows
once more that they know how to bless up Jah
people with the sounds of I and I Culture.
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ROOTS
MINISTRY MIXDOWN #2
DUBROOM PODCAST REVIEW |
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July 2007 - The second edition in a triplet
of skillfully mixed Roots 'n' Culture by the
German based collective Roots Ministry
contains a selection by Papa Jason.
He
apparently specializes in Jamaican Rockers,
as he plays a number of classic tunes that
will make everyone move and groove, even
those that may not have been around at the
time the music was produced.
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ROOTS
MINISTRY MIXDOWN #1
DUBROOM PODCAST REVIEW |
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July 2007 - In what can only be described as
an impressive and perfect piece of skillful
work, German based Sista Simone introduces
the Roots Ministry Massive to I and I, the
online (DUB) Reggae community.
She knows
her music, she knows her turntables, she
knows her effect devices and most of all:
she knows how to keep the music and the
message flowing from the top to the very
last drop.
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