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In almost 73 minutes, Messian Dread
takes you to the wide variety of
styles within his oeuvre. Well over
twenty years of learning experience,
often with blood sweat and tears, show
just what Reggae Music can do with a
man.
15 Tracks, starting of with some
deep Roots and a little Rockers,
moving over into Rub a Dub
("early dancehall"), and
then back to Roots before completing
with some serious Steppers.
Messian Dread is both a singer and
a chanter, or MC. His many influences
therefore range from Don Carlos to
Tappa Zukie. He takes his lyrics as
serious as his music, therefore adding
a dimension that imitators can only
dream of. As a musician he is well
rooted in various styles within the
rhythm of Reggae Music, allways
starting with a solid drum and bass
line. And as a Dub engineer he takes
the listener to deeper and unknown
dimensions in the music, unheard in
the vocal parts.
It took Messian Dread a year to
produce the album. 50 different
riddims were created, then voiced, and
subsequently the 15 best ones were
selected and mixed especially for this
production.
SHOWCASE can best be seen as a
concert: every track is mixed
espcially to preceed the previous and
work on to the next. Some tracks will
start with the DUB part, others will
have a different mix. And there's not
a single fade-out, as every title has
it's own start and finish as well.
So we're not talking about a
collection of singles, grabbed from a
dusty archive. This is very much an
album in any way you can possibly
think of: produced to enjoy from the
top to the very last drop.
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