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September 20 2014 - Something brewing in the
Mediterranean: The Maltese Net Label Dub Key
and it's Cyprus based Dubophonic counterpart
joined strength with a solid and varied
(DUB) Roots Reggae release as a result.
Music with a message, music with a soul and
general conscious vibes. Can't refuse this
one.
They've
been anticipating this release with an
excellent promo mix that could be download
only a hundred times. That is, until the day
of the actual album release and -not
completely coincidental- the day of this
review as well. Over here at the Dubroom
we've anticipated with the inclusion of the
very same promo mix in a podcast
released yesterday and a determination to
publish the first review of this more than
excellent album for the online massive.
Why?
You've
guessed it: this is not just another musical
release. In fact, where the two
Mediterranean Net Labels continually work on
increasing their quantity and quality, this
release drops the two heavyweights together
with a musical explosion as result.
Remember: when the music hits, you feel no
pain but you do feel the positive vibes of
this collaboration. "United As
One" sets an example for this time,
wherein we do no longer need to "kill
soundboys" but rather say "One
Love", especially in the Sound System
culture with which both Dub Key and
Dubophonic have their connections.
Both labels
have singers and players of instruments,
engineers and producers and they've been
voicing, playing and mixing each other's
work. The album that came out on this
September 20 2014 carries 16 mixes of four
riddims. Vocals and Dubs follow each other
as each riddim is presented in a truly
different form. Truly sixteen different
tracks, that you really want to play from
the top to the very last drop. Unless you're
a (online) selector in which case you will
find that the track will be very fit for a
different sequence in your own DJ set.
This is
niceness, this is a must download. The only
problem you face is this: from which website
are you going to download it? From DUB KEY
or DUBOPHONIC?
You'll sort
it out.
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