WWW,
August 2014 -It's been close to a decade
since Messian Dread's album
"Showcase" was released and it has
been years since the Dubroom released
anything of significance out of the studio.
Now that quite a number of singles and EP's
have been released this year, the time has
come to present Messian Dread's first full
length Dub album since ages and what an
album it is: twelve top Dub shots featuring
a host of legendary and skillful vocalists
and much more.
Those who
have been reading or following the Dubroom
throughout the years, will know about the
fact that after releasing countless of
singles and albums in his very specific
sound, Messian Dread was "completely
finished". This year 2014, however,
saw the Dubroom productions in quite a new
sound to the surprise of some. In May,
someone wrote: "Messian
Dread make new Dub? I thought you were
through you said on Dubroom?" as a
comment on the first release in that new
sound.
During
May-June 2014, the Dubroom Studio was on
steroids. Obtaining several vocal licenses
and something more: major upgrades in
hardware and software that gave room for an
enormous expansion. With the necessary legal
licenses to actually release music featuring
the heavyweights like you can find on this
album, the challenge was to produce riddims
and mixes that would actually give due
respect to these vocalists. And, yes: given
the fact that here we have twelve
Heavyweight Dub shots, you can say that the
challenge is successfully taken!
All the
twelve tracks on this album, including the
bonus tracks you can find on the physical CD
version of this album, are original Dubroom
riddims. The bass lines, the drums, the
chord progressions, everything, with the
exception of some skank lines, percussion
and horns but even these recordings are
heavily changed to fit the riddim. Every
riddim is especially produced to suit the
works of the vocalists, and mixed by Messian
Dread into the Dubs on this album. Mixed
with more care and effort than any other mix
before, perhaps with the exception of the
very first ones back in the previous
century.
The result
of all that care and effort is found in this
well-balanced, but all-heavyweight selection
of Dub tracks featuring -next to the listed
artists- singers like Ras
Khaleel, Tallis, Assante, Don
Goliath and UK based Mandy
Edge. There are spiritual and conscious
tracks, there are funny tracks and tunes
that simply demand their presence. The title
of the album might be a bit theatrical,
there's not one word that's not describing
the contents however.
THE TRACKS:
1. Dennis
Alcapone - Dub The Dub You Dubwise
2. Dan Man
- Blaze The Dubwise
3.
Dillinger - Dwell In Love And Dubwise
4. Trinity
- Light Of This Dubwise
5. Kojak -
Prevailment Of Dub
6. Messian
Dread - Loving Dubwise
7. Prince
Jazzbo - Rastafari Dubwise
8. Seamus -
Babylon Dubwise
9. U Roy -
Mash Down Satan Dubwise
10.
Horseman and Dan Man - Robber Dubwise
11. Messian
Dread - Crazy But Dubwise
12. Lone
Ranger - Rock And Come in Dubwise
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