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2005-12-07:
An announcement from Audio Activity:
Greetings ;) Sir Larsie I, known from the 2nd Dub Flash release, is selling his awesome roots & dub collection. Here is a list of all items. The list will be updated from time to time. Details about bidding & contact info can be found in the list. Click here with the left mouse button to see the list in the browser or save it with the right mouse button. Mafia & Fluxy produced a dancehall riddim called "Zion" and an one riddim LP/CD will be out on "Heartbeat" (HBECD 20651) soon. Featured singers: Turbulence, Lorenzo, Tony Rebel, Morgan Heritage, Capleton, Lukie D, Spectacular, Chezidek, Lutan Fyah, Malijah and Ras McBean. La Tangente, heavyweight dubcore steppa live act from Switzerland (members of Audioactivity Sound System) released a virtual 12". Download it for free here. 3 tracks each from Monsieur Connard and Youthman Steppa + cover artwork in one ZIP file. Dub Flash favourite: "Déformation Apparente", wicked tune! Burning Babylon from the USA offers a much requested tune from his sold out album "Garden Of Dub" for free as MP3 on the Versionist website. Download it here. Austria's House Of Riddim band recorded an album ("Chapter II") with vocalists like MYKAL ROSE, ANTHONY-B, TURBULENCE, LUTAN FYAH, SPECTACULAR, LUCIANO, TAFFARI, GANJAMAN, NOSLIW (and more) and it's available now on Roughtrade (LP/CD). Seven new Sevens (7"es) are out on the Heartical label, France. All on the "Slave" riddim (Basque Dub Foundation). 9 vocals, 5 versions (melodica or dub). Vocalists: Little Roy, Edi Fitzroy, Roberto Sanchez, Carlton Livingston, Lone Ranger, U Brown, Al Campbell, Anthony Johnson, Mykal Rose. Samples here. KoCha from Switzerland offers two new MP3s for free. Featured singers: LMc & Eklektic. Download them here. 2005-11-16: New release on Backyard Movements coming soon: a 7" with Mykal Rose and Anthony Que. Dubcreator founded his own label: Asaiah Records. First release with Omar Perry, Mika and Sister Nadia comes soon. New release from Sayan, the second Dub Flash artist ever. His CD album can be obtained through www.cdbaby.com/sayan2. Two new Deep Root 7"es are available (reviews hopefully follow soon): Dub Terror feat. Tena Stelin "Child Soldiers" (019) and Vibronics feat. Madu "Warriors" (020).Gabriel LeMar, leftfield dub producer released a new album called "in Dub". From dancehall to dub it says and it's available as download from for example www.beatport.com (under "Le Mar"). Moa Anbessa's first release "Jah Command" (12") will be available soon. A review follows as soon as possible. The record is mixed by Zion Train and manufactured @ Jah Tubbys. Universal Egg comes with the second 10" (EGGY022). Love Grocer feat. Earl 16 are the featured artists. Official release date: 21st November 2005. Two 7"es on the "Run Babylon" riddim will be out in early 2006 on the Czech label Gunjah Records. Babylon Station feat. Lutan Fyah and Juakali. MP3 and video can be found here: www.gunjah.cz/faudio.html 2005-10-13: Sir Larsie I, known from the 2nd Dub Flash release, is selling his awesome roots & dub collection. Here is a list of all items. The list will be updated once a week. Details about bidding on the items can be found in the list. Click here with the left mouse button to see the list in the browser or save it with the right mouse button. Zion Train re-released it's classic album "Natural Wonders Of The World In Dub" on 10th October 2005 on CD and double vinyl (incl. the original CD bonus tracks). I remember that this album was even mentioned on German music TV channel VIVA because it was the favourite album of the year from two of the anchorman. I wonder what happened to them. They were cute blonde twins... ;-) Croatia's Bass Culture crew announces their regular dub & reggae show on Radio 101: Every Thursday from 0:30 to 3:30 am. The website has a live stream available. For all you night people out there. "Mariana Trench Dub", the fourth release from Giant Sounds (Sweden), is now available at www.giantsounds.com as free download as high-quality mp3´s and cover art. Dub Master Riko's new album is out, too. "Sly & The Dubbers" is the name and you get info about it here. 2005-09-25: New free Zion Train MP3 downloads are online. Click here. "Natural Wonders Of The World In Dub" will be re-released on 24th October 2005 on CD and double vinyl. The German Reggae Awards take place on 19th December 2005 in Hamburg. The nominated artists, singers, sounds and so on are all only the big and popular ones which you could also see on TV, have videos and all that. You can check the website nethertheless. It is a nice idea though. Some heavy dub vibes come from Malone out of France. Latest heavyweight works are with Gary Dub. Check MP3s here. Togetha Brotha Soundsystem from the Netherlands has a new 10 track CD out. Title: "The Highpriests Of Voices & Thundering II". MP3s can be found here. 2005-09-07: I'n'I Oneness is going to release a record on Black Redemtption with remixes of the tracks "Meditation" and "Rocky Roads". Pama International has released / will release the "Dub Store EP". Produced by Groove Corporation. Sample here. Another triple 10" selection is planned from Vibronics / Scoops for November. Some heavy dubs guaranteed. From the latest M Records 10" (Big Youth's "Lion's Den") is a full legal MP3 available here. Guidelight Movement presents two new interviews with Tena Stelin and Neil Perch. Check them here. System Failure (Denmark) will release a new 10" soon with I-Lawy and Mikey Murka on the mic. 2005-08-22: US reggae singer Juakali is in the Netherlands from 21st September until 17th October and is open for bookings during that time. If you are interested, please contact Sasha and Johny, his Dutch promoters: deessasha@cs.com, Da Costastraat 83 - 2nd floor, 1053 ZG Amsterdam, The Netherlands, phone: +31 20 612 46 58. A 12" on Black Redemption featuring Fred Locks, Ptah Kruud (of the True Persuaders), George Allison (of the Madlads), Brown Lion, and Dub Chemist is available now. Check www.blackredemption.com. An interview with Noiseshaper can be found on the Irie Ites website. An interesting release from Englishman (nice tune "Jump & Dance") is out on the Black Liberty Label. Check their website for info and samples. I think it's on a CD with some dancehall tunes though. "Reverbalism" is the new album from Eating Betty which you can get here (with MP3 samples). Soon to come is a new release on the French label Dreadlyon with Munky Lee at the controls and Ras Natural pon de mic. The riddim will be Kunte Kinte. Another 10" on M Records is out. This time with Big Youth in the "Lion's Den". Check the website. Moa Anbessa from Venice, Italy will soon be releasing their first 10": "Jah Command" featuring Dan I, Sista 40, Prince David, WellJahdgment + a dub version. Mixed at Zion Train Studio. Watch this space for more info. A call for all dub producers from Poland comes from the label No Duck Crew. Please click here for the document. Finn The Giant, dub producer from Sweden, releases his music as free MP3 version on his website GiantSounds. His latest track "Stormen Dub" is the version from a popular Swedish 7" featuring the local vocalist Kapten Röd. The French Sounds Around label released a CD ("Heavy Weight Scoops Selection") in May which features 16 cuts from previous Scoops 10" releases. Featuring Vibronics, Madu, Tena Stelin, Murry Man and more. Info: www.soundsaround.net An interesting BBC article about a Jah Shaka session can be found here. 2005-06-29: Swiss dub producer KoCha has new tracks online. Check them out here. ON-U Sound is still alive - says On The Wire's Steve Barker. At the end of September might come new releases (compilation and other) as there is a new license deal. Adrian Sherwood's new album is also nearly finished. Sister Magdalena has a special offer for technique interested people: SND SAM-16 (high end midi / analogue sequenzer; nearly unused, very good condition) for 1.450 Euros (new price: 2.100 Euros) and a SND FB-14 (extended ranged fixed filterbank; also like new) for 450 Euros (instead of 812 Euros). You can find more infos about these machines here. If you are interested, please get in thouch with Magdalena through e-mail. On M Records (Twilight Circus), a full album with Michael Rose is available now. The title is "African Roots" and soundclips are available here. Jah Roots, a live roots band from the USA has finished a new album (not to mix up with the one I have in the current review section!). This album features MC SkillinJah and can be obtained for free if you send an e-mail to Kaytee with your shipping informations. Docteur Nagual X, a French dub producer, announces the releases of his second album "Illegal Tonal Dub" for this winter. To see impressions from his live tour in March 2005, click here. On the German Irie Ites website, you can listen to MP3 soundclashes now. First is Irie Ites Sound vs. Northern Nights Sound. Check it here Two new 10" on Deep Roots are out (but not on my turntable so far): "Moulding" with Fitta Wari and Kenny Knots + two Zion Train dub versions & "Prophecy" with Fitta Wari, Earl 16, Junior Kigwa and one dub. Also, the very first "Passage To Indica" album is re-released now on CD and double vinyl. Get it if you don't already own the original release. www.wobblyweb.com --> Also have a look at the free download page where you find a lot of interesting MP3s and more. Dub Master Riko announces his next album. More on his website. On the Black Redemption website you can find samples from two new Mighty Massa releases. On the Heartical label are several new records out, too. Produced by the Basque Dub Foundation, there are 7"es on the "Fade Away" riddim available featuring Ranking Joe, Michael Rose, Wayne Smith, Hopeton James and several other vocalists. I guess you all heard already that Junior Delgado died this April? He was just working on a new album with the ON-U Sound posse. That's really a sad news. One minute of silence, please while you read this article about him. Italy's King David Warriors have a weekly radio show. Every Tuesday from 9 pm to 11 pm on Reload (?). You find a link on their website. "Umoja Dubwize" is another radio show. This time on FM Brussels which is in Belgium. Ashanti 3000 meets Dub Front Association. Every Thursday between 11 pm and 12 pm. "Babylon Station Live At Studio 1" is a new CD on the Czech label GunJah Records which works closely together with the Dub Flash crew. Check www.gunjah.cz for details. Concerning the discussion group "Roots'n'Culture" Errol Bellot planned to rename himself to Gideon Zinger. This was posted in March but so far I didn't hear anything about this. An early April joke maybe? The Groove Corporation announced the third part of the "Dub Plates From The Elephanthouse" series (G. Corp meets The Mighty Tree). A free book "Dub Food Vol. 1" is supposed to be included in that one. www.gcorp.co.uk An official life sign from Wordsound: "Wordsound is still going despite a bad economy at home and abroad, and we are preparing to release the full catalog digitally." Would be great to finally get the rare Ebn-e-sync release somehow. 2005-03-12: An offer from Culture Promotions: JAH SHAKA LIVE SOUND SYSTEM CD NOW AVAILABLE A new 7-inch, "Stoned Love" a combination with Abijah and Zema (7MELM001) is now out on the Melchizedek Music label. This single was recorded in Kingston at Tuff Gong and Big Ship Studios and includes Horsemouth on drums, Dalton Browne on guitar and background vocals by Yeshemabeth MacGregor and Trudy Francis. There is also a video available here (warning: 31 MB download). The "Black Sheep" album is now available on vinyl through Blakamix. www.zemazema.com For fans of Jamaican roots & dancehall, there is a new release out on CV Connection called "Simmer Down" featuring Morgan Heritage, Luciano, Half Pint, Anthony B, Richie Spice, Red Rose, Tony Curtis and many more. www.classic-vibes.com Two Burning Spear albums have currently been reissued including re-mastering, remixing, interviews and bonus DVD material: "The World Should Know" and "Appointment With His Majesty". www.burningspear.net New 10"es from Twilight Circus are out: Michael Rose & Rankin Joe "Manasseh meets Blood & Fire" remixes and Brother Culture "Twilight Circus meets The Disciples". Haven't seen copies of that so far, what a pity. www.twilightcircus.com Improvisators from France are said two have two new albums (vocals & dubs) out. Haven't seen them either. A new roots (Jamaican style) album with Lutan Fyah is out on the Lustre Kings label. In April will come a Linton Kwesi Johnson album. Still waiting for my promo copy to review. www.lustrekingsproductions.com Dub Syndicate also have a new album out on Shanachie Records. CD only. Said to have new tracks and most likely dub versions of vocal cuts from the "No Beds Of Roses" album. Would be interested in getting a copy. Speaking about Dub Syndicate: Echo Beach is re-releasing the "No Bed Of Roses" album on a CD, strictly limited to 2222 copies (what a large number in my opinion). Said to have a better artwork now. ;-) "Gregory Isaacs sings Dennis Brown" and Crazy Caribs meet Mad Professor "Dancehall Dub" are two more albums out now. The latter mentioned features Sly & Robbie, Mafia & Fluxy, MP and more. Sounds very interesting. Still waiting for a promo copy to review. The Dubhead label offers now MP3 versions of some of their albums for paid downloads. If you are interested in such a deal, visit www.dubhead.co.uk For sure an up-to-date idea. I should try that, too. ;-) Twilight Circus also offers downloads for quite a while now on different portals like itunes, emusic, microsoft, real and more. I don't link to such pages. Just put a .com behind the names and then you have it. In general: On the Wobblyweb website from Zion Train are dozens of free multimedia downloads, MP3s, videos and more. Definitely worth the download-time. Australia's dub artist No. 1, The Technician has some new tracks online for free download. Click here. For fans of the early 80s dub-punk mix, there is an album out from Red Beat featuring some of such classics. "The Missing Album" can be obtained here. Solomon Jabby also has a new album out called "Zion Gates". Get it here. Dub Addxx met Scientist lately and recorded a new album. I hope to get a copy soon for reviewing. Don't have more infos, sorry. For old-school fans, Willi Williams offers the album "From Studio One To Drum Street Vol. 2". Get it here. Soon to come: "Messenger Man Dub", freaky stuff. Errol Thompson, the reggae pioneer and John Peel, THE UK radio man died at the end of last year. I'm sure you all knew that already but I still "had" to mention it. And last but not least: New releases on Dub Flash are on their way. Check here |