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One-Stop for reviews of free and legal (DUB)
Reggae MP3 files. We review tracks, albums and
podcasts. Everything is hand-picked and reviewed
on the basis of experience in this field since the
MP3 format was released in the late 1990's. Some
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FREE
AND LEGAL (DUB) REGGAE MP3 REVIEWS |
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PODCAST
reviews |
| Podcasts
are a great way to get yourself familiar
with all kinds of artists and styles you
might like to consider for your next
purchase. It is also a very good way of
experiencing Reggae in an alternative way as
many podcasts are de facto non-stop mixes,
often put together by skillful DJ's and
other Sound System personnel. The Dubroom
has reviewed many of the best podcast(ers)
throughout the years, all of which you can
discover in our reviewed podcast pages. Be
sure to also check out the Dubroom's own
podcast. A link to the latest chapter can be
found on the left side of this page.
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THREE
HOURS IN THE ECHO CHAMBER
DUBROOM PODCAST REVIEW |
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May 2007 - Download three more hours of pure
niceness, selected and presented by Michael
Rose aka Dr. Strangedub and DJ Baby Swiss.
But, as
the host announces in the show notes,
archived shows won't be available for free
download for eternity. With no thanks to the
mainstream music industry, that tries to
kill Internet radio.
MESSAGE
FROM DR. STRANGEDUB: Recently the
program director of KFAI-FM made it known
that the station would like me (and others)
to take down the MP3s of programs archived
at OurMedia.org (and Internet Archive). The
legal murkiness is mostly an issue of how
long copyrighted material is available for
download. Thus, rather than having programs
archived for years, I'm going to cut back to
a period of several months. NO programs have
been taken down yet, but I will start
removing the oldest programs sometime soon.
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WATCH
THIS SOUNDS - ROCKSTEADY TURNS REGGAE
DUBROOM PODCAST REVIEW |
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May 2007 - Old people can love the new
stuff, and younger people might be really
into older music. That is one of the strong
points of Reggae: contemporary, yet
timeless.
There was a
time wherein Reggae Music wasn't there,
though. We're speaking about the later
1960's, when the music on Jamaica was called
SKA.
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ECHO
CHAMBER - WORD BEAT POWA 2
DUBROOM PODCAST REVIEW |
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May 2007 - It's not just, that part 2 of the
Echo chamber's excursion into DUB Poetry
enlarges our knowledge on this underrated
form of Reggae. But that truly is a reason
to download another three-hour show full of
great drum and bass driven music!
BROADCASTER
COMMENTS: Week 2 of the KFAI Spring
Pledge Drive and the doctors of dub put
together a heavy, heavy show!
First
off, we did part 2 of "Word Beat I Powa",
our annual dub poetry/poetry/spoken word
special. From our pal Planet Jackson (from
On the Wire , BBC Lancashire) we had 2 cool
poems from dub poet Benjamin Zephaniah
(including the hilarious "Talking
Turkeys").
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THE
ECHO CHAMBER - APRIL 18, 2007
DUBROOM PODCAST REVIEW |
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April 2007 - This episode of the great Echo
Chamber brodcast has a special theme: WORD
BEAT POWA, or in other words: here comes a
DUB Poetry special.
BROADCASTER
COMMENTS: Tonight the Echo Chamber
presented the annual Word Beat I Powa dub
poetry, beat poetry, and spoken word
special. Of course, it was dub poetry that
set the foundation of the show. Among the
dub poets featured were Oku Onoura,
Mutabaruka, Royal African Soldiers, Jean
Binta Breeze, Malachi Smith, Tomlin Ellis,
Glenville Bryan, Oliver Smith, Benjamin
Zephaniah, and of course, the incomparable
Linton Kwesi Johnson. Another slice of dub
poetry was the track "Dilly Dally"
from the Brooklyn Funk Essentials and
featuring Everton Sylvester. But there was
more than dub poetry.... As always, the Word
Beat I Powa special included some Beat
Poetry (with readings from Jack Kerouac) and
other poetry. Maya Angelou's "Black
Pearls" was layered on top of some
choice dub from Up, Bustle, & Out. From
Jah Wobble's excellent "Celtic
Poets" album we featured the powerful
"London Rain" as read by Ronnie
Drew. In stark contrast to this cold, dark
poem we had the steamy hot poem "Our
Relationship" from Solange St. Croix
(with heavy dub courtesy of Dr. Echo). Then
there was the funky "Mr. Wiggles"
from George Clinton & Parliament, and
the Last Poets "C'mon Family" done
with Cool Hipnoise. Another strong voice was
Black Panther and Black Liberation Army
leader Assata Shakur (on the track
"Reluctant Warrior" by The Fire
This Time). And how could one forget to
include some "toasters" - the
original Jamaican DJs? Of course we had some
toasters, including U-Roy, I-Roy, and King
Stitt. Finally the show was made complete
with a special appearance by KFAI's own poet
laureate, e.g.bailey. We featured 3 of e.g.
bailey's poems: "Osiris", "Afrika",
and "Never Here". What an eclectic
mix of words...and beats...and Powa!
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THE
ECHO CHAMBER - APRIL 11, 2007
DUBROOM PODCAST REVIEW |
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April 2007 - Reggae Music forward, and to do
so, "Dubbing Is A Must" as they
say. Dr. Strangedub and DJ Babyswiss know
what a gwaan and to proof this, here's three
more hours of some crucial Roots and
Culture.
BROADCASTER
COMMENTS: Another dub-heavy mix of new
and old, rootical and global grooves in the
Echo Chamber. New stuff from Abassi
All Stars, Vibronics, Madtone (with Nitramm),
Library Science, Alpha & Omega, Cherine
Anderson, Universal Hall Pass, Jah Wobble
and others. Plus we featured great stuff
from the archives now re-released: Yellow
Man ("Most Wanted" on
Greensleeves) and Dennis Bovell
("Scientific Higher Learning & Yuh
Learn" on EMI/Virgin). DJ Baby Swiss
did another set of "Dubbin Dubbles"
which included the Drastics, Twilight
Circus, and Sky High & Mau Mau. Heck, we
even played one of the new Yoko Ono remixes.
Fun stuff...
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