ZonaReGGae podcast

Greetings!

After almost 2 weeks off, (doing some live coverage for other musical trends, ZonaReGGae back in session wid lots of highlights and new releases!

-Revival tuning wid new singles from: Culture Brown & Nu Chill; Ras Zachari & Nick Manasseh, Bobby Tenna & Bulpus, and the first spin to forthcoming highlight, the new album from French crew The Rockers Disciples & Chola, ‘Crossroads’!

-Dubwise vibes and electronic landscapes wid Zion Train, Weeding Dub, Duck, Fekim & Neblina Sound, together wid one of most awaited releases for 2009, debut release from ground-breaking Dub producer Dub Terror!

Simone Lombardi aka DubStudent aka Dub Terror is one of the most inventive and futurist presences in Dub music production universe.

Coming from Turin (Italy), Dub Terror got in touch wid UK Dub Underground sounds through King David Warrior soundsystem, deepening his knowledge and connections over the heavy bass lines world reaching out sound operators like Iration Steppas, Channel Aba Shanti-I, Alpha & Omega or Mad Professor.
The desire to become musical producer, led him to London, to study Sonic Arts, where the DubStudent created his musical identity and improved the techniques that distinguishes Dub Terror production styles.

Over the years, the productions and selections for Dub soundsystems and Dubstep Djs, or the remixes and works wid underground electronic pioneers like John Foxx, Adrian Sherwood or Zion Train, helped Dub Terror become a modern times pioneer himself!
The debut releases, Child Soldiers and No More Stress (2005, 2006) featuring Tena Stelin, and the most recent Technology and Shinobi wid Echo Ranks, and Turn the Tide alongside Brother Culture, announced a new age in Dub production, stated now wid the self-titled debut LP Dub Terror!

It could not be other label than Universal Egg, to bring out to the world dis new force in dub music, full wid Heavy Roots Reggae, dark Dub atmospheres, innovative Dubstep and Grimme Trends.
Dub Terror surprises wid the reintroduction of already released productions like Shinobi, where he revisits arcade games nostalgia, featuring Echo Ranks in a dubmix wid Santanu version; or the already classic Technology, dis time presenting a new version from Jah Marnyah in medley wid Echo Ranks original.
There is an exquisite roll of social alerts and concerns in all the vocal featuring, that are completed wid Warrior Queen’s Reload Warrior and Brother Culture’s Turn the Tide, dois Dubsteps approaches that fit perfectly in the powerfull flow presented by dis two great voices!

Over a darker side, tunes like Digital Terror and 31st Century, show that Sub culture is well present in Dub Terror production, and Push the Tempest by or Tetradis Dub appear as perfect examples of organic and electronic music fusion, revealing also his UK Dub origins.
Not to miss, the most creative tune from the LP, Mr. Terror, is a complex mixup of every Dub Terror musical trends. A new version from Plan B version (dub side from No More Stress tune), featuring the non-offical, but unmistakable presence of Horace Andy! Announcing in great style:
“Talk of di Town, Talk of di Town, Terror ah di talk of di Town…Mr Terror, rules dancehall!”
Digg in deeper @
http://www.myspace.com/dubterror

More infos@
http://www.wobblyweb.com/ue/dubterror.html

-Forward wid today’s double highlight feature to new releases, and in another side of dub music, well places in the roots reggae origins, the new release from Jamaican Recordings, The Gorgon Dubwise, revisits classic and rare dub versions from Cornell Campbell!

One of the most charismatic voices in Jamaican music, Cornell Campbell belongs to Studio One Soul generation, where he started out very early wid 11 years old, recording tunes like Under the Old Oak Tree or Old King Cole for Coxsone Dood.
After some solo and duet experiences alongside Alan Martin, during the sixties, Cornell Campbell enhanced his vocal gifts together wid The Uniques and legendary Slim Smith opening the way to his own vocal group The Eternals, which recorded one of the everlasting Studio One classics, Queen of the Minstrels.

The Seventies point out the way, followed by many of the Studio One greater artists, towards Bunny Striker Lee, that saw in Campbell voice a perfect replacement for Slim Smith, after his tragic death in 1973.
Together wid groundbreaking Bunny Lee production skills and The Aggrovators rockers style, Cornell Campbell quickly become of the most fascinating falsettos in reggae music. Natty Dread in a Greenwich Farm, Natural fact, The Lion of Judah, or the famous Gorgon series, still stand today as hits from Cornell Campbell best moments, by that time clearly influenced already by roots reggae rastafari livity.

The Gorgon Dubwise, gathers 16 dub versions, many from originals, others from cover versions, from the partnership wid Bunny Lee. In spite of Cornell Campbell being a usual presence over Jamaican history innumerous dub version albums, The Gorgon Dubwise as the charisma of a compilation put together to reunite some of his best and rare dub style moments, over the original Flyers rockers style, Bunny Lee trademark production!
Judah Dub, 100 Pound of Dub, Pity Dub ou Educate Them in Dub are all extraordinary versions presented here, as also rarities as Just a Moment or General Dub, the rarest version from the Gorgon riddim!

A blessed collection that shows the crucial significance of the vocal track, to turn a dub cut in a magic moment, something that Cornell Campbell presence allows in a unique way!

Like many early reggae and roots legends, the 80Ts announced an anticipated departure from recording business, and nowadays appearances from Cornell Campbell are somehow rare. Nevertheless, dis new The Gorgon Dubwise, shows us why, for so long, Campbell was The Ruler of dis Ya Dance!

-The roots follow strong in the session wid recoveries for Leroy Brown, King Tubby, Mikey Ras Starr, Rod Taylor, or one of our own favorite cult presences in Jamaican scene, Little Roy, blessing the airwaves wid the new single Caution’ for Mad Professor!

-There is also time for the Portuguese reggae scene, wid Prince Wadada, One Love Family or Freddy Locks & The Groove Missions, the last ones wid 2 new tunes played LIVE over RUA FM stage, in the past weeks Annual Academic Festival! Really worth of checking out Freddy Locks work, ask me for more infos or listen more @
http://www.myspace.com/freddylocks

Don’t forget to check out the number 2 from Humble Won’t Stumble Dubmix Selections! Volume 1 also still available! Check it all @
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendId=329259156

Blessed Love for all! More to come next week
Hayah Love!
I-Rick Deejay

Playlist available @
http://zonareggae.wordpress.com/2009/05/22/zonareggae-playlist-20-maio-2009/