Artist description Messian Dread creates his music in The Dubroom, with a Windows PC,a 16 Track mixing table, and several instruments and effects like a bass guitar, melodica, conga, reverb, delay, and ofcourse, his voice. The music of his art is Roots. Roots Reggae with the emphasis on Dub. Most tracks he makes are Dubs. Where other modern Dub Creators choose ultra modern breakbeat rhythms, or cross the lines of reggae in another way, Messian tries to keep his music well within these boundaries. His ideal is to simulate the situation of the studios in which reggae originated and produce his music according to the same principals. To say he never experiments is another extreme, but the central point in his music is the combination of his roots basslines and authentic reggae drums a' la Sly and Robby (Black Uhuru, Revolutionairies) and the Roots Radics (Yellowman, Scientist ). Consciousness is another strong foundation in the music of Messian Dread. You will not find slackness (that is: more or less pornographic) in his tracks. Within reggae, the word "consciousness" stands for positive lyrics with a spiritual or social message.Messian's music is just that. Being a "Jesus Dread", or (as some call it) "Rasta of the Christ Doctrine", like his example Yabby You, is the main reason for Messian Dread to make music. So, on one hand, you can space out on Messian Dread's Dubwize tunes, on the other hand you can get uplifted by the positive vibe and message.

Music Style Dub In The Roots Tradition Created with the help of modern technology

Musical Influences King Tubby, Prince Jammy, Scientist

Similar Artists King Tubby, Prince Jammy, Scientist, Mad Professor, Jah Roots, Sure Dread,

Artist History Messian Dread has been actively involved in the production of reggae music since early 1987, when he formed roots reggae band Messiah Calling, that later changed its name into Jah Roots. He remains a member of the band, until this day. About the same time when he formed the band, he started experimenting with dub recordings, his favorite kind of reggae. This is what he says about it: "We were not working, nor did we have a school to go to anymore, we spent our lives the way we felt driven by Jah. It was my dream to create dubwize, but because of my financial position this remained a wish until I gathered myself a little keyboard, and a taperecorder. I spent years experimenting with very cheap equipment. Some devices were more children's toys... With the computer beginning to carry the soundcards, I started experimenting with music and computers. I spent about three years doing almost nothing but creating music with no more than two soundblasters, two FM chips, that's it. I still got the tapes..... I had to find out for Iself about how to make dubwize music with computers." In 1997, ten years after he started to make music, Messian Dread started to publish his music world-wide through the Internet. First only in Midi Format, now also in MP3. His site The Dubroom in which he works together with Jah Roots keyboard player Sure Dread, is well-visited, serves as central point for original reggae midifiles. His midifiles are found on numerous homepages and sites. Today, he is still a member of Jah Roots, but the majority of his activities as a musician/producer are formed around his solo-productions. Messian Dread is a real Internet Artist.

Group Members Messian Dread, sometimes helped by Idren like Sure Dread, or Vicious Vic from the Dubster Connection, or others.

Instruments Soundblaster Live! 1024, PC (633Mhz, 256MbRAM), SIEL DK80, Handmade Conga, Bass Guitar, Melodica, Voice, Alesis Midiverb III, Lem FX22, Shonner Polaris 16 track mixing table, and a secret combination of software settings.

Albums FEEL THE RHYTHM (Big Fish, Japan) ***************************************************************************** ROOTS OF DUB FUNK (Tanty, UK) ***************************************************************************** DUB MEET DUB (Black Spine, USA) ***************************************************************************** DEMONTAGE (Popinstituut, NL) ***************************************************************************** ALPHA AND OMEGA - SERIOUS JOKE (A&O Records, UK) ***************************************************************************** MESSIAN DREAD ONE (Dubroom, NL) ***************************************************************************** FROM DUBROOM ARCHIVES 1 (Dubroom, NL) ***************************************************************************** MESSENJAH DUB (Dubroom, NL) ***************************************************************************** FROM DUBROOM ARCHIVES 2 (Dubroom, NL) ***************************************************************************** MARK OF THE NAZARITE (Dubroom, NL)

Press Reviews ***************************************************************************** The Dutch national reports on their site (translated from dutch): Messian Dread is a so-called "Jesus Dread", arrayed with striking dreadlocks and very religious. He is the founder of the formation JAH ROOTS. Inspired by Dubmasters like Scientist, Prince Jammy and King Tubby, Messian Dread makes deep dub on his demo-album MESSENJAH DUB Rhtyhm and bass are the most important ingredients of this druggy music. Basslines are being kept very basic. All instruments go through the mixing-table and are processed with lot's of echo and filters. Very enjoyable, also without your head in clouds of herb. ***************************************************************************** "Pulsing bass, conscious vocals with heavy echo, and wicked keys are layered over slow grooving riddims. There hasn't been much dub of this style or quality released in the last five years.Messian Dread has a firm grasp of dub's history and the instruments that work most effectively in it. He plays handmade congo drums in a Nyabinghi style on "Ethopian Dub," follows the rub-a-dub style that the Roots Radics did so well on "Judgement Dub," and experiments with newer echo techniques on "99 Dub Street.", says Ryan A. McMichael, Webmaster of the Official Half Pint Website ******************************************************************************* "Swirling pools of spoken-word samples, guitars, and hand drums build to full-on Dub excursions whose sunny keyboards, guitar stabs, and horn samples recall classic Roots Reggae. The heavy, thudding bass and echo-drenched sounds hearken back to the genre's classic artists. Occasionally, vocals will enter and sing songs of praise.", says Noah E., official listen.com review ***************************************************************************** "And righteous dub it is indeed. With a suprisingly heavy bass for MP3 and a nice spacious feel to the production, this is definitly the one the horizontal people should check out. You know who you are.", says UK based MP3 MAGAZINE in their july 2000 edition about the track "Dub Righteous". **************************************************************************** "Messian Dread once again proves his ability to make gold out of any material he gets in his fingers.", says Hoester Sound System. ***************************************************************************** "I don't know if there is someone in Middle Europe whos is more into the reggae and JAH culture than Messian Dread. It is amazing how he is able to put this spirit in his music. It sounds like originally jamaican 1970s dub! With every tone you hear that he is "in it". There are so many people shouting for modern produced dub sounding like the originals. Well, take this or cry for ever. Expect some heavy roots dub at it's best.", says dubflash.com ***************************************************************************** "You can hear that the tracks are contemporary recordings, but the feel is strictly vintage. The spirit and the soul of the classic dub recordings is present everywhere, but he has created his own atmosphere, which gives the tracks an enhanced relaxed feeling.", says www.reggae-vibes.com *****************************************************************************

Additional Info If you want to check out Messian's complete Internet works, visit the Dubroom!

Location Drachten, Fryslân - Netherlands

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