| After
releasing 10 albums of mostly tracks in Dub
style, and after numerous requests to
release more tracks with full lyrics, we're
proud to present Messian Dread's answer to
the popular demand.
Here is:
SHOWCASE!
In almost
73 minutes, Messian Dread takes you to the
wide variety of styles within his oeuvre.
Well over twenty years of learning
experience, often with blood sweat and
tears, show just what Reggae Music can do
with a man.
15 Tracks,
starting of with some deep Roots and a
little Rockers, moving over into Rub a Dub
("early dancehall"), and then back
to Roots before completing with some serious
Steppers.
Messian
Dread is both a singer and a chanter, or MC.
His many influences therefore range from Don
Carlos to Tappa Zukie. He takes his lyrics
as serious as his music, therefore adding a
dimension that imitators can only dream of.
As a musician he is well rooted in various
styles within the rhythm of Reggae Music,
allways starting with a solid drum and bass
line. And as a Dub engineer he takes the
listener to deeper and unknown dimensions in
the music, unheard in the vocal parts.
It took
Messian Dread a year to produce the album.
50 different riddims were created, then
voiced, and subsequently the 15 best ones
were selected and mixed especially for this
production.
SHOWCASE
can best be seen as a concert: every track
is mixed espcially to preceed the previous
and work on to the next. Some tracks will
start with the DUB part, others will have a
different mix. And there's not a single
fade-out, as every title has it's own start
and finish as well.
So we're
not talking about a collection of singles,
grabbed from a dusty archive. This is very
much an album in any way you can possibly
think of: produced to enjoy from the top to
the very last drop.
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