WWW, August 2014 -It's been close to a decade since Messian Dread's album "Showcase" was released and it has been years since the Dubroom released anything of significance out of the studio. Now that quite a number of singles and EP's have been released this year, the time has come to present Messian Dread's first full length Dub album since ages and what an album it is: twelve top Dub shots featuring a host of legendary and skillful vocalists and much more.

Those who have been reading or following the Dubroom throughout the years, will know about the fact that after releasing countless of singles and albums in his very specific sound, Messian Dread was "completely finished". This year 2014, however, saw the Dubroom productions in quite a new sound to the surprise of some. In May, someone wrote: "Messian Dread make new Dub? I thought you were through you said on Dubroom?" as a comment on the first release in that new sound.

During May-June 2014, the Dubroom Studio was on steroids. Obtaining several vocal licenses and something more: major upgrades in hardware and software that gave room for an enormous expansion. With the necessary legal licenses to actually release music featuring the heavyweights like you can find on this album, the challenge was to produce riddims and mixes that would actually give due respect to these vocalists. And, yes: given the fact that here we have twelve Heavyweight Dub shots, you can say that the challenge is successfully taken!

All the twelve tracks on this album, including the bonus tracks you can find on the physical CD version of this album, are original Dubroom riddims. The bass lines, the drums, the chord progressions, everything, with the exception of some skank lines, percussion and horns but even these recordings are heavily changed to fit the riddim. Every riddim is especially produced to suit the works of the vocalists, and mixed by Messian Dread into the Dubs on this album. Mixed with more care and effort than any other mix before, perhaps with the exception of the very first ones back in the previous century.

The result of all that care and effort is found in this well-balanced, but all-heavyweight selection of Dub tracks featuring -next to the listed artists- singers like Ras Khaleel, Tallis, Assante, Don Goliath and UK based Mandy Edge. There are spiritual and conscious tracks, there are funny tracks and tunes that simply demand their presence. The title of the album might be a bit theatrical, there's not one word that's not describing the contents however.