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" Other Worlds of Dub " Music Reviews
This is the second cd release (1996) from Canadian dub specialist Ryan Moore, entitled 'Other Worlds
Of Dub', and that's what the album is all about. Although Ryan Moore's outings are firmly rooted in
the dub tradition of the great Jamaican dub kings, he manages to create a recognisable sound of his
own. He uses no computers, all tracks are made with real instruments, and that is the reason why the
album has a 'warm' feeling about it. The album is a pleasant mix of dub extravaganza and some more
straightforward tunes. Although all songs are originals, Ryan Moore somtimes uses snatches of well
known dub tracks, and the effect is highly enertaining. A nice collection of nineties dub workouts !
Teacher & Mr. T.
Reggae Vibes Mag, The Netherlands
http://www.reggae-vibes.com/rev_sin/otherwor.htm
Rating : from 5 (excellent) to 1 (poor)
Vocals : -
Backing : 4/5
Production : 4
Sound quality : 5
Sleeve : 4
Twilight Circus
Other Worlds of Dub
Ryan Moore strikes again with his second solo dub album. Last years Twilight Circus - In Dub album
was an amazingly well done tribute to the masters of 70s reggae dub style. Just as on the last album,
Moore plays most of the instruments (bass, drums, guitar, keys etc..) with the exception of a few
guests. This time Twilight Circus has a more ambient / world feel, with middle eastern voices and
scales as well as various synthesizer manipulations. The underlying elements are still the same 70s
feeling roots dub style. This fusion is kind of a new slant on ambient dub. On many parts of the
album it works quite well and creates a blissful and trancy head space but there are moments where
the samples and the live rhythms dont quite meet up and it seems a bit disjointed.
For its simplicity I like the first Twilight Circus album better but this one has its beauty as well
and for its freshness I prefer this one. The contrast between the ambient sections and when they
drop out to reveal the stripped down drum and bass power is amazing. The dub techniques are
beautiful. The bass riddems are niceee!!! Over all I would definitely suggest this album to just
about any one, roots dub fans, ambient dub fans and newbies too. Very nice Mr. Moore, keep
em commin....
c. (Dub Page)
http://www.seacoast.com/~c/tcow-rev.htm
Twilight Circus
Other Worlds of Dub
Jamaican riddims and snakelike Arabic melodies, performed by an Anglo ex-pat residing in the
Netherlands - now that's world beat. Ryan Moore's Other Worlds of Dub opens with a hollow
clatter of rock-steady drums and a woozy lick that sounds like a trombone. It soon becomes apparent
that the brass is actually a manipulated human voice wailing on a centries-old, open-throated theme.
The remarkable fluidity of this transition makes a statement or two about the durability and
timelessness of head music, of which Other Worlds is a stellar example. According to
Moore's spare liner notes, his drums were recorded during a two month period in Vancouver,
while all overdubs were added during a second recording session in the Netherlands. Like the
best dubwise records, these echoey drums provide rhythm enough to carry the whole project; on top,
Moore's sythetic blips, gurgles and washes add color like sunbursts on the back of eyelids.
Traditional reggae instruments and ideas share space as well: 'Indian' for instance, features a
borrowed bass riff from Bob Marley's 'Night Shift' off Rastaman Vibration. Not a bad place
to look for ispiration. OPTION
(M.L.P.D. Centraal, Postbus 38253, 6503 Ag Nijmegen, The Netherlands) - James Sullivan
Twilight Circus: Other Worlds Of Dub
(M Records/Munich)
Verrassend goed vervolg waarmee Twilight Circus voortborduurt op het uitgemeten evenwicht van zijn
vorig jaar verschenen debuutlangspeler. De geslaagde combinatie van een wijde kijk (de schepper is
Canadees) met Hollandse zuinigheid. Dit album gaat echter verder. Intercontinentaal jammen met
duizendpoot Ryan Moore, de directeur van dit eenmanscircus. Zeifs slangen, olifanten of lama's
zijn in het decor aanwezig. Lurk mee aan deze waterpijp of ontspan jezelf in deze Indiaanse
zweethut. 'Other Worlds' herbergt grensverleggende dub-muziek.
Gonzo Circus
Twilght Circus - Other Worlds Of Dub
M Records / Cargo
On Other Worlds Of Dub, Vancouver composer/multi-instrumentalist Ryan Moore explores
spacey, amoeba-like dub grooves on tracks that grow, split and expand out of primordial rhythms.
It's an engrossing listen; a one-way ticket to fruitful daydreaming.
World and Music/September 1996
Ryan Moore est le gardien du temple dub facon annees 70/80. Le bassiste de The Legendary Pink
Dots poursuit sa croisade. Ce deuxieme album reste fidele a une figne claire et respecte la fibre
originelle: basse, batterie, guitare, sans surcharge technologique. Un tour du monde en neuf titres;
Twilight Circus, 'Other Worlds of Dub' (M Rec/lpt).
Octopus no. 5, Autgmne 96
Twilight Circus
Other Worlds Of Dub
M Records 127cd
but they aren't so utterly and painstakingly retro as Ryan Moore's utterly brilliant
( and uttely obscure) 1995 release Twilight Circus In Dub Part One. Moore's second release,
Other Worlds Of Dub, shifts the location from a Spanish Town dancehall to a neon-lit
cloudforest moored off the coast of Gotham, projecting fevered audio-fantasies - muezzin wails
melting into high-desert guitars - on to dub's infinite soundwall. But this is an approach to
future music making that has been rendered mundane and familiar by a decade of sampladelic cut
'n paste jobs. Not sure why Moore felt it necessary to launch himself into the Fourth World on
this release: for a white Canadian, I'd have thought a Kingston yard circa 1972 was already an
alien enviroment too far.
Tony Herrington - The Wire
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