| "Eleven
Heavy Duty Floorshakers", warns the
press-release that accompanied this album by
the mighty Twilight Circus Dub Sound System.
True to the fullness, I say.
Multi-Instrumentalist Ryan Moore gathered
tracks previously played stricktly on Sound
Systems (Reggae Mobile Discotheques With
MC's), had them re-mastered and put on CD
for ordinary people like you and me, who
can't experience a Sound System every
weekend. Now we can our shake own floors too
and I know I will. Many articles about Dub
Mixing talk about "lo-fi" elements
creating special atmospheres. A tape-echo,
for example, is actually a recording of a
recording of a recording et cetera. Needless
to say that this distorts the sound of the
echo. This is called "lo-fi" or
simply "dirty sounds". Twilight
Circus has a special sound that utilizes
this principal in many different ways, as
the album shows. His wild Dub effects, most
of which comes from old skool equipment,
show that Ryan Moore is an expert when it
comes to showing the beauty of dirt.
Although I like the opening track the
most, each and everyone of the eleven
floorshakers (cause that's what they really
ARE) stand on their own as a demonstration
of the versatility of Ryan Moore's musical
talents. All tracks are very intense, most
of them are highly danceable but equally
interesting for spacing out. It can be a
very nice experience to try and follow the
effects as they change the sound of many
different instruments: welcome to Dubnology!
Well, I was warned, at least. The
emergency bells are ringing, I hear police
sirens coming at my direction and many
neighbours with disturbed faces. I didn't
warn them.... But I'm warning you: this
album is one of the better works of
contemporary DUB art released in 2002 and
when you love DUBWISE you I specially
recommend this album.
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