▄ ▄
▀ █ ▄▄███▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▀ ███▄█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█▄▄
█▄ ██▀▀▀ ▀█▄▄ ▀█▀▀ ▄▄▄▄ ▀▀█▄██▀ ▄█▀▀▀ ▄▄▄▄█████▄▄ ▀█▀▀▀ ▀▀
█ ██████▄▄▀ ▄▄███▄▄ ▀▀█▄█▀ ▄▄████████▄▄ ▀██ █▀ ▄██████████████▓ ▄
▄▄█ ▄█▀▀ ▄▄▄▄ ▄██████████ ▀█ ▄██████▀▀█████▒▄ ██▀ ██████████▀ ▀███▓ ███▀
███▀ ███████▄███ ▀██████ █ ▀███▀ ▄▄ █████▒ ▀█ ▓█████████ ██▄ █▓ ▀█
▀▀██ ▒██████████ ▄█ ███▀ ▄█ ▀▀▀ ███ ██████▒ ▀ ▓██████████ ▀██▄ ▀ █ ▄
▀ ▒████████ █ ██▀ ▄▄▄████▄▄▄ ▀ ██████▒ ▓███████████ ▀█▀ ▄██▓ ▀█
▀▀▀██▄ ▒████████ ▀█ ▀ ▀ ▓████████████▄ ███████▒ ▓███████████▄▄▄█████▓ ██▀▀▀
▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▒████████ ▀███▄ ▓██████████ ▄ ▀████████▒ ▄ ▓██████████████████▓ ▀▀
▄▄ ▒████████ ▀███ ▓█████████ ▄▀ █████████▒ █▄ ▓████████████████▀ ▄▀
▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▒████████ ███▄ ▀████████ ▀ █████████▒ ██▄▄ ▀▀▀██████████▀ ▄██▄▄
▀▀▀▀▀▀███▄ ▒█████▀ █▀ ▀█▄▄▀▓██████▄ ███████▒ ▄██ ▀▀▀▀ ▄▄ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▄ age!
▀█▄ ▀▀ ▄▄▄ ▀▀ ██▄ ▀██████▄▄ █████▒ ▄███ ██▀▀▀▀███▀▀
▀ ▀▀▀██▀ █▀█▄▄ ▀▀▀██████▀▀ ▄▄███ █ █
█ █ ▀█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▀▀ █
█▀
.. . . ..
:.: .Roots And Culture Proudly Present Another High Quality Release. :.:
';: :;`
' `
Release Name.... Twilight Circus - Foundation Rockers
Record Label............. M Records
Original Year............ 2003
Compressed by............ Team RAC
Rip Date................. Feb-17-2004
Size..................... 66,3 MB
Release Type............. Reggae, Album
Number of Songs.......... 12
.. . ............................................................ . ..
:.: Notes And Comments About The Release :.:
';: ........................................... :;`
' `
Artist: Twilight Circus
Title: Foundation Rockers
Label: M Records
Issued: Nov 2003
Format: CD/LP
After the clutch of strong 12"'s from Luciano and Big Youth,
Twilight Circus now return with an excellent album compiling
the talents of Mykal Rose, Ranking Joe and Manasseh mic man,
Brother Culture.
It's a powerful album, and is probably the most "orthodox"
offering so far from Ryan Twilight. His earlier releases,
though being strictly dubwise roots music, had edges of
influence from diverse sources such as Eno and Can. This
release though, whilst still retaining Ryan's distinctive
edge, has far more of an old school JA mood to the entire
proceedings.
The contributions from Bammie Rose and Eddie Tan Tan on this
album are impressive, showing what true masters of their
craft they are. (Why hasn't a compilation of their finest
moments been compiled yet, one has to wonder?) At times they
veer into old school Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp and Miles
Davis territory and that has to be the highest accolades one
could confer on these sensitive and meditative hornsmen.
Ryan Twilight's dedication to his dub vocation is clear, and
his mixes of these great hornsmen are huge affairs,
featuring his characteristic cavernous bass and avalanche
drum sounds. "Blue Motion" and "Alpha Skank" are strong
tracks, featuring at times, recognisable echoes of early ONU
Sound style and technique.
Brother Culture puts in an entrancing apocalyptic
performance over a deep and inspiring rhythm track, all
exploding snares and spiralling metallic percussion. Ranking
Joe's "World in Trouble" is an equally dark and intense
performance.
Mykal Rose, with his fiercely unique and rich tones, offers
up a more sedate vocal than we are used too with a
meditation on the eternal. Ryan's rhythm track works its
linear magic under the introspective chant. Mykal Rose has a
thoughtful and compelling tone which has lost none of its
power over the years.
The next track, "Blue Motion", has a Joe Gibbs crisp Rockers
edge to it with a psychedelic guitar vibe, sounding similar
to Uhuru's explosive 7" dub of "Sun Is Shining" on the
Channel One label released in the early 80's. The drum
explosions sound eerily like someone inhaling and exhaling.
This is a fine album, which shows Ryan Twilight apparently
getting better and better with each entry into his studio.
It's good to see him working with legendary roots figures
too. For those of you that love spiritual vocals and
landscape dubs it is doubtful that this cerebral work will
disappoint.
Long may Ryan Twilight practice his dub art. Watch out for
Smith and Mighty/ More Rockers collaborations coming early
next year.
Reviewed by Greg Whitfield
www.reggaenews.co.uk
.. . ............................................................ . ..
:.: Tracklist :.:
';: ........................................... :;`
' `
01. Big Youth - Love is What We Need 04:07
02. Big Youth - Dub is What We Need 04:04
03. Luciano - What We Got to Do 04:19
04. Ranking Joe - World in Trouble 03:48
05. Mighty Three Horns - Alpha Skank 03:12
06. Twilight Circus - Dub Selector 03:35
07. Brother Culture - Foundation Rockers 03:18
08. Mykal Rose - No Burial 04:58
09. Eddie Tan Tan Thornton - Blue_Motion 04:22
10. Mighty Three Vs Twilight C - Jericho Dub 03:53
11. Big Youth - Love Dub Remix 04:02
12. Luciano - What We Got to Do (Acoustic Mix) 04:33
________
48:11
.. . ............................................................ . ..
:.: RAC E-Mail Address :.:
';: ........................................... :;`
' `
rootsandculture@hushmail.com
. . ............................................................ . ..
:.: Roots And Culture Production 2003 :.:
';: ........................................... :;`
' `