Customer Reviews

Dub From the Secret Vaults

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I have several Twilight Circus albums and my old favorite used to be volcano dub but this album even betters that. One thing I like about Twilight Circus is that it is very similar in sound to the original dub, minimizing the newer electronic tools that is so common in modern dub. Upon listening to Volcano Dub I began to think that this man was approaching the masters (tubby, perry, mad professor) but I can honestly say that Dub From the Secret Vaults is better than anything those greats has ever done. In my mind this is the best dub album I have heard. A must purchase. Great variety from faster, loud, noisy songs to mellow lovemaking tunes.

Remove all doubts. This is top-notch heavy dub.
Take it from a guy (me) who is brutal when it comes
to programming-out weak or vocal-ruined tracks...this CD needs no
programming. It is A+ all the way. Clean heavy dub,
no distracting vocals (the opening snippet from Big Youth
doesn't detract, it's just a few seconds). This is tasty
soulful dub, heavy & rootsy, with feeling, and gives your sub-woofer something to do...
SO if you had any doubts about purchasing this,
REMOVE ALL DOUBTS. It's even better than Twilight Circus's
Volcanic Dub.

This is intricate, contemporary, yet old school flavoured dub brilliance.

I have only recently fallen in love with Dub after purchasing Lee Perry's 'Dub Trip-tych' (three albums of early to mid seventies, raw, wonderful dub) and after hearing that assumed I'd be something of a purist; only really digging the oldest, rawest dub sounds. This is my first exception. I even dig the two eighties tracks that have a very eighties drum sound- something not always congruous with classic dub. You can hear the artist's reverance for the dub tradition strongly throughout this compilation. Nice and heavy and trippy!

even though dub plate selection is ryan moore's, aka twilight circus, bestselling album, i personally think dub from the secret vaults is much better. this album is a much rootsier dub album than some of his others, and in this regard it is good if you are new to twilight circus or dub in general. for the dub heads out there this is a must. from the space dub of space dust, to the dub take on traditional african music in electronic africa, this album has plenty of new sounds to prick your ears up. and the album sounds great, low low bass that will make your neighbors hate you, with all the other instruments floating around on top. listen to it on really good headphones to leave the planet. overall one of the best dub albums to come out in awhile, and one that cements twilight circus firmly on the throne of modern dub.

No doubt that Ryan Moore is talented. It's nice to hear real bass and drums! I did't give this 5 stars because some tracks were a little busy and distracting. Some were even distorted but then there are the others. There are at least 4 perfect tracks including: SLYY, Other Worlds of Dub, and Liftoff. These are worth the price alone. I'd like to hear a best of CD from Twilight/ Ryan.