Archive, Vol. 2: Ambient 1994

Dubtribe Sound System

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 31, 2000)
• Original Release Date: October 24, 2000
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Imperial Dub
• ASIN: B00004ZDZV
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #175,117 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
The Dubtribe Sound System have Been Wildly Busy Playing all Over the Globe, but Here at Last is the Second Installment of their History Lesson. This Double CD is Largely Ambient in Nature, is a Document of Both their Former Residency at the San Francisco 'come Unity' Parties, as Well as a Second Disk of Rare and Previously Unreleased Works from a Lecture Series Dss were Involved with Through Stanford University and the University of California.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Electronic Ambient CD!!!!, November 21, 2000

By	Richard Stringfellow "dv8or70" (Monroe, WA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I just picked this album up over the last weekend and was blown away! I had already owned Dubtribe Sound Systems previous CDs, "Bryant Street" and "Volume One". Anyone looking for the house/dance sounds of those albums is going to be surprised.

This compilation comprises of a re-release of their 1994 release, "Selene's Song" on disc one, and a previously unreleased CD of material on disc two. Music on these two releases equates very similarly to the ambient works of Loop Guru and The Orb. D.S.S. understand their music and it's history (Eno, Satie, and Miles Davis are mentioned in the liner notes). Disc one opens with a quiet contemplative 16 minute track, memory. Track 2 picks up the pace a bit, but is hardly intrusive. Melodic, gentle beats propel the listener along an outer worldly existence through the end of the disc - alternately picking up the pace, then slowing it down again with waves of sound. Disc two continues with a space themed music over-dubbed by a physicist giving a lecture on his extensive studies of the Kabala.

People looking for ambient house music that envelops and expands your world would do well to purchase this extrordinary CD.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful and relaxing, September 23, 2004

By	double-a (pacific north-left usa) - See all my reviews

in all, a great compilation. music ranges from happy, trippy beats to more serious, deep and richly textured works. some of the pieces, like 'memory part one' flow slow and deep. others, like 'sunshine's theme' and 'selene's song' are lighter. the first track on disc two is a long one, 30 minutes. but an interesting piece, ebbing and flowing, dipping and diving with intermixing beats and vocal samples.