reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...
project of multi-instrumentalist Ryan Moore, former bassist and drummer of the
Legendary Pink Dots
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. Twilight Circus is becoming increasingly popular and well known for Moore's work with artists such as
Big Youth
Manley Augustus Buchanan (born 19 April 1949, Trenchtown, Kingston, Jamaica),Thompson, Dave (2002) "Reggae & Caribbean Music", Backbeat Books, better known as Big Youth (sometimes called Jah Youth), is a Jamaican deejay, mostly known for his ...
Black Uhuru
Black Uhuru is a Jamaican reggae group formed in 1972, initially as Uhuru ( Swahili for 'freedom'). The group has undergone several line-up changes over the years, with Derrick "Duckie" Simpson as the mainstay. They had their most successful per ...
and Ranking Joe. He originally started off producing dub albums, before recording vocalists for inclusion on his critically acclaimed Foundation Rockers album. In the classic tradition of
reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...
, Moore releases 10" vinyl record singles, often in limited edition.
With Twilight Circus, Ryan Moore has worked with a wide range of respected figures from the dub, reggae and electronic genres including:
Sly and Robbie
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,
Dean Fraser
Dean Ivanhoe Fraser (sometimes appearing as Dean Frazer) (born 4 August 1957) Allmusic.com biography by Sandra Brennan/ref> is a Jamaican saxophonist who has contributed to hundreds of reggae recordings since the mid-1970s. He was awarded the Mu ...
Black Uhuru
Black Uhuru is a Jamaican reggae group formed in 1972, initially as Uhuru ( Swahili for 'freedom'). The group has undergone several line-up changes over the years, with Derrick "Duckie" Simpson as the mainstay. They had their most successful per ...
), Mikey General,
Big Youth
Manley Augustus Buchanan (born 19 April 1949, Trenchtown, Kingston, Jamaica),Thompson, Dave (2002) "Reggae & Caribbean Music", Backbeat Books, better known as Big Youth (sometimes called Jah Youth), is a Jamaican deejay, mostly known for his ...
The Wailers
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),
Earl "Chinna" Smith
Earl "Chinna" Smith (born 6 August 1955), a.k.a. Earl Flute and Melchezidek the High Priest,Johnson, Richard (2013)The Melchizedek way, ''Jamaica Observer'', 6 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013 is a Jamaican guitarist active since the late ...
(
The Wailers
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), Eddie 'Tan Tan' Thornton (
Aswad
Aswad are a British reggae group, noted for adding strong R&B and soul influences to the reggae sound. They have been performing since the mid-1970s, having released a total of 21 albums. Their UK hit singles include the number one "Don't Tur ...
Ansel Collins
Ansel Collins is a Jamaican musician, composer, singer, songwriter and producer, best known for his work with Dave Barker as Dave and Ansel Collins.
Biography
Born 1949 in Kingston, Jamaica,Dub Syndicate), Bobby Ellis (
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Queen Ifrica
Ventrice Morgan (born 25 March 1975), better known by the stage name Queen Ifrica, is a reggae singer and disc jockey from the hills above Montego Bay, Montego Bay, Jamaica. She is the daughter of ska music, ska musician Derrick Morgan but was r ...
, Lutan Fyah,
Fred Locks
Stafford Elliot (born 1955), better known as Fred Locks, is a roots reggae singer best known for his mid-1970s single "Black Star Liners" and the album of the same name.
Biography
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Elliott grew up in a strict Catholic ...
Skinny Puppy
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),
DJ Spooky
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, and The Mad Professor.
Moore's fascination with dub began in the early 1980s, inspired by the nexus of punk rock and dub which film maker
Don Letts
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forged in London, along with the futuristic possibilities hinted at by cyberpunk author
William Gibson
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in Neuromancer. Throughout the 80's he obsessively collected every dub LP he could find, which included Jamaican dub from legends like King Tubby, Prince Jammy, Lee Perry and
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as well as 2nd-generation figures operating from London like Adrian Sherwood, Mad Professor, and Jah Shaka. Some of his early dub experiments from the mid-80's are to be heard on the ROIR release 'Twilight Circus - Dub From The Secret Vaults'.
In 1994 Vancouver's Miller Block studio collective, owner / operator
Darryl Neudorf
Darryl Neudorf (born June 7, 1964 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian musician, record producer and audio engineer.
He was the drummer for 54-40 from 1982 to 1986. He is best known during this time for co-writing the hit song "I Go Blin ...
handed Ryan Moore the keys to the studio for after hours sessions, where the first Twilight Circus album ''Ín Dub Vol.1'' began to take shape. From 1994 to the present Moore has made recordings for Twilight Circus in Vancouver, London, Kingston-Jamaica, and The Netherlands - where he had his own studio.
Since being the opening act for
Skinny Puppy
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side project Download on their 1996 World tour and several tours billed with the
Legendary Pink Dots
The Legendary Pink Dots (LPD) are an Anglo-Dutch experimental rock band formed in London in August 1980. In 1984, the band moved to Amsterdam, playing with rotating musicians and having, as core members, singer/songwriter/keyboardist Edward Ka- ...
, Twilight Circus has maintained a busy schedule playing all over the World on nearly every continent, including major festivals like
Dour Festival
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Fuji Rock Festival
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Sierra Nevada World Music Festival
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,
Vancouver Folk Music Festival
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The fes ...
DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid
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Edward Ka-Spel
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Meets Twilight Circus - 800 Saints In A Day (2013)
*Dub Voyage (45) - Dubhead/Shiver
*Ranking Joe - Don't Try To Use Me - Fleximix 1001
*Michael Rose - Days Of History - Fleximix 1002
*Luciano - What We Got To Do - Fleximix 1003
*Ranking Joe - World In Trouble - Fleximix 1004
*Mykal Rose - Wicked Run - Fleximix 1005
*Natural Black - Are You Ready - Fleximix 1006
*Ranking Joe - World In Trouble (Vibronics Remix) - Fleximix 1007
*Michael Rose - Throw Some Stone (Disciples Remix) - Fleximix 1008
10 inch singles and EPs
*U.K. Steppers E.P. (M Records 128)
*Session/Stompa 10 (Dubhead/Shiver DBHDS 006)
*Deeper Roots 10 - Big Youth 'Love Is What We Need' (M Records 230)
*Deeper Roots 10 - Luciano 'What We Got To Do' (M Records 240)
*Groove Corporation meets Twilight Circus Disco Roots Dub (M Records 260)
*Deeper Roots 10 - Mykal Rose 'Throw Some Stone' / Ranking Joe 'Don't Follow Babylon' (M Records 270)
*Rob Smith Meets Twilight Circus 'Jungle Dub Rasta' (M Records 280)
*Brother Culture - Foundation Rockers 10 (M Records 340)
*DJ Spooky / Twilight Circus / Alter Echo - Dub Summit EP / Picture Disc (M Records 330)
*Michael Rose & Ranking Joe - Manasseh Meets Blood And Fire 10 (M Records 350)
*Michael Rose / Vin Gordon / Brother Culture - Better Mus Come 10 (M Records 390)
*Big Youth - Lion's Den 10 (M Records 400)
*Lutan Fyah / Brando / Michael Rose / Skully - Binghi Riddim 10 (M Records 430)
*Fred Locks, Queen Ifrica, Matics Horns, Twilight Crew - Thanks & Praise Riddim 10 (M Records 440)
*Cornell Campbell - Acetate Riddim 10 (M Records 460)
*Fred Locks, Ranking Joe, Twilight Crew - Wisdom Riddim 10 (M Records 470)
*Vibronics Meets Twilight Circus – Rewind & Remix Vol.4 (Scoops 019)
Compilation albums
*'' A Dubbers Guide'' (Dubhead)
*'' AKA Dub'' (Lush Records)
*'' AKA Dub 2nd Chapter'' (Lush Records)
*'' A New Breed Of Dub: Issue Two'' (Dubhead)
*'' A New Breed Of Dub: Issue Three'' (Dubhead)
*'' Brain In The Wire'' (Brainwashed)
*'' Convergence'' (OM/XLR8R)
*'' Crooklyn Dub Vol 3'' (Wordsound)
*'' Docking Sequence'' (BSI)
*'' Dubhead Soundclash Series One'' (Dubhead)
*'' Dubhead Vol 3'' (Dubhead)
*'' Global Explorer'' (Zip Dog)
*'' Lockers'' (ERS)
*'' Magnetic Blue'' (Interchill)
*'' Onder Stroom'' (Waaghaals)
*'' One Dub'' (Interchill)
*'' Serenity Dub 4.1'' (Incoming!)
*'' Suitable 2 - The Dub Adventurers'' (Suiteque)
*'' Sun Runners'' (ISM)
*'' Sushi Dub'' (Vitaminic)
*'' Time Machine'' (Time Machine)
*'' Transitions'' (ISM)
*'' Twilight World'' (Sony Music Japan)
*'' Wreck This Mess'' (BSI)
Remixes
*
DJ Spooky
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