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| synthdude |
 Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:11 pm Post subject: The explosive political techno of Muslimgauze! |
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Bryn Jones, the sole member of Muslimgauze, hails not from the Middle East, but from Manchester, where he cultivated a truly unique aesthetic by blending the timelessness of Arabic percussion with the digital arenas of sampling and dub trickery. Muslimgauze's early work was dominated by ritualistic instrumentals, in which insistent gusts of arid ambience gracefully sweep through the pulsing complexities of Arabic percussion. In his later work, the binary codes of his digital equipment are allowed to deliberately misfire, offering sharp staccato edits in opposition to the fluidly streaming samples of tablas. While the aural presence of Muslimgauze elicits abstract shimmers of desert imagery, his conceptual agenda is fervently concrete. Every release is an impassioned reaction to specific incidents related to Palestinian politics.
Coup D'Etat/Abu Nidal is a reissue of two 1987 vinyl-only releases. Abu Nidal was originally released on Jones's own Limited Editions Records. As demonstrated by the brooding title track, "Abu Nidal," Muslimgauze's earliest work stands as his darkest, with ominous synth drones engulfing the tense Arabic percussion and invoking images of stealthy assassins striking just before dawn.
Get the music for free (legit) here: http://www.epitonic.com/artists/muslimgauze.html
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| kalium |
| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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Now this is a blast from the past.
If you like this stuff check out the 80's 4AD label artits, Dead Can Dance, This Mortal Coil (Ivo's project shit) |
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