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 MUSLIMGAUZE
Your Mines In Kabul
2000
Triple CD
Muslimlim 026
Distributor: THESE
Muslimgauze is the work of Bryn Jones from Manchester who
sadly died last year. He was a workaholic and for over 15 years he has
produced well over a hundred releases. The first thing that struck me
about this was its packaging - a single CD jewel case containing three
CDs, two at the front and one encased behind...slightly awkward but pretty
novel I must admit. The first of the CDs, MINE 1, begins with 'Tangier
- Zeen' which sets the agenda for what's in store with its heavy distorted
electronic beats ripping through from the word go. Soon these are accompanied
by some ethnic string samples. 'Ravi And Kaldesh Mukherjee' sounds a bit
like an ethnic version of Kraftwerk. It's pretty clever the way
the sounds fade in on this one. The CD continues along these lines with
many more interesting samples particularly the use of the female ones
on 'Gujarati Translator' which is brilliant. MINE 2 opens with
'Burnt Bungalow of Simi' (I love these titles!) which has a very rhythmic
percussion sound. The beats are a lot less harsh than on the first CD
that's until you get to 'Ascend Babel In Oanj'. Heavy distorted rumbles
make the backbone of this track as they fade up and down whilst electronic
sounds and female vocals are thrown in until it stops abruptly. 'Sublultan'
continues in the same way, the distortion on here is potent and blends
well with its dark rhythms and melodies which swoop in. 'Jamiat Zirt'
has more of an industrial techno sound accompanying those ethnic samples.
The final track, 'Bismillah', is pretty odd weird crackling which distorts
nicely for about a minute and a half. MINE 3 is an extended and
speeded up version of 'Lahore' which originally featured on the Lahore
and Marseille EP which I haven't heard. This though lasts about half
an hour and it's back to those heavy distorted beats which are again accompanied
by many ethnic samples. Triple CDs are usually a bit of a mouthful with
this being no exception but when you get round this psychological fear
you should find each CD merits recognition as something brilliant. Just
don't go putting yourself off by playing them one after the other!!!!!
JOHN MARSHALL - 17 November 2000
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