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Muslimgauze

Bryn Jones (1961 to 1999) never travelled to the Middle East and was not a Muslim, yet from Manchester he made hundreds of records in the name of Palestine and against Western policy in the region. Working as Muslimgauze from 1982, he layered hand drums, dulcimer, radio voices and found sounds from the Arab and South Asian world over heavily phased drones and rhythm programs that collide, stutter and cut off without warning. The music came out in editions of a few hundred copies, mostly on Staalplaat and Soleilmoon, so his influence spread slowly through tape trading and collectors.

Bryn Jones (1961 to 1999) never travelled to the Middle East and was not a Muslim, yet from Manchester he made hundreds of records in the name of Palestine and against Western policy in the region. Working as Muslimgauze from 1982, he layered hand drums, dulcimer, radio voices and found sounds from the Arab and South Asian world over heavily phased drones and rhythm programs that collide, stutter and cut off without warning. The music came out in editions of a few hundred copies, mostly on Staalplaat and Soleilmoon, so his influence spread slowly through tape trading and collectors.

Sufiq
Those keeping a running count will know that Sufiq brings the Muslimgauze CD catalog into the triple digits. This mini-album is especially significant, as it extends the extraordinary productivity of Muslimgauze auteur Bryn Jones beyond his untimely passing. New Muslimgauze titles have emerged since, but each was scheduled prior to Jones’ death in January of 1999. Active to the end, Jones left behind a store of finished masters. Sufiq sees the first release of material from this impressiv…
Gulf Between Us
Muslimgauze are easily the most prolific electronics outfit on the experimental underground scene. And while they release CDs in bunches, Muslimgauze's output never sinks below absolutely brilliant. The basic formula is relatively simple: lift some Arabic street music, sample it, loop it, attach a small explosive, and detonate. The result: an incredibly rich pastiche of wind-blown, dubbed-out trance music that is at once edgy but calm, aggressive but soothing. "Gulf" is a peaceful, laconic 20-mi…
Emak Bakia
Emak Bakaia is the missn Muslimgauze album recorded between the extreme releases Intafaxa and United Sates of Islam Andrew Burton at Concrete Productions has remixed and remastered the album A Manchester, U K collective has been making records under the name Muslimgauze since the mid-80s As time has passed, those recordings have evolved into multi-leveled, hypnotic pastiches of Islamic percussion, melodies from the Maghreb to Teheran and modern digital technology.
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