Muslimgauze
Bryn Jones was not a practicing Muslim and never went to the Middle East. His recordings as Muslimgauze, however, qualified him as one of the Western artists most explicitly slanted in his favor of the Palestinian liberation movement. Since the Manchester-native's works were instrumental, most of the political statement was inherent in the packaging: Witness titles such as Fatah Guerrilla, Return of Black September, Hebron Massacre, Vote Hezbollah, United States of Islam and The Rape of Palestine. Jones could have been a potentially controversial figure if his releases were available in anything except severely limited editions -- usually less than one thousand copies of each. Despite their lack of prominence, Jones' blend of found-sound Middle Eastern atmospheres with heavily phased drones and colliding rhythm programs were among the most startling and unique in the noise underground.
Formed in 1982 to protest the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Muslimgauze's first release was the Hammer & Sickle EP, which appeared in 1983 as a response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. During the 1980s, Jones averaged almost two Muslimgauze albums per year, plus additional EPs and limited releases (of 500 copies each). With 1990's Intifaxa he earned his first release on Extreme Records, an Australian label with releases by Robert Rich and Paul Schütze. Five albums followed for Extreme in the next four years, while a half-dozen were released on the Dutch Staalplaat, distributed in the States as well through Soleilmoon. As the decade progressed, Muslimgauze's output became even more concentrated -- five albums in 1994, six a year later, and an unbelievable eight LPs in 1996. The experimental/noise underground increased in visibility during the late '90s, with Muslimgauze productions gradually encompassing heavier beats and a style close in execution to post-industrial beat-heads Techno Animal, Download and Scorn. The Muslimgauze project ended tragically in 1999 when Jones died suddenly of a rare blood disease. A number of posthumous releases including Lo-Fi India Abuse (partially a collaboration with dub collective Systemwide) and the nine-disc Box of Silk and Dogs soon followed.
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Veiled Sisters
Electronic - Released by Soleilmoon Recordings on Nov 24, 1993
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Fakir Sind
Electronic - Released by Soleilmoon Recordings on Jun 15, 1999
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Abu Nidal/Coup D'etat
Electronic - Released by Soleilmoon Recordings on Aug 22, 1992
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Uzi Mahmood
Electronic - Released by Soleilmoon Recordings on Oct 19, 2009
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Mussein Mahmood Jeeb Tehar Gass
Electronic - Released by Soleilmoon Recordings on Jan 19, 1999
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United States Of Islam
Electronic - Released by EXTREME on Jun 19, 1991
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Martyr Shrapnel
Miscellaneous - Released by I Shall Sing Until My Land Is Free on Jun 9, 2023
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Arabbox
Electronic - Released by Soleilmoon Recordings on Apr 15, 2003
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Vote Hezbollah
Electronic - Released by Soleilmoon Recordings on Jun 15, 1993
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Salaam Alekum, Bastard
Electronic - Released by Soleilmoon Recordings on May 22, 1995
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Dome of the Rock
Electronic - Released by Soleilmoon Recordings on Apr 8, 2008
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Jaal Ab Dullah
Electronic - Released by Soleilmoon Recordings on Sep 23, 1997
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Iran
Electronic - Released by Soleilmoon Recordings on Sep 12, 1988
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Hummus
Electronic - Released by Soleilmoon Recordings on Jan 3, 2002
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Gun Aramaic
Electronic - Released by Soleilmoon Recordings on Jan 8, 1996
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Hand of Fatima
Electronic - Released by Soleilmoon Recordings on Jun 8, 1999
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Farouk Enjineer
Electronic - Released by Soleilmoon Recordings on Dec 11, 1997
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Speaker of Turkish
Electronic - Released by Soleilmoon Recordings on Oct 2, 2006
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