From thomas m weibrecht Sent Fri, Jul 10th 1998, 17:53
On Fri, 10 Jul 1998 09:40:13 -0700 "kiya \"i am a copier\" babzani" <xxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xxx> writes: > >> >> > try "veiled sisters" ... two cds of hypnotic loops that play off >> > against >> > each other create intricate polyrhythms. just the vaguest hint of >the >> > odd eastern drum or arabic voice. > >just had to clear it up that most of it isn't "arabic voice", it's >broken >up "despoolie" which is a type of farsi (persian, iranian, etc.) >trust me, im the brown guy. > > > "Vampire of Tehran" is really good - Distorted beats, chopped up >bits, >> dubby bass. Bluddy excellent. > >definitely, a good release, more inaccesable compared to his other >works > > >> "Sandtrafikar" - pretty good, haven't had time to really get into it >> yet, but it's got 5 tracks (I think) and two of the tracks have two >> mixes - one 'ambient' and one with beats. Recorded in Manchester's >> Abraham Mosque is says on the sleeve! >> >> Both of these are fairly recent. I also picked up "Vote Hezbulah" >which >> is from 93. It's similar but the beats aren't distorted. All top >> stuff. >> >actually he just recently started doing the "im going to run this shit >through so much distortion it sounds like your sound system is gonna >blow" >act. i think at times it works out very nicely, with still keeping >the >hypnotic rhythms which he knows so well, but other times the tracks >just >don't go anywhere. > > > >> The web page mentions a subscription service where you get all the >> standard releases and limited run stuff. Is anyone here on that? > >it's kinda expensive but very very worth every penny because you end >up >with all the releases that are really hard to find. if anybody wants >a >good starter go get "syrinjia", it's on 12" only, and i think it's one >of >the best things he's done in years, and it just came out three months >ago... > >go to http://pretentious.net/Muslimgauze/muslim(X).htm >the ultimate and only muslimgauze website > > > > i really like the new one: mazar-i-sharif and i cant say enough about tandorri dog... tom w np: king crimson - absent lovers _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]