From Arthur B. Purvis Sent Thu, Nov 20th 1997, 20:24
From Arthur B. Purvis Sent Thu, Nov 20th 1997, 20:24
To begin: Muslimgauze (Bryn Jones) has a discography the size of Cuba. Well, at least the size of Uwe Schmidt/Atom Heart/Lassigue Bendthaus/etc. I have heard: Remixs, Gun Aramaic, Salaam Alekum Bastard, the new one (Jaal ab Dullah, I think), and one whose name I forget. My favorites are the new one and Gun Aramaic, but Gun Aramaic is not an album to buy if you want a diverse sonic palette. One fucking great song over and over again, essentially. The new one is much more caustic than old Muslimgauze; loses a little of the middle eastern influence in translation but in the end still quite excellent. The others were good too... But anyways: ---Wells Oliver wrote:--- >i think that the artist is almost as important as the art itself and if >someone whose music i enjoyed supported certain politics or ideologies i >could never support them by buying their music, et cetera. this doesn't >apply to muslim gauze but just a general statement... Well... I don't know if you are just not familiar with Muslimgauze, but he is probably the most directly confrontational musician with his (rather unpleasant) ideology that I have encountered, aside from Boyd Rice. And it could easily be said that Bryn Jones' ideas are even less pleasant than Boyd's... He's pro-palestinian, anti-semitic, and basically supports all the terrorist attacks on Jerusalem. Granted, he lives in England, so he isn't a very effectual supporter, but still. I still buy the records. I also buy records by Death in June, NON, etc. I actually find it interesting listening to music with an immoral ideology. Why, I don't know. --- the humble abbott arthur purvis set his hand hereto