Re: (idm) Muslimgauze and the tongue...

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

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