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Артист: Muslimgauze Альбом: Citadel, 1994 Издатель: Extreme / XCD 026 Жанр: Electronica / Experimental Ambient, Worldbeat Формат файла: WavPack - CUE & LOG tagged within - Scans Ссылка 1: CD 1 8 clicks Ссылка 2: CD 2 6 clicks Нахождение: eDonkey/Kademlia

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1. Citadel . . . . . . . .5:03 2. Dharam Hinduja. . . . .4:57 3. Opel. . . . . . . . . .6:54 4. Masawi Wife & Child . .7:30 5. Infidel . . . . . . . .5:14 6. Shouf Balek . . . . . .5:03 7. Beit Nuba . . . . . . .6:47 8. Ferdowsi. . . . . . . .5:08

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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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"Citadel" is the fourth album release on Extreme by this enigmatic Manchester based group. For over 10 years, MUSLIMGAUZE have defined their style as a western re-contextualisation of traditional Middle Eastern music enhanced by technology to form a post-modern mix of music, politics and culture.

MUSLIMGAUZE construct the music through ethnic instruments that are a frame for dark and sometimes foreboding aural tapestries that capture the essence and mood of the music of the Middle East and the plight of the Palestinian people.

"Citadel" is an album of exotic Arabic textures where traditional instruments intermesh with technology, found sounds and voices meld with drones and synthesizers. The album uses both eastern and western rhythmic patterns embedded in the layers of shifting soundscapes.

The title track "Citadel" is highlighted with incessant tablas piercing through swirling cymbals and a haunting melody. "Dharam Hinduja" has staccato percussion moving to fill the space between pulsing inverted samples, and "Opel" builds slowly with drones, only to be overpowered by machine-gun rhythms. "Masawi Wife & Child" has a subdued rhythmic undercurrent while "Infidel" stands out with its strident percussion fusing with a myriad of sounds. "Shouf Balek" incorporates traditional strings that interplay with rhythm and voice, and "Beit Nuba" with mesmerising chants weaving between a persistent drum beat. It all draws to a close with "Ferdowsi" where percussive improvisations rise and fall through a minimal soundscape.

MUSLIMGAUZE produces raga music for the technological post-cyber age by shifting cultures out of ancient history into the current day, transcending those traditional forms. "Citadel" has a voice of what is now and perhaps what is to come. In these troubled political times, peace through people unified in harmony while maintaining their own strength and cultural identity is a vision to strive towards.

alexone
Спасибо! А у тебя все их диски есть? Я как-то задумал делать их подборку, но настолько разные они все были... Помню какой-то с курицами на обложке. Насколько я люблю восток, но даже для меня было тяжеловато... Буду качать, потом побеседуем.