Muslimgauze was the stage name of Bryn Jones (June 17, 1961 - January 14, 1999), an extremely prolific British electronic music artist, strongly influenced by everything to do with the Middle East. The name Muslimgauze was derived from the word "muslin," which is a type of gauze and, somehow, it was changed into an adjective describing the area in which he was interested. He was a staunch supporter of Hamas and the PLO, and he believed Palestine should be freed from the Zionists (Israelis). Born in Manchester, England, United Kingdom, he never visited the Middle East because he believed it was wrong to visit an occupied land. ^*

He first began making music in 1982, under the alias of E.g Oblique Graph, to protest the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. He released three cassettes and a 7" EP as E.g Oblique Graph: "Extended Play" (1982), "Piano Room" (1982), the 7" "Triptych" (1982), and "Inhalt" (1983). After he changed his name to Muslimgauze, he released a 7" EP ("Hammer & Sickle"), his first full-length LP ("Kabul"), and another cassette ("Opaques") in 1983. In 1990, the Australian record label Extreme signed him, which he left in 1994 for Dutch label Staalplaat and its sister American label Soleilmoon because his releases were not being released as promptly as he had wanted and he was also not receiving payment, and since he had put forth seven releases since he signed, money was becoming a problem. His output was always very high. In 1995, he had six releases; in 1996, fifteen; in 1997, nine; in 1998, sixteen. After his death, the many record companies he had associated with released unreleased material and repressed older, out-of-print material. In 1999, the year of his death, twenty-two new (and old) albums and EPs on several media were released.

Strongly against the use of computers and samplers in music, Jones always recorded his music with old analog equipment. He would record himself playing various Middle Eastern instruments and record voices of Middle Eastern people from old tapes. Jones's music was heavily percussive; a review of a rare live performance notes that Jones used a "backing DAT tape with pretty harsh, rhythmic textures, his sort of patented spiralling hypnotic beat, to which he played on two or three different drums with great skill." ^* He actually never looped his music; it was all recorded live, and edited/mixed afterwards. The end result was often loud and staticky, with sudden changes in volume. Jones was never concerned with how many copies of his record were sold, or even how much listeners enjoyed his music, but rather how original his music was.

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Muslimgauze's Uzi Mahmood in its full splendor. Toastin'. Subsonic bass. http://tinyurl.com/yb9r6p3
HeartAsArena (Brent Burket) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:36:37 -0000
Muslimgauze's Uzi Mahmood in its full splendor. Toastin'. Subsonic bass. http://tinyurl.com/yb9r6p3
Symbiosis music | images: Muslimgauze - Mullah Said | slowly slip away http://post.ly/FOV6
Sennesaelium (Vincent Sennesael) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:29:53 -0000
Symbiosis music | images: Muslimgauze - Mullah Said | slowly slip away http://post.ly/FOV6
@MandrewB Actually early stuff by Muslimgauze (EG Oblique Graph).
daveknapik (Dave Knapik) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:28:21 -0000
@MandrewB Actually early stuff by Muslimgauze (EG Oblique Graph).
RT @ilmareazzurro: onsaとジャジスポで買い物。確かにアナログのリリース量は減ったが、その分１枚１枚にアナログを切る必然性があるというか、気合が入っている気がする。Muslimgauze／Uzi Mahmood３枚組で5,500円。買うでしょう。
masayasport (masaya fantasista) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:02:13 -0000
RT @ilmareazzurro: onsaとジャジスポで買い物。確かにアナログのリリース量は減ったが、その分１枚１枚にアナログを切る必然性があるというか、気合が入っている気がする。Muslimgauze／Uzi Mahmood３枚組で5,500円。買うでしょう。
RT @ilmareazzurro: onsaとジャジスポで買い物。確かにアナログのリリース量は減ったが、その分１枚１枚にアナログを切る必然性があるというか、気合が入っている気がする。Muslimgauze／Uzi Mahmood３枚組で5,500円。買うでしょう。
jazzysporttaro (love sick bomber) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:56:39 -0000
RT @ilmareazzurro: onsaとジャジスポで買い物。確かにアナログのリリース量は減ったが、その分１枚１枚にアナログを切る必然性があるというか、気合が入っている気がする。Muslimgauze／Uzi Mahmood３枚組で5,500円。買うでしょう。
onsaとジャジスポで買い物。確かにアナログのリリース量は減ったが、その分１枚１枚にアナログを切る必然性があるというか、気合が入っている気がする。Muslimgauze／Uzi Mahmood３枚組で5,500円。買うでしょう。
ilmareazzurro (ilmareazzurro) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:11:28 -0000
onsaとジャジスポで買い物。確かにアナログのリリース量は減ったが、その分１枚１枚にアナログを切る必然性があるというか、気合が入っている気がする。Muslimgauze／Uzi Mahmood３枚組で5,500円。買うでしょう。

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