Muslimgauze ‎– Mullah Said (1998) [FULL ALBUM]

Label: Staalplaat - MUSLIMLIM 018 (July, 1998) (re-pressed May, 2008) Genre: Electronic Style: Ambient, Experimental, Tribal Tracklist 00:00 Mullah Said () 12:16 Every Grain Of Palestinian Sand () 22:47 Muslims Die India () 35:18 Every Grain Of Palestinian Sand () 46:15 Muslims Die India () 1:02:44 An End () all tracks written/played by Muslimgauze engineered by John Delf recorded at the Abraham Mosque, Manchester ’Mullah Said’ displays two aspects of the work of Muslimgauze. Firstly, musically, it is in the delightful drifting ambient vein. The percussion is mainly acoustic hand drums - providing a rhythm of aural features - the trademark shimmering string sound heard on a number of releases is much in evidence, rhythms are generally slower, there are lots of samples of people speaking in conversation, markets wherever. ’Mullah said’ opens the disc with the lovely mix of these sounds. ’Every grain of Palestine sand’ continues the mood, with a slightly faster tempo, and more emphasis on the beat. But it soon locks into a mesmeric lassitude as various effects echo or smear the sounds, drums come in for short moments, different string sounds enjoin the play. ’Muslims die India’ follows the mood though the voices seem darker, sadder, and then comes ’Every grain of Palestinian sand’ followed by ’Muslims die India’. Yes - not a typo, these tracks are repeated. This is the second Muslimgauze trend - to remix himself. On a number of releases there are tracks with the same title, sometimes called part 1 and 2, and usually they are about the same length and listening indicates they are versions of the same song. With the two here, the samples occur at about the same time, the instrumentation is similar, and what we get is subtle variations - different effects, placement of instruments in the mix etc. This leaves us with a 50 minute suite of prime Muslimgauze middle eastern ambience - if you like that side you will love this album. The final track is short and different, a crackling ground over which a singer chants a song interrupted by machine-gun percussive bursts - ’An end’. For those who have difficulty getting the limited editions, Staalplaat will be releasing ’Observe with Sadiq Bey’ which is said to be in the same style. (Ambience) xxx BUY AND SUPPORT THE ARTISTS / LABELS () ! All rights reserved for the producers / artists / labels of these tracks. All the tunes that are uploaded are for PROMOTIONAL use only. If the owner or third party copyright holder do not agree with their material being uploaded on youtube, please contact us, and we will remove it immediately.