Cargo Records

Dar es Salaam

A wonderful variety of what Muslimgauze did best - the first from this legend since "Sufiq" in 1999. Fast and furious dancefloor tracks next to ebbing guitars next to noisy repetition and distortion.

What can really be said about a legend? Through 90+ releases, Muslimgauze has managed to make a believer out of even the most sceptical music enthusiast. The onslaught started back in 1982 with the Piano Room cassette and continued through the eighties with such hits as 1984's Buddhist On Fire, 85's Blinded Horses, 87's Coup D'etat, and 88's The Rape of Palestine. 1988's 'untitled' cassette on Soleilmoon and 89's Iran CD on Staalplaat were the first two on those respective labels, which continue to release Muslimgauze material today.

The group Muslimgauze, as the creator prefers to be known, is considered by many to be one of the most dedicated and inspired groups of the century, on the level of Mozart or even Monet. If you consider the sheer volume of material, the number of devout fans and casual listeners, and the fact that the pro-Palestine, pro-freedom message that is primarily infiltrating western society through this music, the group Muslimgauze should be considered extremely revolutionary on the level of South Africa's Mandela or Harlem's Malcolm X.

Enigmatic, disturbing, provocative, occult, uncompromising and unlistenable are all words that have been used to describe his music. We commented to him once that the intentional distortion on one of his tracks almost blew up the PA speakers, Bryn said "Good that's what I want to happen!" Music is not and should not be safe, Muslimgauze made it bloody dangerous in lots of ways. Bryn we will miss you.