49:25 Army Of Females Wearing Laytex Gadaffi Masks
56:20 In Search Of Sudan Nerve Gas
all tracks Muslimgauze
Staalplaat 98
Photography By [Uncredited] – James Nachtwey
Written by [All Tracks] – Muslimgauze
Digipak, limited edition of 700 copies.
This album contains alternate versions of several songs from the album Sarin Israel Nes Ziona.
\"Posthumously prolific Muslimgauze (aka Bryn Jones) unleashes more politically charged Middle Eastern-tinged electronics onto an unsuspecting world. Limited to 700 copies, these two CDs are the first in a series, bound to be collector-worthy. The pieces haven't lost their luster in the archives, with the controversial, even shocking titles and images they evoke, lead by cut-and-paste Middle Eastern chants, tablas, koras and oud-like samples. \"Army of Females Wearing Latex Gadaffi Masks\" creates a disturbing picture while the track twists ears; this is not a typical Muslimgauze ditty, it's almost minimal tech/house dance floor fodder! Jah-Mearab goes even further down the four-on-the-floor rhythm path toward the breakbeat desert with \"Tongue in Cheek Remover\" and \"Ali Loop Bin Laden,\" ending with an experimental hip-hop beat on \"In Search of Sudan Nerve Gas.\" Although jarring in some places for Muslimgauze traditionalists, it's the most accessible release since Lo-Fi India Abuse.
Jaagheed Zarb continues where Jah-Mearab left off, introducing almost funky hip-hop beats, interspersed with vocal snippets, and on the first track a static-y loop and eerie nay (a Middle Eastern flute) whispering through it all. In case you forgot about his signature terrifying low-end, it permeates both albums in abundance, especially on the minimal bowel-rumbling \"Fazal Mahmood on Juke,\" the Prodigy on a broken spring track \"Turn Left for Jabaliya,\" and amid the laid-back, rhythmic assassin, call-to-arms \"Iranian Silkworm.\" A few more surprises lurk on this album including the space at the end of \"Fazal Mahmood\" -- escaping from the tape hiss is a tinny, straightforward bazaar jam, as if recorded through a boombox in a crowded market -- and the last part of \"Hafeez Kardar,\" where extended seconds of radio fuzz oscillate from subtle noise to crystallized tabla and percussion, filtering through like sand. It skitters into the last track, electronics gobbed onto background noise and monolithic electronics.
Both albums are must-haves for Muslimgauze fans, as well as being good starting points for a newcomer to begin their collection.\"
(review by LG)
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