Format: Minidisc, Limited Edition, Mixed, Numbered Edition of 300
Country: Netherlands
Released: Aug 1998
Genre: Electronic
Style: Dub, Experimental
Tracklist
00:00 Pt. 1
06:51 Pt. 2
15:07 Pt. 3
20:20 Pt. 4
Edition of 300 hand-numbered copies.
All Tracks written, Played & Recorded for Staalplaat 1997.
Was recorded onto store-bought Mini-Discs of several manufacturers that had to be labeled electronically after purchase, rather than on factory-made pre-recorded Mini-Discs.
\"In Search Of Ahmad Shah Masood (ISOASM) was released during a period of intense focus for Muslimgauze. The tracks sizzle and crackle with a fervent static charged momentum. All four tracks are distinct and bare little resemblance to one another. The common ingredient that binds the four is the noisy square wave bass that keeps time and holds the rest of each track in check.
As with other releases, there are dropouts, short circuits, noisy exclamations, and distorted overdriven peaks. The music itself stands simultaneously and yet indecisively near earlier ethnic world music percussion and relentless, seething up tempo snares. There are a few recognizable dub influences although one could argue the bass lines more clearly resemble Jamaican dance hall than Dub.
Part 1 is the more subdued track of them all and features a more hypnotic percussion and warm, distorted bass. Part 2 is a wild ride along with the hungry desert predators. Part 3 has a very playful lead formed seemingly from pure electricity reminiscent of Azzazin. Part 4 offers the most Dub/Dance hall influences and is heavily bass driven while maintaining an African feel to the percussion. As with the previous track, Bryn has tamed electricity enough to function as a lead that cutely surfaces and coyly hops between higher and lower octaves. Interestingly, the tracks could easily have been split at other points making these 7 or 8 distinct tracks since there is so much variety and the breaks lend themselves to track separations.
Regarding the title, Ahmad Shah Masood (or “Ahmadshah Massoud”) was an Afghan anti-Taliban commander and the Deputy President and Defense Minister of Afghanistan. Prior to that he fought against the Russian invasion and in the civil war conflicts in his country. He was known simultaneously by various parties as a national hero, a butcher, a leader and a warlord.
Mr Masood was assassinated in his northern Afghan stronghold on September 9, 2001 by individuals thought to have been funded by the Taliban and Osama Bin Laden. After his death, he was nominated by a group within the French Parliament for the Nobel Peace Prize.\"
(review by Ares Solis . Islamaphonia 2 Mailing List)
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