Muslimgauze expands into ever-more lengthy projects with this three-disc release, each disc being at least an hour long and separately titled.
On Fatah, Bryn Jones manages a neat encapsulation of the various styles and phases of Muslimgauze, intentionally or not, over the course of the entire work.
The first disc, Muhammadunize, has what could be called a classic feel to it, with a very familiar blend of drones, string instruments, and synths, and varying percussion/break-beat patterns, in turn mixed with a number of hard-to-catch vocal samples. It's a formula used many times in the past by Jones, yet somehow he still manages to keep things just fresh enough, investing songs like the first and second "Khalifate" and especially both slamming versions of "Imad Akel" with enough unexpected touches. He incorporates the basic power of his work in the tracks as well, with both beauty and a nervy, hard-to-define tension as the songs progress.
Tajik and Persian Blind, the second disc, generally fits in the vein of Izlamaphobia or Deceiver - the title track from the latter briefly resurfaces as "Deceive for Yourself" - with the combination of massive beats (e.g., "Shisla Nain Royal Bidjar") and aggro-arty, Aphex Twin-styled production ("Dizurt"); the one-ringer "Negev Gulag," recorded three years previously, is thrown in as well. As might be guessed from its title.
The final disc, Chechnya Over Dub, plays up the dub aesthetics which are always lurking at the heart of Muslimgauze's work - though generally in more abstract and indirect senses than might be expected - while also mixing and matching all of the previously mentioned strands, from the bass-heavy rumble of "Resume and Shaduf" to the utterly minimal ambience of "Sari of Acidic Colours."
Disc One: Muhammadunize
01 Devour
02 Devour
03 Khalifate
04 Imad Akel
05 Khalifate
06 Imal Akel
07 Fatah Guerrilla
Disc Two: Tajik And Persian Blind
01 Shishla Nain Royal Bidjar
02 Minaret Above All Others
03 Saleem Bou
04 Khidmutghar One/Two/Three
05 Dizurt
06 Iman Shamil 1837
07 Enjinn
08 Dacoit Guild
09 Deceive For Yourself
10 Anti-Arab Media Censor
11 Negev Gulag
12 Hakeem Alkimi
13 Shaduf
Disc Three: Chechnya Over Dub
01 Resume And Shaduf
02 Gifts From An Afghan
03 Pahlavi Engineer
04 Guilded Gulag Mind-er
05 Under The Influence Of Kolera
06 Devotion Of Abdul Karim
07 Camel Abuse Does Not Egzist In Mogadisu
08 Girl In A Red Turban
09 Peacock Headress
10 Sari Of Acidic Colours
11 Untitled
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