Muslimgauze
Betrayal 3LP (yellow in red vinyl)

Maiden vinyl edition of Muslimgauze’s timely 1993 missive on I Shall Sing Until My Land Is Free.

Originally issued on CD by Staalplaat adorned with the epithet “Dedicated to a united Arab response”, the 11-part ‘Betrayal’ is reissued here in its entirety, which should acutely pique interests of those into the likes of Christian Love Forum, for its heavy stylistic bias toward a strain of hypnotic atmospheres and serpentine steppers’ rhythms. 

Ostensibly instrumental, save for the Arabic voices sampled and used texturally, not literally, within its shadowy matrices, the album sits firmly in a prized vein of Bryn Jones’ work, beloved for its atmospheric pressure rather than noise scuzz. We’re talking proper pearls in the likes of his sleep-stepping ‘Druse’ and its sky-razing, almost post-rock/shoegazey version, and superb hand drum loops wreathed into ‘Nabius’, and a total standout in the 10 minute masterwork ‘Ramallah’ and its longer variation. 

NEW / Released in 1993 / Reissue 2024

Tracklist:

A1 Nablus

A2 Bloodstain

A3 Druse

B1 Bloodstain

B2 Druse

C1 Nablus

C2 Jaffa

D Ramallah

E1 Vensarka

E2 Jaffa

F Ramallah