Label: Staalplaat ‎- STCD 137
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: Netherlands
Released: 29 Nov 1998
Genre: Electronic
Style: Tribal, Noise, Experimental
Tracklist
00:00 Minaret Above All Others
04:55 Shishla Nain Royal Bidjar
09:17 Imam Shamil 1837
12:46 Devour
22:40 Turkish Manipulator Of Limbs
27:25 Shah Of Persia
28:31 Farouk Head
32:41 Kalifate
42:20 Thief Of Sand
45:31 Lost Zwana
49:07 Imal Akel
57:13 Sari Of Aciddic Colours
1:02:08 Sandtrafikar
Compilation of tracks from three sold out albums from Staalplaat's Muslimgauze subscription series.
Tracks 1, 2, 3 from Fatah Guerrilla: Tajik And Persian Blind (Muslimlim 009)
Tracks 4, 8, 11 from Fatah Guerrilla: Muhammadunize (Muslimlim 009)
Track 12 from Fatah Guerrilla: Chechnya Over Dub (Muslimlim 009)
Tracks 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 from Zuriff Moussa (Muslimlim 012) • Muslimgauze ‎- Zuriff ...
Track 13 from Sandtrafikar (Muslimlim 011) • Muslimgauze ‎- Sandtra...
Some tracks have spelling errors: Tukish for Turkish, Kalifate for Khalifate, Lost Zwana for Lost Zwawa and Aciddic for Acidic. Track 11 is 'Imad Akel', not 'Imal Akel' (both are on the album Fatah Guerrilla: Muhammadunize).
"For those who just don't seem to care about Muslimgauze's output, Staalplaat releases most of the Muslimgauze work in limited editions only.
Two times a year we compile various of those limited releases into 1 CD, that is designed to overview the past developments. Covers for these
unlimited releases do not contain the usual harsh images, but are more of a kinder nature.
Azure Deux follows "Beyond The Blue Mosque" and is a greatest hits/best of album that compiles the more rhythmic, danceable, aggressive and up tempo pieces from the following, now deleted, limited CDs: Sandtrafikar, Zuriff Moussa and Fatah Guerrilla."
(Staalplaat)
"The passing of musician Bryn Jones a.k.a. Muslimgauze in mid-January shocked and emotionally affected his strong fan base and supporters, as well as numerous people in industrial / ambient music worldwide. Many times when a death arises in the music business, a good amount of people find themselves curiously more interested in the deceased artist's work. Setting all that aside, Azure Deux serves as a sampler from three of the limited releases of his work on the Staalplaat label (Fatah Guerrilla, Sandtrafikar, Zuriff Moussa).
Azure Deux starts out with a signature Muslimgauze distorted percussion loop on "Minaret Above All Others." The overdrive gets kicked up another two notches on the next track, "Shisla Nain Royal Bidjar." Seemingly distant and treated wind instruments play while low bass shatters the speakers. The other percussion oriented tracks take on very different feels of their own. "Farouk Head" tricks you initially into thinking that this is another crunchy one, but softens after less than a minute to bring you a dubby, reggae beat. "Thief Of Sand" is pretty similar to that one, while "Sari Of Aciddic Colours" brings out the Middle Eastern / hip hop hybrid flavor that sometimes possesses Bryn's music. Head bobbing becomes involuntary while this track is playing.
If there's one thing that Muslimgauze is quite well known for, it is his extended ambient pieces, which have a tendency to take the listener on journeys into cultures unknown to Westerners. "Devour" begins with rumbling atmospheres and soft scraping sounds, before percussive echoes and found voice samples invade. There is no exact singular beat to the song, but it flows smoothly thanks to some apparent underlying rhythms. My favorite track on the album "Kalifate" brings sweeping tablas, coherent bass, drones, and Middle Eastern instrumentation create one of the best trance environments I've ever experienced. Listening carefully, voices can be heard in the distance, while certain sounds overtake the song at different times. The final track "Sandtrafikar" is mainly composed of a man speaking while a rapid pulsating beat throbs constantly. However, this is not a song for dancing. In fact, this piece is actually quite ambient.
Overall, I highly recommend this as a fine introduction for everyone to Bryn's music. As for the older fans, most of you probably own the original releases these come from, and if not, already own this one."
(Aural Fixation)
xxx
BUY AND SUPPORT THE ARTISTS / LABELS (linkshrink.net/7zGcpE) ! All rights reserved for the producers / artists / labels of these tracks. All the tunes that are uploaded are for PROMOTIONAL use only. If the owner or third party copyright holder do not agree with their material being uploaded on youtube, please contact us, and we will remove it immediately.