XCD-007 Muslimgauze – United States of Islam

The melding of MUSLIMGAUZE has, for over ten years, been a vision of Arabia, taking ethnic instruments and melding their sounds into our culture. Layers of percussion produce entrancing rhythms, weaving a path through dense and sparse textures that evoke a country full of mystique and conflict.

For over sixty minutes the tempo and mood shift effortlessly to carry the listener on a hypnotic journey. The pounding bass drum continues relentlessly, uncompromisingly, as it beats for a modern cause.

“United States of Islam” is Manchester based MUSLIMGAUZE’s second release on Extreme. The first, “Intifaxa” (XCD-002), caused audience and critics alike to stop and take notice:

“At its best it is chillingly hypnotic” – Chris Brayshaw, DISCORDER”

An evocation of a land that is to us more imagined than real, it is fascinating” – Virginia Trioli, THE AGE

“Mind warping liquid trance noise” – Dan Maryon, OPTION

MUSLIMGAUZE continues to create intricate and subtle rhythms embedded in moving atmospheres which express universally the situation in Arabic lands, now highlighted by the Gulf conflict. The plight of these people will always need a voice. That voice is the music of MUSLIMGAUZE.