IDM Mailing Archive

On Fri, 10 Jul 1998 09:40:13 -0700 "kiya \"i am a copier\" babzani" <denial@ix.netcom.com> writes:

quoted 61 lines try "veiled sisters" ... two cds of hypnotic loops that play off

> >> >> > try "veiled sisters" ... two cds of hypnotic loops that play off >> > against >> > each other create intricate polyrhythms. just the vaguest hint of >the >> > odd eastern drum or arabic voice. > >just had to clear it up that most of it isn't "arabic voice", it's >broken >up "despoolie" which is a type of farsi (persian, iranian, etc.) >trust me, im the brown guy. > > > "Vampire of Tehran" is really good - Distorted beats, chopped up >bits, >> dubby bass. Bluddy excellent. > >definitely, a good release, more inaccesable compared to his other >works > > >> "Sandtrafikar" - pretty good, haven't had time to really get into it >> yet, but it's got 5 tracks (I think) and two of the tracks have two >> mixes - one 'ambient' and one with beats. Recorded in Manchester's >> Abraham Mosque is says on the sleeve! >> >> Both of these are fairly recent. I also picked up "Vote Hezbulah" >which >> is from 93. It's similar but the beats aren't distorted. All top >> stuff. >> >actually he just recently started doing the "im going to run this shit >through so much distortion it sounds like your sound system is gonna >blow" >act. i think at times it works out very nicely, with still keeping >the >hypnotic rhythms which he knows so well, but other times the tracks >just >don't go anywhere. > > > >> The web page mentions a subscription service where you get all the >> standard releases and limited run stuff. Is anyone here on that? > >it's kinda expensive but very very worth every penny because you end >up >with all the releases that are really hard to find. if anybody wants >a >good starter go get "syrinjia", it's on 12" only, and i think it's one >of >the best things he's done in years, and it just came out three months >ago... > >go to http://pretentious.net/Muslimgauze/muslim(X).htm >the ultimate and only muslimgauze website > > > >

i really like the new one: mazar-i-sharif and i cant say enough about tandorri dog... tom w np: king crimson - absent lovers _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

On 07/10/98 22:01:06 you wrote:

quoted 19 lines Hey there, I just wanted to respond to your Muslimgauze message in the

> >Hey there, I just wanted to respond to your Muslimgauze message in the >idm list. I am Iranian (Persian) and figured you must either be also or >have a strong tie to the nation to know what "despoolie" is. My name is >Ario and I live in Houston, Texas and I've been into idm type material >for 4 or 5 years now. I don't really own any Muslimgauze material, >mainly due to the intimidation at the record store when i see like 20 of >their releases sitting there. I don't know where to start. Being from >an Iranian background, and having heard a lot of traditional Iranian >music (mostly from my parents), which album by them would you suggest? >I'm guessing the albums with references to Persian culture or politics >would include the most musical influences from the country as well. I >really love the sound of santour, tombak, and tar as well as some of the >older Persian singers. The new stuff sounds like nails on a chalkboard >to me. I think some of the production on newer Iranian music is about >the worst I've ever heard. Sorry to go on about this topic (especially >if your'e not iranian). Thanks in advance for any recs you could give. > >Ario.

oh, im definitely persian, im almost 21 but was born in iran and have been listening to idm type stuff for many years now. i know how to speak it but don't know how to read and write it, unfortunately. if you don't like the harsher type stuff then i would definitely check out the older stuff by muslimgauze. there is a general rule about them, the newer the releases get the harsher they get, so if you like more traditional stuff get the older stuff, i personally love the newer stuff because im into the "harsh" sound. the tracks actually include santour, tombak, and tar sounds, new releases and old include traditional persian/middle eastern instruments but his newer releases tend to bury them under layers of distortion and drum sequences. the really long tracks tend to go on for about 15, 20, even 30 minutes at times and on the surface seem like they don't change but they start to sound like drum taps, and tombak like beating sounds, it's weird. i've found that the release! s that muslimgauze put on on vin yl only i tend to end up liking better, im not sure why, i just do. supposedly he goes for a different sort of sound when he plans to press something to vinyl only... and don't be put off by stores having too many of his releases, he just puts out a release a month it seems. -kiya i am a copier. -kiya i am a copier. we are not all copiers.