To begin: Muslimgauze (Bryn Jones) has a discography the size of Cuba.
Well, at least the size of Uwe Schmidt/Atom Heart/Lassigue Bendthaus/etc.
I have heard: Remixs, Gun Aramaic, Salaam Alekum Bastard, the new one
(Jaal ab Dullah, I think), and one whose name I forget. My favorites are
the new one and Gun Aramaic, but Gun Aramaic is not an album to buy if you
want a diverse sonic palette. One fucking great song over and over again,
essentially. The new one is much more caustic than old Muslimgauze; loses
a little of the middle eastern influence in translation but in the end
still quite excellent. The others were good too...
But anyways:
---Wells Oliver wrote:---
quoted 4 lines i think that the artist is almost as important as the art itself and if>i think that the artist is almost as important as the art itself and if
>someone whose music i enjoyed supported certain politics or ideologies i
>could never support them by buying their music, et cetera. this doesn't
>apply to muslim gauze but just a general statement...
Well... I don't know if you are just not familiar with Muslimgauze, but
he is probably the most directly confrontational musician with his
(rather unpleasant) ideology that I have encountered, aside from Boyd
Rice. And it could easily be said that Bryn Jones' ideas are even less
pleasant than Boyd's...
He's pro-palestinian, anti-semitic, and basically supports all the
terrorist attacks on Jerusalem. Granted, he lives in England, so he isn't
a very effectual supporter, but still.
I still buy the records. I also buy records by Death in June, NON, etc.
I actually find it interesting listening to music with an immoral
ideology. Why, I don't know.
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