Muslimgauze: Veiled Sisters (Vinyl 3xLP)

It's by some strange inversion that since his untimely death in 1999, Bryn Jones' Muslimgauze project has become evermore enigmatic as his publicly available recordings have become evermore vast. The Mancunian artist's sudden passing at the age of 37 prematurely resolved a body of work that remains as experimental as it is diffuse, with an informal archive that was left spread between favoured labels and confidantes. And though this monadic project never abided by genre specifications, it all feels as if it is taking the critical pulses of its time and rendering them into something other than the sum of its obscure compulsions. Jones' double album 'Veiled Sisters' from 1993 is no exception, and it persists as a magnificent outlier in his singular and bewildering discography. 2022 reissue, black vinyl edition.

1. Shamal Aquabah
2. P.L.O. Flag
3. Veiled Sisters
4. Dust
5. Submit To Sharia
6. Qasidah Murmur
7. Lebanon
8. Oil Field
9. Mohajir
10. Shaitan Verse
11. Cholera
12. Kalyusha
13. Ingreswallah
14. Hindunation
15. Fiefdom
16. El Minzah Kiff
17. Pasha
18. Farouche Charpoy
19. Halal
20. Sadu
21. Zupol