There ain’t nothing wrong with these tracks he’s got some that are even more distorted, and with volume jumps that’ll keep you on your toes…

-cb

i think something went awry

1. According to all the articles that I’ve read, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon was the key motivating factor in him (Bryn Jones) morphing into Muslimgauze. That was my only point. It’s definitely true that most of the rest of his music was devoted to the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

From the Village Voice (1994-10-28)

The DIY agit-ambient unit known as Muslimgauze was formed in 1982 as a direct response to Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, says Bryn Jones, its founder, leader, writer, and sole performer. What Muslimgauze does is release mysteriously gorgeous music–lots of music: some 20 albums in a dozen years–inspired by the material specificity of a fact, event, or photograph.

From the Industrial Nation (2004, Issue 20)

In numerous articles, Bryn Jones said that his inspiration in starting Muslimgauze was the invasion of Lebanon in 1981. In an article in Network News in 1990, Bryn Jones said, “Every piece of music Muslimgauze release is motivated by a political fact, mostly Palestinian. Also, Iran and Afghanistan.” Yet, Bryn was an Englishman, had no ethnic ties to the Middle East, and never visited the region.

From the Edge interview (1998-01)

Starting at the beginning; what would you say was the main change in your approach to music and to the music itself when E.g Oblique Graph became Muslimgauze?

The change into Muslimgauze came about at the time of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.

And so on.

2. I didn’t know that he also had Leukemia and that was the reason for the immunosuppression. I guess the articles that I read just wanted things to be more dramatic. You’ll notice that the Industrial Nation article (and most of the other articles that I read) mentioned him dying of a rare blood fungal disease.

In fact, I’m not sure that I’ve ever seen it mentioned that he had Leukemia.

3. Maybe over-the-top was the wrong wording, but his releases often contained politically inflammatory (this isn’t the word I’m looking for either, but it’s closer) artwork.

i.e. Fatah Guerilla

But you’re also right in saying that there are many more over-the-top things to depict. In fact, I think the artwork on his albums is frequently very beautiful. I guess I’m guilty of wanting to make things more dramatic, myself.

Thanks for the comments.

-cb

This may sound like picky remarks but if you are running a website to inform others it would be nice if you more informed.