MUSLIMGAUZE
2018. 'Azzazin' is a double standout Muslimgauze album. The first LP was originally issued in 1996 as a CD and the second LP (with remixes) as a 10". Tightly focused on a singular palette of monotone drones and..
STAALPLAAT SOUNDSYSTEM
2018. Animated since 2000 by Carlo Crovato, Radboud Mens, Jens Alexander Ewald and Geert-Jan Hobijn, Staalplaat SoundSystem ('Floating Mind') has organized a pre-programmed procession of tuk tuks with their horns ho..
MUSLIMGAUZE
2016. Upon stumbling onto the material found on the undated tape known as 'Ali Zarin', its hard not to wonder how it would have been received if it had been released years ago. The three-part, 43-minute title track ..
MUSLIMGAUZE
2016. Staalplaat has previously released the album 'Sarin Israel Nes Ziona' in 2002. While continuing to sort through and release the material Jones left behind with his death in 1999, the 'Mohammad Ali Jinnah' tape..
MUSLIMGAUZE
2015. Although Bryn Jones' work as Muslimgauze certainly numbers dub within its influence, rarely is that influence treated as directly or centrally as it is on many of the tracks found on 'Abyssinia Selasie'. A rar..
MUSLIMGAUZE
2015. Originally issued as the third LP in the limited edition box set 'Tandoori Dog', 'Libya Tour Guide' follows 'Jaagheed Zarb' and the title disc with a CD reissue, and again the increased space of its new mediu..
MUSLIMGAUZE
2015. Some of the tracks on 'Feel The Hiss', a release Bryn Jones recorded live to cassette in early 1995 but never had the chance to remix and polish before he died, use the same kinds of devotional voices found o..
MUSLIMGAUZE
2015. Limited to 500 copies. The human voice has often been an element in Bryn Jones' work as Muslimgauze, but rarely did he emphasize it as much as on this release from the 'Muslimgauze Archive Series'. Though elem..
MUSLIMGAUZE
2014. Limited too 500 copies. The original two-disc 'Deceiver' from 1996 is a seminal release in Bryn Jones' sprawling discography, one of the first major ones to really pivot into the noisier/more abrasive side of ..
MULSIMGAUZE
2014. Limited to 500 CD's. Not only has Muslimgauze's work survived the death of Bryn Jones, so have his working methods; with so much worthwhile material still in the vaults and much of it having little in the way ..
MUSLIMGAUZE
2013. Oftentimes when a reissue has bonus tracks their provenance can be tangential or suspicious; in this case, they're more like a homecoming. When Bryn Jones turned into the master for what would become 1994's 'D..
MUSLIMGAUZE
2013. The recently unearthed 'Turkish Berlina' dates back to 1997, shortly after Muslimgauze played Berlin; the master was labeled, simply, remixes. As with many of Bryn Jones' remixes of his own work, these ten unt..
MUSLIMGAUZE
2013. The sun always shines bright, very bright in the middle east. Windows open up and we hear music. Not the music by Muslimgauze, but traditional music. We hear the Adhan, the call for prayer, the souk and people..
MUSLIMGAUZE
2013. In 1998 Staalplaat and Muslimgauze were on a conquering spirit. Bryn Jones (1961-1999), the man behind Muslimgauze delivered new works, almost on a weekly basis and was more than happy to see them released str..
MUSLIMGAUZE
2013. If Satyajit Eye (which is released at the same time on Staalplaat) only blinks at Indian culture, the album Al Jar Zia Audio does this with both eyes open. It is known that Bryn Jones, the man behind Muslimgau..
MUSLIMGAUZE
2013. It is rumored that if we mortals try to rewrite down everything that Mozart ever composed it would take us 80 years to do so, but then Mozart only lived to be 35. There is something similar with the work of Br..
MUSLIMGAUZE
2011. Hefty slabs of beefy beats are seasoned with spicy South Asian melodies while mouth numbingly hot bass lines are smothered in distortion chutney; 'Souk Bou Saad' was broiled in Machesters finest tandoor and is..
MUSLIMGAUZE
2011. "One of the Muslimgauze albums the world was waiting for, Beirut Transister is among the more organic and 'Arab' of releases and bound to compliment any fan's collection. Fundamentally in the traditional-..
MUSLIMGAUZE
2010. All tracks written, played and recorded by Muslimgauze 1995. "An attribute of a good work of art, besides craftsmanship and beauty, are revelations of a new details with each experience. Lazhareem Ul Lep..
MUSLIMGAUZE
2009. Originally issued as the fourth LP in the limited edition (now out of print) box set 'Tandoori Dog', 'Jerusalaam' follows 'Jaagheed Zarb' (the title disc) and 'Libya Tour Guide' as a CD-reissue, including prev..
MUSLIMGAUZE
2009. Limited edition of 800. "Instead of the drones and mostly beatless atmospheres of many previous Muslimgauze recordings, Zuriff Moussa presents quite a danceable switch for Bryn Jones. Dedicated to a Pales..
BJORGULFSSON HEIMIR
2016. In the year 2000 Staalplaat and Extrapool started the Brombron project. Two or more musicians become artists in residence in Extrapool, an arts initiative in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, with a fully equipped so..
MUSLIMGAUZE
2004. "A gentler release than many in the limited edition subscription series, Sandtrafikar fits into the vein of such works as Zul'm and Drugsherpa, with a low-key propulsion balanced against generally downbe..
MUSLIMGAUZE
2004. Jebel Tariq originally appeared in the middle of 2000 as Muslimlim 025, an MP3 only release distributed via Pretentious over the Internet. It was an extremely well received release and has been much requested ..
BJORGULFSSON HEIMIR
2016. Staalplaat is proud to present the tenth release in their "material series", this one by Heimir Bjorgulfsson. Now what is the "material series"? A series of CD's with microscopic, microwave..
BANABILA MICHEL
2001. Staalplaat is proud to present the first work by a new trio, of which some members are rooted in music since ages. "Cards On The Table" is not a traditional music release. The material was brought i..
GRASSOW MATHIAS
2009. A pagan work full of doubt to all certain perceptions. Using music more as a state than a form of entertainment these five pathways together can evoke a beautiful picture of a man's state of being and the worl..
ESPLENDOR GEOMETRICO
1993. Esplendor Geometrico was the leading industrial ensemble out of Spain. They began with a rather derivative style, best represented by the cassette Muerte A Escala Industrial (1981) and the single Necrosis en l..