Bryn Jones was not a practicing Muslim and never went to the Middle East. His recordings as Muslimgauze, however, qualified him as one of the Western artists most explicitly slanted in his favor of the Palestinian liberation movement. Since the Manchester-native's works were instrumental, most of the political statement was inherent in the packaging: Witness titles such as 'Fatah Guerrilla', 'Return of Black September', 'Hebron Massacre', 'Vote Hezbollah', 'United States of Islam' and 'The Rape of Palestine'.

Jones could have been a potentially controversial figure if his releases were available in anything except severely limited editions- usually less than one thousand copies of each. Despite their lack of prominence, Jones' blend of found-sound Middle Eastern atmospheres with heavily phased drones and colliding rhythm programs were among the most startling and unique in the noise underground. The Muslimgauze project ended tragically in 1999 when Jones died suddenly of a rare blood disease. A number of posthumous releases including 'Lo-Fi India Abuse' (partially a collaboration with dub collective Systemwide) and the nine-disc Box of 'Silk and Dogs' soon followed.

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Muslimgauze- From the Edge

1. Spacetime Continuum
2. Higher Intelligence Agency
3. Higher Intelligence Agency
4. The Silver Wizard
5. Legion of Green Men
6. Bostich
7. Neutral
8. Chris and Cosey