Nakba II Drone

Running Time: 5:27

Released On: "Muslimgauze (Bryn Jones)" - Various Artists (11 tracks)

Label: Plataforma Recs

Release Date: 23rd October 2024

Format: Download

Buy Link: Bandcamp

A Plataforma compilation in memory of Bryn Jones,

aka Muslimgauze (17 June 1961 - 14 January 1999)

In spite of a long period of creative draught in the world of the Magic Bullet, this being only the third new track we've produced in 2024 (and one of them was only 50 milliseconds long!), I was quite determined to be a contributor on this one. I never had the pleasure of direct contact with Bryn Jones, who recorded under the banner of Muslimgauze, but came to know his work via Gary 'Devotional Hooligan' Waterworth at Dizzy Positivity, some years after his untimely death. When we were doing the M&E Showcase on Soundcloud, Gary sent me an untitled track from an album of previously unreleased material he was making available as a free download in his Digital Dizzy archive series. That was called Trial Mixes 1997-98, and this was the featured track on the show...

   Muslimgauze - Untitled #6 (5:56)

The name Muslimgauze was Bryn's nod to a culture he had always held a fascination with and cared about with a passion, his music often being a fusion between western electro-experimentalism and influences from the Islamic world. He was particularly passionate about the fate of the Palestinian people, a passion I find it impossible not to share currently, considering what is happening to them right now, hence the implication of our track's title.

The musical bit; it's constructed from one processed electronic drone, a synthesizer, and two aerial drones of the type the IDF use to destroy schools, hospitals and slaughter civilians and children.

The political bit; I guess what I wrote in the previous sentence will betray my sympathies, so let's clear some things up before the accusations start, because I know this is a sensitive issue...

I am NOT an anti-Semite. I believe the Jewish people have the right to a homeland, but so do the Palestinians, and they are the only ones being denied it. I am, however, VERY anti the Netanyahu government. I believe the man is a war criminal and an absolute racist monster creating a future of nothing but misery for his own people and their neighbours in the middle east. And I cannot for the life of me understand why western governments are funding, supplying and tolerating this campaign of vengeful ethnic cleansing disguised as self-defence. Of course the October 7th attack was horrendous, who in good conscience could ever condone such an act of violence? But I do understand the frustration and anger that lead to it. And this can only keep happening until there is a fair and just solution. I hope the people of Israel will get rid of Netanyahu and his cronies at their next opportunity and start the move towards permanent peace and security for both themselves and the Palestinians via the inevitable and morally justifiable two state solution. Rant over.

For m0re information on Muslimgauze, some kind soul has kept a website going and it's a positive treasure trove;

https://muslimgauze.org

For a bit of balance regarding the conflict in Gaza and the other occupied Palestinian territories, try Al Jazeera;

https://www.aljazeera.com

AND SO IT WAS