Bleep

Amsterdam record shop Staalplaat’s experimental imprint is back with yet another vinyl reissue from the notoriously prolific Muslimgauze. The Muhammadunize LP is collected from sessions recorded in 1996 at a mosque in the UK and is a prime example of Muslimgauze’s ambient techno phase. Tracks like the two-part ‘Devour’ use space and sparse percussion to build atmosphere not entirely unlike the chill-out room records being released contemporaneously. Best of all is the closing ‘Fatah Guerilla’ which pairs that fluid sensibility with eastern instrumentation for a particularly narcotized effect.