"New Soul" Reverberation Remixes by Muslimgauze 3rd Stone Stone046CD 2000 (25:59)
Blue
E. (8:21)
Nite
Time - Praying Time (3:37)
Autogyre (Rocket Mix) (4:13)
Space Goes On (7:21)
Free
Your Soul (2:27)
All tracks written by Bernardon/Lanouzière and remixed by Muslimgauze.
I could probably review a new Muslimgauze cd each week at the rate they're released! This is the very latest remix disc, Bryn Jones re-visualizing 26 minutes worth of French psychedelic spacerock band Reverberation. "Blue E." is a rather generic house music loop with a smattering of Middle Eastern dialogue mixed in. There's very little in the way of a Muslimgauze sound in this one and it unfortunately drags on for nearly 8 and 1/2 minutes. "Nite Time - Praying Time" is my favorite with a hypnotic mix of chants, guitar, scratching and staggered rhythm. "Autogyre (Rocket Mix)" is more aggressive with a squelchy bass line and uptempo jungle-lite beat, background voices and wailing siren. "Space Goes On" is about the same as the previous track, though a bit more cut-up and once again too long at 7 and 1/2 minutes. "Free Your Soul" is the nearest to pure Muslimgauze with a big dub bass line and distorted and volume swelled bleeps and sweeps. But, it's only 2 and 1/2 minutes and not all that interesting. Altogether "New Soul", like most of the other remix discs, is disappointing. It seems that neither the soul of Reverberation or Muslimgauze comes through adequately. Even the most ardent Muslimgauze fans, like myself, won't be spinning this one very often. Future remix and collaborative work include the new 2 track Bass Communion v Muslimgauze EP out now and "Abu-Dis", a 2 cd remix collection of others' tracks (including Talvin Singh and Luke Vibert) due this September/August ...
Where did I get this cd? - mail order via Riouxs Records.