Systemwide Meets Muslimgauze "Nommos' Return" 10" BSI Records BSI 012-1 2000 (11:05)
This Side
Nommos' Ark (4:56)
Other Side
Nommos' Ghosts (6:09)
This 10", limited to 1000 copies, is the third and final installment of the Systemwide Meets Muslimgauze remix series begun last year (see also "at the City of the Dead" 12" and "Lo-Fi India Abuse"). It features 2 more tracks from the sessions, 're-mixs' of "Nommos" from Systemwide's 1997 dub album "Sirius". "Nommos' Ark" is very fractured with many sudden stops and starts as fast drum 'n bass rhythms dominate and bits of the original's keyboard gurgles churn up here and there. It's a headache inducing 5 minutes if listened to at the wrong time. "Nommos' Ghosts" is about a minute longer, also quite fractured but much slower paced with a delayed dub groove, heavy vinyl static noise and electro bleeps that give way to an eerie, fading keyboard melody and intermittent percussion loop. The vocals from the original song are either obliterated or gone altogether, thankfully I might add. "Ghosts" alone makes this worth the $9 (postage paid in the U.S.) direct from BSI Records. The record is thick black vinyl and comes in a yellow-orange sleeve with the title and arabic inscriptions around the center hole. It's rather dull in comparison to the much more complex artwork that graces the other two releases. Just another little piece of the enormous and ever expanding Muslimgauze puzzle to add to your collection. The next release due out is the two track Bass Communion v Muslimgauze CDEP. Never mind the fact that both the Nommos tracks found here could have fit on the "Lo-Fi India Abuse" CD and the two new BC v M tracks could have fit on the first BC v M CD. They sure know how to milk it for all it's worth, don't they? Oh well. I'll be buying them all like all the other addicts ...
note - the reason for not including these two tracks on the "Lo-Fi" cd is that they would not fit on the vinyl version of the album, thus BSI didn't want to cheat the vinyl purchasers ...
Where did I get this 10"? - mail order via BSI Records.