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Dub Gabriel: Bass Jihad
ByGabriel begins this mystical electrical journey alongside Ahad Nazarzadeh-Saaz with "War in the Poppy Fields, a panic of Middle Eastern wind and percussion instruments that drops down intothen yanks the beat back fromspacious reggae chords and echo effects.
All Gabriel's influencessitar, electronics, percussion, loops, and scratchescome together in "Saaz Remains the Same, crashing waves of different musics combining in one cogent piece that is electric and fast-paced like modern life, but also echoes ancient Arabian and African, even Caribbean tribal cultures. "Rumi Go Through Me constructs from percolating percussion, chirping electronics, sitar, and melodica another evocative soundscape typical of this set.
Along with these exotic electric combinations, Gabriel allows different individual threads to shine through, too. "Musique de L'ame builds nimble African percussion rhythms into a soft, ambient, almost tender, trance mood. "Dis Song, featuring Kerac and Dave Hill, Jr., is a turntablist's dream shredded through with scratches and loops and thumped from underneath by congas and other acoustic percussion.
Bass is the Place and "Zooklyn rock hard, even with their odd-time instrumental breaks and spirited vocal incantations. More funk music than world music, their coiled and thumping beats move slow and lazy but powerfullylike a panther can move. Tough stuff.
Track Listing
War in the Poppy Fields; Zooklyn; Musique de l'Ame; Tales of One Man's Trials; Saaz Remains the Same; Dis Song; Bass is the Place; Garden of Light in the Shade of Grey; Rumi Go Through Me; History; Second Coming of the Urban Mystic.
Personnel
Dub Gabriel: compositions, arrangement, production.
Album information
Title: Bass Jihad | Year Released: 2005 | Record Label: Azra Records
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