Muslimgauze
Hamas Arc
"For over ten years this solitary voice from Manchester has created a unique sound drawn from a melange of Arabic and European instrumental music. From the very beginning the music has been based on drums and other percussion instruments. Recent advances have been attained through greater creative use of multi-track studios, but the core sound remains unchanged. "In the Middle East things are rapidly changing during the few last weeks, Muslimgauze gave his reaction to the recently signed peace treaty between the PLO and Israel: "To be negative is easy, a positive thought is helpful, but until Jerusalem is capital of a total Palestinian State and all Zionist settlers are off the Palestinian map, any peace plan will fail. Yasser Arafat is working to improve his peoples lives, as are Hamas. Yasser Arafat can talk, while Hamas undertake direct action to take back from Zionists Palestinian land. America's role in supporting the vile regime of Israel will never be forgotten." Sounds like written yesterday but it's decades old. Staalplaat now re-releases 'Hamas Arc.' This is a very special LP, as it contains remixed material from 'Shekel Of Israeli Occupation,' which did never appear before. Also on 'Hamas Arc' there are two remixes from tracks from 'Vote Hezbollah.' New cover design made by HCILE, screenprint on 300 gms paper. Originally released on CD by Staalplaat in 1993.