**SLIGHT DAMAGE!** Please note that all copies arrived to us with 1-2" spine splits, hence the reduced price. Still sealed.

Originally released by the lauded Extreme label out of Australia, this is the first ever reissue since its original CD-only press in 1994. "Zul'm" is an album of contrasts. It is evocative of a culture caught up in a web of local and global politics. The narrative appears as a slice of urbanity - up tempo, carefree soundscapes of human activity interspersed with digitised spatial rhythms. The boundary between East and West coalesces, melding and jutting into a changing whole.

Formed in Manchester in the post-industrial early 80's Muslimgauze is a world music based on western rhythms, integrated with ethnic instruments and atmospheres. The music is a minimal, polyrhythmic soundscape. A vision of unresolved cultural change.
"Zul'm" sees a further step in the interaction of two very different nations, with guest musicians Said Nasser on Arabic percussion and voice and Zorawar Singh on Indian percussion and voice. Also appearing on the album is Mark Lawrence on keyboards. The title "Zul'm" is derived from the name of the Muslim prophet "Zulkifl", meaning fate. The plight of the Palestinian people continued to inspire the music of Muslimgauze, until Bryn Jones' death in 1999.

The original tracks were perfectly remastered (receiving high praise from the Extreme Music owner Roger Richards). Double LP in deluxe extra heavy cardboard with spot UV finish and inside print, with new sleeve design were created by Oleg Galay.