Muslimgauze - Veiled Sisters 2CD/3LP

It's by some strange inversion that since his untimely death in 1999, Bryn Jones' Muslimgauze project has become evermore enigmatic as his publicly available recordings have become evermore vast.

The Mancunian artist's sudden passing at the age of 37 prematurely resolved a body of work that remains as experimental as it is diffuse, with an informal archive that was left spread between favoured labels and confidantes. And though this monadic project never abided by genre specifications, it all feels as if it is taking the critical pulses of its time and rendering them into something other than the sum of its obscure compulsions.

Jones' double album "Veiled Sisters" from 1993 is no exception, and it persists as a magnificent outlier in his singular and bewildering discography.

Originally released by the label Soleilmoon, an early and lifelong supporter of Jones' work along with Staalplaat, the album is a notable example of the uniquely recombinant fragility and fervour of Jones' work.

This 3LP edition marks the album's first appearance on vinyl. Like much of the Muslimgauze catalogue, "Veiled Sisters" is dedicated to the Palestine Liberation Organization, with its two halves—Sister One and Sister Two—calling on the history and conflicts of the modern Islamic world through opaque titles and snatches of musical oration.

About this product: this reissue is available on 2CD and 3LP formats.

The 3LP is pressed on gold vinyl.