4 minutes of noise that'll wreck your worldview — in a good way.
Beginning in 1982, after Israel's invasion of Lebanon, the Manchester-born musician's obsession with Middle Eastern conflict began. His music, a mix of industrial, hip-hop, techno, and dubstep, and usually without any lyrics, could never easily be identified for its politics. But his pro-Palestinian beliefs were at the center of his inspiration. As the head of Muslimgauze's first long-term record label recalls about their first meeting, "We didn't talk about music, we talked about politics and the whole situation that brought his music to life."Mixing news broadcast recordings, drum kit beats, pots and pans, and classic instrumentals, Muslimgauze pioneered a new style of music that sounded little like anything else at the time or since.
Sound
Pots and pans as drums — industrial music's weirdest origin story.
Direction
Iara Lee compresses decades of radical art into 4 dense minutes.
Director
Iara Lee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bryn Jones released over 90 albums as Muslimgauze before his death in 1999, yet never performed a single live show.
The documentary's director Iara Lee also made 'Cultures of Resistance,' exploring how art challenges power globally.
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