Marid – Shaam (2014)
- Dark
ambient
- Musique concrète
- Illbient
- Post-industrial
- Leftfield
- Spoken word
- Noise
- Avant-garde
- Rhythmic noise
- Field
recording
- Experimentalism
- Non-music
Comment:
the 10-notch issue of clocking in at a 59 minute is a part of the
discography of AZAWAD Records. As usual, it is related to Islam and
military aspects though there are some moments hinting at atrocities
and violence against the civil population. Indeed, I hope is not a
pro for terror and havoc being the platform for the (Islamic)
terrorists. At least at Homs some violent acts against the
civil population are enumerated and one cannot be wrong about a
disapproving attitude with regard to it. I guess it is because of
bloodthirsty actions by ISIS. Stepping aside from the political
platform it could be admitted musically it is a very intriguing issue
because of being an interface for such genres as noise, rhythmic
industrial, ambient, spoken word, musique concrète all of them being
seamlessly mixed up together. For instance, Yabrud is one of
the finest moments on it because a trance-led Islamic chant is merged
with a bold rhythm and shrill noisy pulsation. At times it chimes
like the synchronized translation in Russian through tight hisses
coming to the surface through broken transmissions and warped radio
waves. In a word, the outing is highly intense and arousing of which
rhythmic phases could freely be compared with Muslimgauze. In fact, it is quite embarrasing to have been downloaded for 10 times so far only.
