Lo-Fi India Abuse

AMG Review of Lo-Fi India Abuse

Antti J. Ravelin
All Music Guide

From Muslimgauze's diverse back catalog, two types of records have always stood out: albums based on rhythms or those with strong ambience. Lo-Fi India Abuse is clearly a rhythm-based album, and without a doubt it's one of the best wholes that Bryn Jones managed to create. All songs introduce a bunch of different exotic drum loops coated with different sounds (beeps, voices, etc.) that are usually heavily distorted, reverberated, and edited. Unlike the majority of Muslimgauze's repetitive songs, all of Lo-Fi India Abuse's songs have enough variety to retain a listener's interest, and excellent songs such as "Valencia in Flames" and "Nommos' Afterburn" surely are some of the greatest pieces in Jones' large sonography. Whatever you thought about Bryn Jones' low threshold in releasing material, Lo-Fi India Abuse is evidence that he surely had a vision in creating music.