CELT ISLAM
" APPEAR AS YOU ARE , BE AS YOU APPEAR" - RUMI
Celt Islam is an English Muslim, Sufi and a member of the northern British alternative dub/breaks outfit "Nine Invisibles " and " Analogue Fakir " . Celt-Islam uses a fusion of music from Dub/Electro/Drum andBass and collaborates it with Islamic/world grooves to create a Dub driven dance crossover.
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Celt Islam has played at various Dub/DnB/Dubstep nights in UK and Europe alongside Public Enemy's Bomb Squad , Fleck, DJ UMB, The Orb, Hardfloor , Rex Offender aka Smart Moneky,DJ Bobby Friction, DJ Pathaan, Engine Earz, and was chosen by the BBC to play the BBC Introducing stage Glastonbury 2010. { http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009ld8x }
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Celt Islam works with many musicians and artists including Inder Goldfinger { Ian Brown- Natacha Atlas-Apesta} Mick Reed { 1919 , Ship of fools and Nine Invisibles } , Oova Matique , Dr weevil, Bongo Chilli , D Bo General and DanMan { Iration Steppers }.
Celt Islam creates music in quite a diverse range of styles and genres. He produces Sufi inspired Global Grooves to create a sometimes Meditative Dub that transfixes everybody who comes across it, to Electro-Dub driven Drum and Bass to satisfy the dance world.
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Celt Islam is a Transnational Dubstep pioneer but probably best known to date for his work in the Sufi-Dub genre which he is probably alone in trying to create and to help define as a sub-genre. He does so in collaboration with some respected names such as Inder Goldfinger, tabla player for Stone Roses legend, Ian Brown’s band and Natacha Atlas and Dawoud Kringle who has recorded and performed with the likes of Lauryn Hill.
Celt Islam’s Sufi-Dub work has appeared on some best selling compilations including 2 by UK global music tastemakers Shisha Sound System. Offers are currently on the table from other tastemakers and labels for licensing of his works for compilations.
He is also beginning to gain greater exposure in the UK as BBC Radio 1xtra and BBC Asian network's DJ’s like Bobby Friction and Pathaan make his music a regular feature on their shows.
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“Believe me! if you love Dubstep but with an emotional heart beating its very core your gonna need this album!”
Bobby Friction
“Celt Islam using his personal dialect within the universal language of music, manages to soothe the soul and uplift the spirit with this truly magnificent album of a Sufi Dub persuasion”
DJ Pathaan
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Celt Islam has released 2 albums titled Dervish and AL Mizan and is a mixture of Heavy heavy basslines, dub step, dancehall and d+b wrapped up with a very dubby world music sound. The album features Bongo Chilli , Inder Goldfinger , Danman { Iration steppers } , Dawoud Kringle and Masala .
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Dub Reflex by Celt Islam has just been released on the groundbreaking compilation albumGeneration Bass presents TransNational Dubstep which is available as a CD and Digital download from all major music stores.
Celt Islams albums are available to listen/buy/download here
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http://www.urbansedated.com/celtislam.html
Meet Celt Islam - BBC4 documentry
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009ld8x
Celt Islam websites:
Celt Islam
http://www.urbansedated.com/celtislam.html
http://www.myspace.com/celtislam
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009ld8x
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dervish/id334525992
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CELT-ISLAM-: LIVE OUTFIT
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CELT ISLAM : PERCUSSION &
KEYBOARDS .
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DR WEEVIL : TURNTABLIST.
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LANCE HULME : SITAR,PERCUSSION AND NOIZE FACTOR .
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BRUCE BAKER : ANALOGUE SYNTHS.
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DAWOUD KRINGLE : SITAR AND VOCALS .
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INDER GOLDFINGER : TABLA AND PERCUSSION.
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MICK REED : DRUMS .
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PURPLE DAVE: KEYBOARDS,GUITAR,
BASS AND MELODICA.
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PETE WRIGHT : PERCUSSION.
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FIROUZEH :VOCALS
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OOVA MATIQUE : MC
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Guest Vocalists
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BONGO CHILLI : DANCEHALL SINGER/MC.
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DANMAN AND D Bo GENERAL :
DANCEHALL SINGER/MC.