> Here, posted via the Folk Roots magazine string-and-cocoa-tins > connection to the information micro-bypass (over there to the left, > near the fridge), is Hijaz Mustapha's answer to requests for a > ______________________________________________________ > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 3 MUSTAPHAS 3-OGRAPHY AND WHERE-ARE-THEY-NOW REPORT v1.0 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ______________________________________________________ > > LP/CD/Cassette on GlobeStyle Records:- > Shopping (ORB/CDORB/ORBC 022) 1987 > Heart Of Uncle (ORB/CDORB/ORBC 043) 1989 > Soup Of The Century (FEZ/CDFEZ/FEZC 004) 1990 > Friends, Fiends & Fronds (CDORBD/ORBC 070) 1991 (a special > compilation release gathering all singles, remixes, rarities and > 2 brand new tracks recorded for this item!) > > Mini-Albums on GlobeStyle Records:- > Bam! (FEZ 001) 1985 > L'Orchestre Bam De Grand Mustapha International & Party Play > Local Music (FEZ 002) 1986 > (These mini-albums will be released back-to-back on CD one day) > > 12" Singles on GlobeStyle Records (there have also been some 7"):- > Si Vous Passez Par La/ Maldita Guajira/ Starehe Mustapha 1, 2 & 3 > (NST 111) > Shouffi Rhirou/ Voulez-Vous Danser?/ Darling Don't Say No (NST120) > Linda Linda (special longer mix)/ Linda, Linda (Szegerelymegarely > mix)/ Kopanitsa (NST 121) > DJ Trouble Fezz meets 3 Mustaphas 3: Fiz'n/ Xamenhi Evtexia/ > Kopanitsa (NST 126) > Buke e Kripe Ne Vater Tone/ Soba Song/ Anapse To Cigaro (Special > Smoking Mixture) (NST 133) > > LP on Exil Records (Germany) drawn from John Peel radio broadcasts:- > From The Balkans To Your Heart - The Radio Years (EXIL 5507) > > There are also other recordings on compilation LPs in UK and Germany, > and other releases worldwide, all licensed from GlobeStyle (albums > on Epic/Sony in Japan; Phonogram in Germany; Omnium, Shanachie and > Rykodisc in USA, single tracks on other international compilations). > > Special tracks for Mustaphamaximalists:- > A Chilling Tale No.6: Harcourt Drowned/Troublesome Water > - recorded for "Out On The Rolling Sea", the Joseph Spence > Tribute album on Hokey Pokey (UK)/ Green Linnet (USA) 1994 > Speed The Traktor - recorded for the Folk Roots magazine > compilation album "Square Roots", 1987 > > Pirate recordings of the group also exist which exchange hands > for enormous sums. > > Various long-playing Mustaphas appear on:- > Stella Chiweshe & The Earthquake: Ambuya (GlobeStyle ORB 029) 1989 > Dembo Konte, Kausu Kuyateh & The Jali Roll Orchestra: Jali Roll (Rogue > UK/ Omnium USA) 1990 > Rinken Band: Rikka (Wave, Japan) 1991 > Tarika Sammy: Fanafody (Rogue UK/ Green Linnet USA) 1992 > > Sabah Habas Mustapha has his No.1 solo album Den Pasar Moon > released in Japan (Wave), Germany (Piranha) and Indonesia (Puspita). > He was awarded the great distinction of 'composer of the best > Indonesian traditional song 1994' for Den Pasar Moon. > > BITS OF MUSTAPHA: > > Sabah Habas Mustapha is producer of (among other things) Klezmatics: > Rhythm & Jews / Ali Hassan Kuban: Walk Like A Nubian / Stella > Chiweshe. He's also doing 'Sabah Unplugged' performances with his > comfortable trio. They can appear in your living room if funding (plus > your own armchair) is available. > > Hijaz Mustapha can be heard hidden on Khaled's N'ssi N'ssi album (on > one track for about 14 seconds) and on the recent Pogues album sawing > violins in half. He has been producer on (among other things) Varttina: > Seleniko / Tarika Sammy: Fanafody / Boiled In Lead: Orb / Dembo > Konte, Kausu Kuyateh & The Jali Roll Orchestra: Jali Roll / Dembo > Konte, Kausu Kuyateh & Mawdo Suso: Jaliology / Rinken Band: Rikka / > Klezmatics: Jews With Horns / Ferus Mustafov: King Ferus / Salamat > > with Les Musiciens Du Nil: Salam Delta / Tiger Moth: Howling Moth. > > Hijaz and Sabah Habas wandered Indonesia, meeting, greeting and > recording with local Mustaphas (broadcast as a BBC Andy Kershaw > session in 1994) > > Oussack has bought a new name and has infiltrated the roots rocky > world as the one known simply as Chopper in the Oyster Band. Chopper/ > Oussack > and Wild Slim Mustapha bi-participated in the legendary > Mighty Clouds Of Dust "Champion The Wonder Horse" EP (Rogue) and > the rarely lamented Harringay Modal Rounders. > > Niaveti is lying low in south Germany awaiting the call. He guested on > brother Isfa'ani's recent album. Isfa'ani has been appearing barely > disguised with Arabo-Celtic combo Noor Shimal. > > Uncle is still very Uncle. Many research jobs. Can be reached on the > internet. He will answer questions of a difficult nature. After a secret > life in many international popular musical ensembles of fame, is > currently engaged in Shriekback. > > Kemo and Hijaz wandered around Albania in 1994, and then joined > Uncle on the Joseph Spence item mentioned above. Kemo and Houzam > also joined Sabah Habas on stage in his comfortable trio. > > Houzam is composing theme tunes (and incidental music) for German > TV daily soap operas. Although basically being paid in cash, he also > receives a percentage of the unused soap left over from each day's > shooting which he sends back to the Crazy Loquat Bar, Szegerely, to > be used in its washrooms and cocktails. An international magazine - > not Time, but similar - recently described the Crazy Loquat Bar as > "Szegerely's famed bar of soap". > > Expensive is too costly to mention here. > > Lavra is still singing, but is devoting her time to the raising of > Mustapha: The Next Generation. > > The 3 Mustaphas 3 concert fee has gone up this year (1995) by the > annual certified increment of US$5,000. Every year up it goes by the > $5,000. It is Uncle's First Law Of Economic Inexorability (discovered > in 1991). This makes current show fee US$30,000. You could probably > have 2 shows for $30,000: the costly things - as in any adventure - > are the startings-ups. > > Dictated by Hijaz Mustapha. > Typos and creative embellishments by Jali Roll Martian > > Send additions and writs to Hijaz c/o froots@cityscape.co.uk