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CELT ISLAM Muhammad Abdullah Hamzah aka The Analogue Fakir . Converted to Islam in 1989 and studied Islam and Classical Sufism in Granada Spain under the instruction of Shaykh Abdal Qadir as Sufi { Ian Dallas }

Celt Islam is the cultural director of The Association of British Muslims : aobm.org.uk/main/ and a peace activist .

Celt Islam is an English Muslim, a 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.

Celt Islam has played at various Dub/DnB/Dubstep nights in UK and Europe and appeared alongside Public Enemy's Bomb Squad { Hank Shocklee } , Eat Static , DJ UMB, The Orb, Hardfloor , Engine Earz,Rex Offender aka Smart Monkey,DJ Bobby Friction, DJ Pathaan and was chosen by the BBC to perform at the BBC Introducing stage Glastonbury 2010. [www.bbc.co.uk/glastonbury/2010/artists/celtislam/]

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 [ Desert Storm/ DMC] , Peppery aka Bongo Chilli , D Bo General and DanMan { Iration Steppers }.

He creates music in quite a diverse range of styles and genres. His Sufi inspired Global Grooves create a sometimes Meditative Dub transfixing all who comes across it. His work includes Electro-Dub driven Drum and Bass to satisfy the dance world.

Celt Islam is probably best known to date for his work in the genre of his creation – Sufi-Dub – which he singlehandedly developed and continues to define. He does so in collaboration with well known 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 two 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 Nihal make his music a regular feature on their shows.

Celt Islam has released 4 albums titled Dervish ,AL Mizan , Baghdad and Urban Sutra which 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 .

Links for Celt Islam albums available on CD and Digital Download

Dervish : urbansedatedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ce…-dervish

Al Mizan : urbansedatedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ce…-balance

BaghDad : www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/ajv/ajv1cd004.html

Electro Dunya : www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/ajv/ajv1cd006.html

Urban Sutra : urbansedatedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ce…an-sutra

Urban Sutra album reviews :

"Whilst Dubstep is dying a commercial death thanks to the awful range of stuff coming out of it nowadays, Celt Islam is keeping the flag flying for authentic dub sounds " { DJ UMB / Generation Bass }

" Urban Sutra' quite honestly is like nothing you've heard before. Lazy journos, could and probably have made comparisons to what The Engine Earz are doing and even The Nasha Experience but that would be wrong. The only comparison I would make is, if you imagine what Badawi out of New York was doing over a decade ago, which was well ahead of it's time and inject 2012 mastery into that sound, then you may get close. But quite honestly Celt Islam's sound is well thought out, he is a visionary and musically speaking he is on his own. " { DJ Pathaan / Globetronica }

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Dub Reflex by Celt Islam is featured on the groundbreaking compilation album Generation Bass presents TransNational Dubstep [www.beatport.com/track/dub-reflex…inal-mix/1679350 ] which is available as a CD and Digital download from all major music stores and is also featured on the EA Sports FIFA 2012 Street 4 Game. [ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_Street…12_video_game%29 ]

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CELT-ISLAM-: LIVE OUTFIT

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Celt Islam : Percussion and Keyboards.

Mosienko : Noize Factor .

Sharif : Percussion.

Aero : Live Visuals.

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Celt Islam music sites :

@soundcloud.com/celt-islam

@soundcloud.com/the-analogue-fakir

Celt Islam Myspace : www.myspace.com/celtislam

urbansedatedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ce…-dervish

urbansedatedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ce…-balance

Celt Islam Interveiw for Rave against Racism : www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWEY4J6la…p;feature=related

Celt Islam Twitter :

twitter.com/#!/CeltIslam

Celt Islam youtube :

www.youtube.com/user/celtislam

Celt Islam Facebook :

www.facebook.com/celtislam

BBC Celt Islam Links :

www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/1e6f…-8233-6b306e8551a2

www.bbc.co.uk/glastonbury/2010/artists/celtislam/

www.bbc.co.uk/music/showcase/clips/p008md1d