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Abdullah Hamzah aka "Celt Islam" is an English convert to Islam, Sufi and is 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 and bass and mixes it with Islamic/world grooves to create a dub driven dance crossover. 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.

The outsanding new album entitled Dervish (October 2009) is a mixture of heavy heavy basslines, dub step, dancehall and d+b wrapped up with a very dubby world music sound.

" When it comes to drum and bass Celt Islam is the only Muslim artist worth mentioning. Having consistently released quality material he is never afraid to venture into new areas. Heavily influenced by the sounds of Sufi mysticism and traditional Arabic and Asian music, Celt Islam (the name being derived from his racial and religious background) is in a world of his own. "
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"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 [BBC Asian Network/Globetronica]

"Believe me! if you love Dubstep but with an emotional heart beating its very core your gonna need this album!" - Bobby Friction [ BBC Asian Network]