The Kominas - Wild Nights in Guantanamo Bay (2008)
Tracklist:
1. Sharia Law in the U.S.A

2. Chaku

3. Ayesha

4. Dishoom bebe

5. Par Desi

6. 9,000 Miles

7. Wal-Qaeda Superstore

8. Blow Shit Up

9. Layla

10. Rabyah

11. I want a hand job

12. Suicide bomb the Gap

13. Rumi was a Homo


The Kominas Myspace
The Kominas have shaken musical and social grounds since 2005. They are not exactly hardcore. They are definitely not straightedge. They are not even “Taqwacore” in any definitive ways, apparently. Originally conceived in Michael Muhammad Knight’s novel The Taqwacores, the term “Taqwacore” represents the intersection of the Islamic faith and punk, taking the Arabic word “taqwa” meaning “piety.” What seems certain is that this Boston-based group vocalizes anthems that challenge the agendas of conservative Muslim Americans and rev against the ethnocentric pigeonholing and racialization of South Asians in the post-9/11 United States and the world at large. Or maybe their music is not intended to be as anthemic as it has been construed by mainstream media.
They have been featured on MTVdesi, CNN, The LA Times, The Rolling Stone, and Newsweek.
The Kominas infuse elements of punk, ska, jazz, metal, Bollywood, and Bhangra, folk music from Punjab, all into a mix with flair. Track 3 “Dishoom Bebe” plunges into the compound meter of 6/8. It opens with a polyrhythmic introduction on drums providing a counterpoint with chord-focused walking bass. Fusing hardcore vocals with a complex rhythmic matrix, the song charges forward narrating a scene from a 70s Bollywood classic Sholay. “Dishoom” is an onomatopoeia referring to gun shooting. (Amitabah Bachnan apparently says “Dishoom” while shooting with a finger gun in one of the scenes.) This track screams a blast of fun, adventurous fraternity.
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