AlefBase
Professional ratings |
Review scores |
Source |
Rating |
Metal Storm |
[1] |
Psychozine.eu (Polish) |
[2] |
Today's Metal (Bulgarian) |
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AlefBase is the second album by the Israeli metal band Gevolt. Released on 25 March 2011,[4] the album was a first full-length metal album in Yiddish language.
All tracks are based on traditional and well-known Yiddish songs such as Tum Balalayke and Zog Nit Keyn Mol[5].
The album's genre declared as Yiddish Metal[6][7], but listeners may to referred it to Neue Deutsche Härte[8].
Track listing
1. |
"Hakdome" |
0:32 |
2. |
"Trinken A Bisale Vayn" |
3:13 |
3. |
"Der Rebe Elimelekh" |
3:04 |
4. |
"Sha Shtil" |
4:01 |
5. |
"Tum Balalayke" |
3:37 |
6. |
"Shpil Zhe Mir A Lidele, In Yiddish" |
5:09 |
7. |
"Mayn Rue Plats" |
5:09 |
8. |
"Zog Nit Keyn Mol" |
4:06 |
9. |
"A Mol Iz Geven A Mayse" |
4:40 |
10. |
"Sheyn Vi Di Levone" |
3:18 |
11. |
"Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn" |
4:30 |
12. |
"Tshiribim Tshiribom" |
3:55 |
13. |
"Der Alefbeys" |
3:34 |
Personnel
Band members
Guest musicians
- Yevgeny Kushnir − clean guitars/guitar FX on 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 / oud on 11 / Help in arrangements in 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11
- Max Mann − bass guitars on 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 / Help in arrangements in 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11
- Marina Klionski − Help in arrangements in 5, 6, 8
- Anna Agre − Help in arrangements in 2, 4, 8, 9
- Oleg Szumski − drums adds on 5, 8 / Help in arrangements in 5, 8
Production
- Recorded in "Muzikansky" studio (Ashdod, Israel), "Tsolelet" studio (Tel Aviv, Israel), "Soundroll" studio (Givataim, Israel) and "Taketwoo" studio (Kiryat Ono, Israel), 2005-2010
- Produced by Gevolt
- Engineered by Gevolt
- Mixed and premastered by Gevolt, 2010-2011
- Illustrations concept by Leonid Polonsky
- Art and design by Mark Lekhovitser
- Yiddish consulting by Leybl Botwinik
References
- ^ "AlefBase", Metal Storm.
- ^ Wróblewski, Rafał. "GEVOLT – AlefBase"(Polish), Psycho Magazine, 7 June 2011. Retrieved on 7 June 2011.
- ^ "Gevolt - 2011 - Alef Base"(Bulgarian), Today's Metal, 28 February 2011. Retrieved on 28 February 2011.
- ^ Mehalel, Adi. "Gevolt - Industrial-Metal-Music in Yiddish"(Yiddish), Yiddish Forward, New-York, 1 July 2011. Retrieved on 1 July 2011.
- ^ Shinefield, Mordechai. "Death Metal for a ‘Dying Language’", The Forward, 20 September 2007. Retrieved on 20 September 2007
- ^ "Yiddish Metal", Jewinsh iPhone Magazine, 17 August 2011. Released on 17 August 2011.
- ^ "Gevolt – Yiddish metal pioneer band", Virtual Shtetl, 10 August 2010. Retrieved on 10 August 2010.
- ^ Dr. Kahn-Harris, Keith. "Yiddish-Speaking Vikings", Souciant, 20 April 2011. Retrieved on 20 April 2011.
External links
- AlefBase at Gevolt's official site.
- AlefBase at Soundcloud.
- "AlefBase", Encyclopaedia Metallum, 26 February 2011. Retrieved on 26 February 2011.
- "Music Alliance Pact – April 2011 – Featuring Gevolt!", Metal Israel.
- Borgstede, Michael. "Heavy-Metal-Songs auf Jiddisch"(German), Die Welt, 25 April 2011.
- Paraszczuk, Joanna. "Yiddish is alive and well in the Hebrew city", Jerusalem Post, 10 August 2010.
- Brushvox, Attila. "AlefBase", 26 July 2010.
- "Top authors torrents at March"(Russian), RuTracker.org.