Artist: Hasidic New Wave, Frank London, Greg Wall
Album: Psycho✡Semitic
Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Klezmer
Label: Knitting Factory Records
Released: 1998
Quality: APE (image+.cue)
Tracklist:
01. Seven Blessings from the High Priest: Achas 00:31
02. AKS-Aaron Alexander 05:20
03. Seven Blessings from the High Priest: Achas ve-achas 00:26
04. Hebe Bop-Traditional Hasidic/ Frank London 06:48
05. Seven Blessings from the High Priest: Achas-u-shtayim 01:50
06. Transcendence / U'Mipney Khata'eynu- Fima Ephron/ Traditional 05:55
07. Al-Osfour Al-Majnoun (The crazy bird)-Frank London 08:21
08. Seven Blessings from the High Priest: Achas ve-sholosh 01:07
09. Ve-Samakhto Dub-Traditional Hasidic/HNW 09:23
10. Seven Blessings from the High Priest: Achas-ve-arba 01:19
11. Habibi David Fiuczynski/Lian Amber 05:56
12. Seven Blessings from the High Priest: Achas va sheysh 00:32
13. Blues in Exile- Greg Wall 03:50
14. Seven Blessings from the High Priest: Achas-vo-sheysh 00:30
15. Men Trinkt Mashke (People Drink Whiskey) Traditional Hasidic/ HNW 04:27
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Personnel:
Bass – Fima Ephron
Drums – Aaron Alexander
Guitar – David Fiuczynski
Saxophone, Producer – Greg Wall
Trumpet, Producer – Frank London
From the minds of one of the avant-garde groups on the edge of contemporary klezmer comes this sophomore release from Frank London's Hasidic New Wave. The klezmer is definitely not in its pure early European form, that much is for sure. There's a thumping bass groove underlying half of the tracks and carefully laid-out jazz horns over the top of all the parts. Each member of the band contributes at least one composition to the finished product here, with an extra for London. Some fuzzed guitars work their way into bits from the cantorial repertoire later in the album. There are also interludes of rituals from a Yom Kippur ceremony, translated into music. To top it off, there's a quick attempt at dub thrown in for good measure, with an unstoppable guitar riff powering it through. For someone interested in the new directions klezmer is and has been taking, anything from one of Frank London's various groups (the Klezmatics, Hasidic New Wave, solo projects) is a worthwhile endeavor. For those interested in traditional forms of klezmer, go somewhere else.
Review by Adam Greenberg