The Rebs are now resting after a busy period which included 2 weddings, one funeral and 3 festival concerts in the last fortnight! Whew!
http://jackmckenziephotography.com/klezmer-rebs-online-version
Jack McKenzie took some mighty nice snaps of the Rebs at our Friday night concert, which was a hummer! Thanks Jack.
The vibe at the Rothman-Gibson wedding yesterday was amazing. Reb Dave caught the action in a snap from the stage while he was singing –
Di Mezinke Oysgegebn
| Hekher besser, Di rod, di rod makht gresser, Groys hot mikh Got gemakht Glik hot er mir gebrakht Hulyet kinder a gantse nakht – Di mezinke oysgegebn. |
Dance higher, better, Make larger the dance ring, God has made me great, Has brought me good fortune: So party people all night long, The youngest daughter is wed! |
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| Shtarker, freylakh, Du di malke, ikh der melekh Ay ay ay, ikh aleyn Hob mit mayne oygn gezeyn Vi Got iz mir matsliah geven – Di mezinke oysgegebn. |
With more might, joyful! Tonight you are the queen and I the king, Indeed I myself Have seen with my own eyes, How God has given me a bounty; The youngest daughter is wed! |
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| Itsik shpitsik Vos shvaygstu mitn shmitshik Oyf di klezmer gib a geshrey Tsu shpiln zey tsu shlofn zey Raysst di strines ale oyf tsvey – Di mezinke oysgegebn. |
Itsik, you pointy headed one, Why are you so gentle with your bow? Yell at your musicians, Are they playing or sleeping?! Tear those strings apart – The youngest daughter is wed! |
I’m stoked to have received from Nigel of Monkey Records (monkeyrecords.com) the just pressed copy of Gypsy Fever, a 12 track CD compilation of Gyspy-ish music from (mostly) kiwi bands.
Its great to have the Klezmer Rebs at track 11 with our remixed song Yishama-o-rama by DJ Cut Loose.
We are in the company of bands like the Mamaku Project, Barons of Tang, Niko Ne Zna the Jews Brothers and Club Manouche to mention a few. Suffice it to say there are lots of boisterous gypsy rhythms and funky, infectious music.
The track Yishama-o-rama, which appears as a bonus track on our CD Anarchia Total, is a remix by DJ Cut Loose of our recording of Od Yishama/L’khayim Yidelkh from our CD Just add shmaltz.
http://klezmer.co.nz/2010/03/08/yishama-o-rama-dj-cut-loose-remixes-the-rebs/
Cut Loose was given the Rebs’ pre-mastered tracks from the song and has transformed it into something very different. Yishama-o-rama she calls it. You can listen to it or download it from:
http://www.myspace.com/radiocutloose
http://cutloose.bandcamp.com/track/yishama-o-rama
You got that? But wait there’s more! It was also selected for an international on line Jewish zine called Tablet for their Another Time, Another Way (aka Anander Mol Anander Veig) Hanukkah album, with remixed versions of holiday and Jewish classics.
http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/music/51259/anander-mol-anander-veig
Anyway you can download the Gypsy Fever CD at
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/279949