Klezmer Soars into the 21st Century with Space Klezmer - the Debut Album Launch by YID!
What happens when you combine old Yiddish songs with a 30s big band sound, free jazz, funk, gypsy soul, electronica and a liberal dose of sweet indie pop?
Venue: Memo Music Hall
Address: 88 Acland St, St Kilda
Date: 13th October 2018
Time: 7.30pm
Ticket: From $30
Buy / Ticket: https://www.memomusichall.com.au/memo-gig/yid-space-klezmer-album-launch/
Web: https://www.memomusichall.com.au/memo-gig/yid-space-klezmer-album-launch/
: https://www.facebook.com/events/315393672342475/
EMail: info@memomusichall.com.au
Call: 03) 9534 3556
Address: 88 Acland St, St Kilda
Date: 13th October 2018
Time: 7.30pm
Ticket: From $30
Buy / Ticket: https://www.memomusichall.com.au/memo-gig/yid-space-klezmer-album-launch/
Web: https://www.memomusichall.com.au/memo-gig/yid-space-klezmer-album-launch/
: https://www.facebook.com/events/315393672342475/
EMail: info@memomusichall.com.au
Call: 03) 9534 3556
You get YID!, a collective of 20+ virtuoso musicians who sweep Klezmer into the 21st century, with funk, soul, high-energy and an immersive, foot-stamping theatrical experience. It's a daring new fusion of tribal beats, improvised riffs and angelic indie vocals, channeling the sweet tunes of the long-gone Shtetl.
The brainchild of Melbourne musician Simon Starr (Frock, NLT, Joe Camilleri, Suze De Marche, Ian Moss), YID! includes Willy Zygier, Adam Starr, Husky Gawenda and Gideon Preiss (Husky, The Bashevis Singers), Tomi Kalinski, Alex Burkoy (Tinpan Orange), Josh Abrahams (Puretone) and Julien Wilson, as well as some of the most credentialed jazz musicians in Australia. The band takes you on a joyous, spiky, edgy and ferociously danceable trip into their Jewish musical roots.
YID! launched in 2016 with a jam session in Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre Melbourne. The following year, they did their first stand-alone performance at the In One Voice event and went on to a ground-shaking appearance at WOMAD 2018, before heading to Toronto for the Ashkenaz Festival in September, where they received a standing ovation from the 5,000 strong crowd.
Space Klezmer is YID!'s debut album and it will launch at St Kilda's Memo Hall on Saturday 13th October. Co-presented by Kadimah, the event will feature the full 22-piece band, including an eight-piece horn section, a six-piece rhythm section, a two-piece electronica section, Husky Gawenda and Gideon Preiss singing out the front, supported by the three Zygier sisters, and Tomi Kalinski providing spoken word narration which frames the music while extrapolating on the lyrical themes.
The brainchild of Melbourne musician Simon Starr (Frock, NLT, Joe Camilleri, Suze De Marche, Ian Moss), YID! includes Willy Zygier, Adam Starr, Husky Gawenda and Gideon Preiss (Husky, The Bashevis Singers), Tomi Kalinski, Alex Burkoy (Tinpan Orange), Josh Abrahams (Puretone) and Julien Wilson, as well as some of the most credentialed jazz musicians in Australia. The band takes you on a joyous, spiky, edgy and ferociously danceable trip into their Jewish musical roots.
YID! launched in 2016 with a jam session in Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre Melbourne. The following year, they did their first stand-alone performance at the In One Voice event and went on to a ground-shaking appearance at WOMAD 2018, before heading to Toronto for the Ashkenaz Festival in September, where they received a standing ovation from the 5,000 strong crowd.
Space Klezmer is YID!'s debut album and it will launch at St Kilda's Memo Hall on Saturday 13th October. Co-presented by Kadimah, the event will feature the full 22-piece band, including an eight-piece horn section, a six-piece rhythm section, a two-piece electronica section, Husky Gawenda and Gideon Preiss singing out the front, supported by the three Zygier sisters, and Tomi Kalinski providing spoken word narration which frames the music while extrapolating on the lyrical themes.