AlefBase
| AlefBase | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio album by Gevolt | |
| Released | March 25, 2011 |
| Recorded | 2005-2010 |
| Genre |
Folk/Industrial Metal Yiddish metal |
| Length | 49:26 |
| Language | Yiddish |
| Label | Gevolt Productions |
| Producer | Gevolt |
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metal Storm | (9.3/10) [1] |
| Psychozine.eu (Polish) |   [2] |
| Today's Metal (Bulgarian) |  [3] |
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
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 (My Resting Place)" | 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
- Anatholy Bonder − vocals
- Michael Gimmervert − guitars, strange banjo
- Mark Lekhovitser − bass guitars
- Vadim Weinstein − drums
- Dmitry Lifshitz − keyboards
- Eva Yefremov − violins
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 (download from 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 2011.
- "Top authors torrents at March"(Russian), RuTracker.org.
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