Shake Off the Dust... Arise

Shake Off the Dust... Arise
Studio album by Matisyahu
Released	October 12, 2004
Recorded	12 Tribe Sound
Genre	Reggae
Length	63:39
Label	JDub Records
Producer	Daniel Seliger Alon Cohan
Matisyahu chronology
Shake Off the Dust... Arise (2004) Live at Stubb's (2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Sputnikmusic	[2]

Shake Off the Dust... Arise is Matisyahu's debut album and was released October 28, 2004 by JDub Records. It fell out of print following his move to Epic Records, and would remain a collector's item until it was remastered and reissued in October 2010, sold exclusively through his official website.^[3] The album is now widely available as a digital download through standard retailers, albeit with slightly modified cover art.^[4] The album's name comes from the Hebrew liturgical poem "Lekhah Dodi" which is sung by most Jewish denominations in order to welcome the holy Sabbath, which in the poem is referred to as a bride. The original line in the "Lekhah Dodi" poem is "התנערי מעפר, קומי" (Heetna'ari meAfar... Kumee).

Track listing

1. "Chop 'em Down" – 5:45
2. "Tzama L'Cha Nafshi (Psalm 63:2-3)" – 1:50
3. "Got No Water" – 5:54
4. "King Without a Crown" – 5:19
5. "Interlude" – 0:54
6. "Father in the Forest" – 4:59
7. "Interlude" – 0:17
8. "Aish Tamid" – 6:48
9. "Short Nigun" – 1:46
10. "Candle" – 6:22
11. "Close My Eyes" – 4:55
12. "Interlude" – 0:17
13. "Exaltation" – 5:04
14. "Refuge" – 3:28
15. "Interlude" – 0:23
16. "Warrior" – 7:23
17. "Outro" – 2:15

Personnel

• Matisyahu Miller – vocals
• Aaron Dugan – guitar (tracks 3, 8 & 11)
• Josh Werner – bass guitar, keyboards, steel-string guitar (tracks 10 & 14)
• Johan David – drums (tracks 1, 3, 8, 10 & 11), percussion (tracks 4)
• Marlon "Moshe" Sobol – melodica (tracks 3 & 8)
• Yerachmiel Altizio – guitar (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 16)
• Alon Cohan – drums (tracks 9 & 16), percussion (tracks 2, 3 & 13)
• Rea Mochiach – drums (tracks 4 & 5)
• Tom Mochiach – guitar (tracks 3, 4 & 10)
• Lior Rachmany – guitar (tracks 13)
• Pieter Woudt – trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 9 & 16)
• Rabbi Wircberg – spoken voice (tracks 5 & 15)
• Rabbi Goldberg – spoken voice (tracks 17)

Produced and arranged by Alon Cohen Recorded and Mixed by Alon Cohen

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Sputnikmusic review
3. "shake off the dust... ARISE". matisyahuworld.com. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
4. "Matisyahu World - News & Press". matisyahuworld.com. Retrieved 2011-01-21.

External links

• JDUB Record label homepage
• Shake off the Dust... Arise lyrics