AlefBase is the second album by the Israeli
metal
A metal (from Greek μέταλλον ''métallon'', "mine, quarry, metal") is a material that, when freshly prepared, polished, or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well. Metals are typicall ...
band
Gevolt
Gevolt is an Israeli metal band, founded in 2001. The band is known as the pioneers of Yiddish metal. They were the first band who combined traditional Yiddish music with metal.
History
The band was formed in Israel in 2001 by Anatholy Bonder ...
. Released on 25 March 2011, the album was the first full-length
metal
A metal (from Greek μέταλλον ''métallon'', "mine, quarry, metal") is a material that, when freshly prepared, polished, or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well. Metals are typicall ...
album in
Yiddish language
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...
. All tracks are based on Yiddish
folk songs such as
Tum Balalayke and
Zog Nit Keyn Mol.
The album's genre was declared as ''Yiddish Metal'', but it has also been described as
Neue Deutsche Härte
Neue Deutsche Härte (; "new German hardness"), sometimes abbreviated as NDH, is a subgenre of rock music that developed in Germany and Austria during the early-to-mid 1990s and during the early 2000s. Alluding to the style of Neue Deutsche Well ...
.
''AlefBase'' was available for free download on Gevolt's website for free on 25 February 2011, one month before the official release date. The free download remained for several years thereafter.
The album was released to positive reception in both music media and Jewish media. Such sources as American newspaper
The Forward
''The Forward'' ( yi, פֿאָרווערטס, Forverts), formerly known as ''The Jewish Daily Forward'', is an American news media organization for a Jewish American audience. Founded in 1897 as a Yiddish-language daily socialist newspaper, ' ...
and German
Die Welt
''Die Welt'' ("The World") is a German national daily newspaper, published as a broadsheet by Axel Springer SE.
''Die Welt'' is the flagship newspaper of the Axel Springer publishing group. Its leading competitors are the ''Frankfurter Allg ...
mentioned the new phenomenon of Yiddish metal in their articles.
The track "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn" was featured in April 2011 by Music Alliance Pact.
In 2016, ''AlefBase'' was inducted into the Freedman Jewish Sound Archive at the
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...
's
Van Pelt Library.
Track listing
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
Ashdod ( he, ''ʾašdōḏ''; ar, أسدود or إسدود ''ʾisdūd'' or '' ʾasdūd'' ; Philistine: 𐤀𐤔𐤃𐤃 *''ʾašdūd'') is the sixth-largest city in Israel. Located in the country's Southern District, it lies on the Mediterran ...
, Israel), "Tsolelet" studio (
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
, Israel), "Soundroll" studio (
Givataim
Givatayim ( he, גִּבְעָתַיִים, lit. "two hills") is a city in Israel east of Tel Aviv. It is part of the metropolitan area known as Gush Dan. Givatayim was established in 1922 by pioneers of the Second Aliyah. In it had a population o ...
, 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
External links
* AlefBase a
Gevolt's official site
* AlefBase a
Soundcloud
"AlefBase" ''
Encyclopaedia Metallum
Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives (commonly known as Metal Archives per the URL or abbreviated as MA) is an online encyclopedia based upon musical artists who predominantly perform heavy metal music along with its various sub-genres. E ...
'', 26 February 2011. Retrieved on 26 February 2011.
* Megen, Aleks
"AlefBase Review"''Evrofilm.com'', 4 September 2012. Retrieved on 4 September 2012.
* Brushvox, Attila
"AlefBase Review" 26 July 2011.
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2011 albums
Gevolt albums
Yiddish culture in Israel
Yiddish-language albums