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Zohar’s Nigun
Daniel Weltlinger (violin/vocals)
Daniel Pliner (piano)
Alon Ilsar (drums/percussion)
Simon Milman (double bass)
“Jazz is a music that can blend in with just about any culture, any country or nation or people’s traditional music – a truly democratic multilingual art form. ‘Zohar’s Nigun’ (literally a song from the depths of one’s soul) is about the reality that is one’s family origins no matter where in the world one is based. Using the analogy of four Jewish musicians living in Australia – a land populated some 40,000 years or more by Aboriginal people – the conceptual point of the band is that every human being has a family heritage that they belong to and what’s more in our time of mass globalisation belong to in many cases outside of the country that they are living in. No one can choose where their parents are from or what their skin colour or ethnicity is. It is an impossibility. It simply is and is beautiful and meant to be…”
“Devoid of the usual cultural clichés four guys with Jewish heritage living in Australia present four very different understandings of an ancient yet ever metamorphosing culture and ethnic heritage. Utilising an at times sharp sense of humour and a deep understanding of history and it’s endless repercussions the band’s music offers an antidote to predjudice and stereotyping when so many voices lacking reason and balance seem to dominate the mainstream media. Shalom!”
The Asthmatix
Daniel Weltmachine Weltlinger
(violin/effects)
Daniel FreeKey Pliner
(keys/effects)
Mickey Morphingaz Walter
(decks/laptop)
Andre Asparagus Mylnsky
(decks)
“The Jewish culture is as much steeped in its dark and beautiful history as it is in stereotypes such as Jewish guilt and kosher brisket. Sydney-based quartet, The Asthmatix respond to this with an irreverent, off-the-wall-anything-goes brand of hip hop that is equal measures Marx Brothers and Scott Storch, Monty Python and John Zorn…”
“The Asthmatix have been blending the art of klezmer, hip hop, middle eastern melodies and traditional turntablism since 2007. Their live performance sees the four-piece cleverly combine Jewish humour with traditional Jewish melody, soaring violins and old school hip hop beats…”
“Kingston Avenue meets Utica, an instrumental mix of jazz and Jewish melodies combined with funk grooves, Chassidic children’s vinyl, turntablism and virtuosic playing…”
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