We are blessed with yet another phenomenal new band. They rehearsed
together a couple of times, recorded a Masada cd, and now the first live
gig. You would never know - didn't this band and cd always exist? I
put it up there with any other Masada project, Banquet of Spirits, and
Rashanim. That means they are pretty damn good. Shanir played the gimbri, also know as sintir (Micro from Club d'Elf plays it). There was one tune that reminded me of John Zorn's The
Dreamers. Eyal and Aram sounded great together. The whole thing was phenomenal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFXja7nK5Ng
http://alarm-magazine.com/2012/review-shanir-ezra-blumenkranzs-abraxas/
Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz - ABRAXAS - John Zorn’s Masada: Book of Angels Vol. 19 — CD RELEASE CONCERT!
Aram Bajakian (guitars) Eyal Maoz (guitars) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (gimbri) Kenny Grohowski (drums)
ABRAXAS: Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz steps
out on his own to make one of the most primal and tribal installments in
the “Book of Angels”’ series. Drawing on his Sephardic roots, Shanir
plays gimbri throughout, giving the music a primeval Moroccan edge.
Featuring the intense guitar pyrotechnics of Eyal Maoz and Aram Bajakian
(who recently has been tearing it up in Lou Reed’s new band) and the
atavistic drumming of Kenny Grohowski, this is Ritualistic Jewish Rock
for the 21st century by a brilliant young lion from the East Village via
Brooklyn/Israel!
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