Kosmopolitn, by Tsvey Brider + Baymele

Kosmopolitn

by Tsvey Brider + Baymele

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Shamma Boyarin This is a richly layered composition- the music is wonderful- and the texts really work well with it. It feels like it's pushing Yiddish music forward while staying connected to the past.
I don’t have the gift of prophecy so I can’t predict the future- but I would not be surprised if years from now this will cunt among the classics of the repertoire of Yiddish music. Favorite track: Mayn Heym (feat. Veretski Pass).

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1.	Tsirkus Dame 02:13	buy track
2.	Vays vi der Shney 02:42	buy track
3.	Mayn Heym (feat. Veretski Pass) 03:52	buy track
4.	Glikn 03:23	buy track
5.	Kinder Yorn 03:17	buy track
6.	In Hamak (feat. Vivek Datar) 05:30	buy track
7.	Common Sense Skotshne 02:51	buy track
8.	Free and Easy Legényes 01:11	buy track
9.	Risky Business Sher 03:06	buy track
10.	Sheyne Fremde Froy (feat. Veretski Pass) 03:27	buy track
11.	Finf Klafter 03:47	buy track
12.	Zayn Aleyn 02:39	buy track
13.	In Der Fremd 04:52	buy track
14.	Shikago (feat. Joshua Horowitz) 02:40	buy track
15.	Kindershpil (feat. Kurt Bjorling) 03:34	buy track

about

Tsvey Brider’s genre-bending, lushly expressive original compositions to Yiddish poetry from the first half of the 20th century evoke a world of humor, beauty, oddity and wistfulness. A circus dancer with an erotic attraction to knives. A man fantasizing fervently about an unknown woman in a cafe. A mountain of granite, coal and steel building itself into Chicago. With Baymele, and featuring appearances by Veretski Pass, Kurt Bjorling, and Vivek Datar, Kosmopolitn is a musical exploration of a poetic world at odds with itself—an encounter between the traditional world of the shtetl and the intoxication of modern, urban life.

credits

released August 15, 2022

Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell, vocals
Dmitri Gaskin, piano, accordion, organ, glockenspiel
Matthew Stein, violin, viola
Misha Khalikulov, cello
Joshua Horowitz, piano, accordion
Cookie Segelstein, violin
Stuart Brotman, bass
Vivek Datar, harmonium
Kurt Bjorling, clarinet

Music composed by Tsvey Brider (tracks 1-4, 6, 9-13, 15), Mordechai Gebirtig (track 5, arr. Dmitri Gaskin), and Joshua Horowitz (track 14)

Poetry by Tsilye Dropkin (1, 2, 6), Avrom Reyzen (3, 4, 15), Mordechai Gebirtig (5), Melech Chmelnitzky (10), William Shakespeare trans. I Goldberg (11), Leyb Naydus (12, 13), Ben Sholom (14)

Recorded by Ian Pellici at New Improved Recordings in Oakland, CA
Mixed by Dave Luke at Opus Studios in Berkeley, CA
Mastered by Jeremy Goody at Megasonic in Oakland, CA
Artwork by Audrey Lynn Estok
Graphic design and layout by Igor Gasowski
English adaptations by Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell

Production of Kosmopolitn is fiscally-sponsored by KlezCalifornia

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Chronika

Dec 2023
Levyosn's Lullaby

Jun 2023
In Der Heym

Apr 2023
In Vald Arayn

Sep 2022
Kosmopolitn

Aug 2022
forshpil:tsvey

Feb 2022
Kyiv, Ukraine

Mar 2022

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