 genre: avant folk country: israel quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, scans) time: 44'27" size: 253 mb
headheritage's review:
One of the most intriguing trios to emerge in a long while must be Israel’s Quetev Meriri, whose self-titled debut is just out now on the Gush Punk label. In just 44 minutes of degraded free noise, Ashkenáze mouth music, ritualistic avant-Kletzmorim ritual and droning back porch meanderings, Quetev Meriri create an amazing and alienating travelogue soundtrack that successfully celebrates the lives of such Jewish notables as Marxist philosophers Rosa Luxemburg and Walter Benjamin, theologians Franz Rosenzweig and Emmanuel Levinas, and Serbian poet Vasko Popa; and all achieved via bizarre instrumental themes and heady Hebrew vocal harmonies. Except for the MEET THE RESIDENTS-plays-Trumpton theme of ‘Franz Rosenzweig’, Quetev Meriri’s massed accordions, post-punk guitars, slapped banjos, percussion devices and triple voices conspire to create an amazing stew of sound the like of which I’ve never before encountered. If you want your mind blown but cannot afford the time off work (or the black market price of general anaesthetic), score this truly essential sucker from the aforementioned Gush Punk label, and pronto, Tonto.
01. Walter Benjamin 2:14
02. Jacob Frank 1:58
03. Seeds (Vasko Popa) 15:46
04. Franz Rosenzweig 5:46
05. Rosa Luxemburg 2:01
06. Emmanuel Levinas 7:28
07. Dispersed City (Yair Horwitz) 9:15
Haim Rachmani - vcl, gtr, oud, prcssn, toys, bells, toy accordion
Yehu Yaron - b. vcls, bss, tape, prcssn, toys, el. mltrn, toy accordeon
Shai Lowenstein - gtr, prcssn |
