Hanukkah Day 6 comes straight from Australia, courtesy David Brook. I’ve written about Brook’s music adventures before…he and J. Harkham were the pair that put out the Darkcho album, easily one of my favorite Jewish recordings of 2010. This time he sent me the video for the first single from the new band The Asthmatix. It’s not clear if Brook is playing on the recording, but I’m guessing he is.
I really dig this video. It follows nicely after the klezmer meets hip-hop / house bands including Canada’s Socalled, Germany’s Jewdyssee, and England’s Ghettoplotz. I’d love to see these folks spend some time at KlezKamp and improve their klezmer chops. Not quite in Socalled’s league yet, but good stuff.
UPDATE: I just found another Asthamatix video, VaHAEnu. The video itself isn’t as snappy as Brook’s video for Latkes and it lacks the clever socalled-esque use of vintage narration cuts, but the violin and turntable are showcased much more effectively. My estimation of the violinist and the DJ jumped up a notch or two. Great stuff.
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