AlefBase is the second album by the Israeli metal band Gevolt. Released on 25 March 2011, the album was the first full-length metal album in Yiddish language. All tracks are based on Yiddish folk songs such as Tum Balalayke and Zog Nit Keyn Mol.
The album's genre was declared as Yiddish Metal,"Gevolt – Yiddish metal pioneer band" , Virtual Shtetl, 19 May 2011. Retrieved on 19 May 2011. but it has also been described as Neue Deutsche Härte.Dr. Kahn-Harris, Keith. "Yiddish-Speaking Vikings", Souciant, 20 April 2011. Retrieved on 20 April 2011.
AlefBase was available for free download on Gevolt's websiteGevolt. "Facebook post" Facebook, 25 February 2011. Retrieved on 25 February 2011 for free on 25 February 2011, one month before the official release date. The free download remained for several years thereafter.
The album was released to positive reception in both music media and Jewish media. Such sources as American newspaper The Forward and German Die Welt mentioned the new phenomenon of Yiddish metal in their articles.Mehalel, Adi. "Gevolt – Industrial-Metal-Music in Yiddish" , Yiddish forward, New-York, 1 July 2011. Retrieved on 1 July 2011. Borgstede, Michael. "Heavy-Metal-Songs auf Jiddisch", Die Welt, 25 April 2011. Retrieved on 25 April 2011.
The track "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn" was featured in April 2011 by Music Alliance Pact."Music Alliance Pact – April 2011", Indieful Rok, 15 April 2011. Retrieved on 15 April 2011
In 2016, AlefBase was inducted into the Freedman Jewish Sound Archive at the University of Pennsylvania's Van Pelt Library. "Look up album G-138(a)", Penn Libraries, 2016. Retrieved on 2016
Track listing
Personnel
Band members Anatholy Bonder − vocals Michael Gimmervert − guitars, strange banjo Mark Lekhovitser − bass guitars Vadim Weinstein − drums Dmitry Lifshitz − keyboards Eva Yefremov − violins
Guest musicians Yevgeny Kushnir − clean guitars/guitar FX on 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 / oud on 11 / Help in arrangements in 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 Max Mann − bass guitars on 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 / Help in arrangements in 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 Marina Klionski − Help in arrangements in 5, 6, 8 Anna Agre − Help in arrangements in 2, 4, 8, 9 Oleg Szumski − drums adds on 5, 8 / Help in arrangements in 5, 8
Production Recorded in "Muzikansky" studio (Ashdod, Israel), "Tsolelet" studio (Tel Aviv, Israel), "Soundroll" studio (Givataim, Israel) and "Taketwoo" studio (Kiryat Ono, Israel), 2005–2010 Produced by Gevolt Engineered by Gevolt Mixed and premastered by Gevolt, 2010–2011 Illustrations concept by Leonid Polonsky Art and design by Mark Lekhovitser Yiddish consulting by Leybl Botwinik
References
External links AlefBase at Gevolt's official site. AlefBase at Soundcloud. "AlefBase", Encyclopaedia Metallum, 26 February 2011. Retrieved on 26 February 2011. Megen, Aleks. "AlefBase Review" Evrofilm.com, 4 September 2012. Retrieved on 4 September 2012. Brushvox, Attila. "AlefBase Review", 26 July 2011.