Tsuf Harim, by Yosef Gutman Levitt & Tal Yahalom

Tsuf Harim

by Yosef Gutman Levitt & Tal Yahalom

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1.	Asader Leseudata 04:10	buy track
2.	Nigun Shabbat 04:14 video	buy track
3.	Sar Hamemunim 03:38	buy track
4.	Atem Shalom 03:36	buy track
5.	Adon Haselichot 04:01	buy track
6.	Daar Oved 04:38	buy track
7.	Ka Echsof 05:41	buy track
8.	Lechatchila Ariber 03:47	buy track
9.	Nigun Lubavitch 03:23	buy track
10.	Teshuva 03:24	buy track
11.	Nigun Purim 03:46	buy track
12.	Nigun Gaaguim 05:09	buy track
13.	Me'ein Olam Haba 05:25	buy track
14.	Nigun Simcha 03:47	buy track
15.	The Warriors 04:10	buy track

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From a review in freq.org.uk/reviews/evitt-yahalom-tsuf-harim/

"The pairing of bassist Yosef Gutman Levitt and guitarist Tal Yahalom is an intriguing one, both wishing to bring greater attention to those melodies of the Hasidim that might otherwise escape the attention of the average gentile listener.

This is their second album together and here, they turn their considerable skills to nigunim — traditional wordless Jewish melodies — that were transcribed and recorded by Eli Rivkin in the Russian village of Lubavitch and then taken on and recorded by Yosef and Tal in Jerusalem.

These melodies have clearly had some travelling to do, but it is their ability to conjure up exotic vistas and that sense of peripatetic momentum. There is a sense of pride along with the elegant simplicity of the arrangements, and a certain magic in the sound of Levitt’s five-string acoustic bass that shimmers over Tal’s acoustic guitar. There is also an implicit melancholy, that sense of constant wandering, the search for something which is ever out of reach. That sense of momentum at times is merged with the desire to be still and this dichotomy plays out throughout the album; you can imagine folk moving in groups through wide-open plains, places with which we are unfamiliar, the simple melodies their constant companions.

The extraordinary ringing tones echo into the distance as the guitar strums crossways, connecting routes, sharing a little with what we may recognise as western classical or even the heartfelt solitude of someone like Andrés Segovia; but it is a coincidence and due to the choice of instruments, there is an ageless purity and the clarity of rushing water. But that sense of the exotic, tones and melodies fluttering beyond our recognition, going against our considered knowledge with that delicious five-string and their endlessly changing forms reconfiguring what we know of the acoustic duo.

Some pieces are sparse, the dry dusty air playing around the resonant strings; while others are more involved, drawing in the listener, involving them unexpectedly. It is a journey through a foreign land, one of which we have heard much, but know little; and these carefully compiled vignettes seem to fill in the gaps, Yal and Yosef working as our guides, steering us through a slowly evolving panorama, sometimes fatigued, sometimes sprightly but always with that sense of discovery just ahead."

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released March 24, 2023

Personnel:

Yosef Gutman Levitt: Acoustic Bass Guitar, Upright Bass
Tal Yahalom: Guitars

Executive Producer: Yosef Gutman Levitt
Producer / Arranger: Gilad Ronen
Co-arranger: Tal Yahalom

Recorded in Jerusalem @ Soul Song Studio February, 2022

Mixed and Mastered by Lars Nilsson @ Nilento Studio, Sweden

Artwork: Rebecca Meek
PR: Matt Merewitz @ Fully Altered

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Yosef-Gutman Levitt

Yosef Gutman’s modest, soulful playing radiates a thoughtful beauty, a bright colored land of sound. A sound that’s drawn by the quill of the soul, tradition and world music influences, something completely unique and ever changing. A music that is rooted in Jerusalem but draws on global inspirations. ... more

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