Black Ox Orkestar
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Black Ox Orkestar | |
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| Origin | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Years active | 2000–2005 |
| Labels | Constellation Records (Canada) |
Black Ox Orkestar was a quartet of musicians from Montreal, Quebec who played European Jewish folk music.
History[]
They formed in the summer of 2000 to explore their common Jewish heritage through music, which was entirely acoustic and sung in Yiddish.[1] Constellation Records released their first album, Ver Tanzt?, in 2004.[2][3] They played their last show in 2005.[4] Their final album, Nisht Azoy, was released in 2006 and recorded in Montreal's Hotel2Tango studio)[5][6]
Contributors[]
- Thierry Amar (contrabass) is now a member of Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band.
- Scott Levine Gilmore (vocals, cymbalom, guitar, mandolin, saz, violin, percussion) joined Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band and Land of Kush (with composer Sam Shalabi). He has played in Luftmentsch Fareyn (with Josh Dolgin, and was a founding member of Le Petit Théâtre de l'Absolu, a puppet theatre that toured through Israel and the West Bank in 2003.
- Gabriel Levine (clarinet, guitar) played in Sackville, and Land of Kush and the Wild Lawns. He worked in Vermont for the Bread and Puppet Theatre, and was a co-founder of Le Petit Théâtre de l'Absolu.
- Jessica Moss (violin) plays in Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band, and has played with Broken Social Scene.
Discography[]
- Ver Tanzt? (Constellation Records, 2004)
- Nisht Azoy (Constellation Records, 2006)
References[]
- ^ "Black Ox Orkestar". cstrecords.com. Constellation Records. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ Davidow, Ari. "Black Ox Orkestar / Ver Tanzt?, May 2004". klezmershack.com. Klezmer Shack.
- ^ Cober-Lake, Justin. "Black Ox Orkestar: Ver Tanzt?, June 2004". popmatters.com. PopMatters. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ Margasak, Peter; Hopper, Jessica. "Silver Mt. Zion, Black Ox Orkestar". chicagoreader.com. Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ Shaul, Aaron. "Black Ox Orkestar Nisht Azoy". ink19.com. Ink 19 Magazine. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ Funk, P. "Black Ox Orkestar Nisht Azoy". tinymixtapes.com. Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
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Categories:
- Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Montreal
- Canadian folk music groups
- Constellation Records (Canada) artists
- Jewish musical groups
- Yiddish-language music
- Musical groups from Montreal
- Yiddish culture in Canada
- Jewish rock groups