DJ Kobayashi
Wow! The Apples vs A-WA! Now that’s is something special 🌶 🍏
A great album as always from those guys!
Favorite track: Wa-isme'i (Ya Da Almaliha).
the8thwonder
Amazing album! I have listened to this so many times on my way to work, at work, and after work. The effect of listening to "Wowee Al Zowee" is the equivalent of injecting espresso directly into one's veins (WARNING: do NOT inject espresso into your veins).
Favorite track: Wowee Al Zowee.
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Comes in a lovely gatefold card case, with atwork by the remarkable Shahaf Ram.
Includes unlimited streaming of Dragonz
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Long expected vinyl edition of our 6th album, Dragonz, will be released as part of Record Store day celebration, on April 21st.
Pre-sale is open now and limited to one copy per person.
Grab your self A Dragon before it’s too late.
Includes unlimited streaming of Dragonz
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Rather than rely on their usual full band, live performance, one-room live single recording session, the making of ‘Dragonz’ was a departure for The Apples.
A multi-studio project spanning three continents, they assembled new instrumental tracks based on loops created in the studio and presented them to a wide-ranging selection of vocal collaborators to complete the picture with, and applied this method to the capturing of longstanding live favourites as well.
The concept of a “vocal album” was implemented on non-vocalist songs as well, treating the omnipresent turntables’ sample work not as the central element to the band, but rather its frontman.
Though containing disparate influences, guests and production methods, ‘Dragonz’ is undeniably Apples, might be their most focused LP to date, and it is certainly their most middle-eastern. Elements of the region's indigenous genres have always been present in the band’s work, but never has their influence been as pronounced.
credits
released September 1, 2016
RECORDED:
at LUNA STUDIOS by Guy Lebiush
at ANOVA MUSIC by Uri Wertheim
at KICHA STUDIOS by Assaf Shai
at HA-OGEN STUDIOS by Uri Wertheim, assisted by Eyal Mahabad
at BARDO by Ofri Tamim, assisted by Aner Baruch
at BRICKS by Avi Fox-Rosen
at THREE TOWELS by Uri Wertheim
EDITED by Yonatan Maimon, Dan Lavi
PRODUCED BY YONADAV HALEVY
MIKING & MIX BY URI “MIXMONSTER” WERTHEIM
MASTERED BY ITZIK FILIBA
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: EREZ TODRES
The decks/horns/bass/drums/effects Nonet formed in 2002. Students at Jerusalem’s Rubin Academy of Music joined with Southern
Tel Aviv’s burgeoning underground scene and Haifa’s creative jazz/ethno mentality and together began exploring spontaneous, groove-based, jazz flavored danceable improvised music....more