Balagan just found this on the Hollertronix blog. Crazy! because when Shemspeed asked him for an Israel 60 remix he decided to hit us with an old school funk mix instead, not knowing that at the same freakin time on the other side of the world, Soulico were making a full on Israeli Funk joint. Here tis:
“We’re really excited about this one…
We are proud to present Soulico’s new mixtape titled Archeology
It’s an hour full of Hasidic Disco, Spirutal Soul, Yamanite Funk, Turkish Acid Rock, Arabic Jazz & much more, all recorded & released in Israel by local musicians & artists in the 70’s and early 80’s.
95% of the tunes were never reissued on CD and were kind of obscure even when they originally came out.
This is the result of a decade of digging in Tel-Aviv’s record shops & Flea markets…
It’s an hour long & There’s 31 tracks but we would’nt waste your time with all those funny Israeli names.
Shemspeed is an independent recording label and promotional agency highlighting cross-over music artists with positive and unifying messages. Founded by Erez Safar, an American-Israeli DJ/Producer, Shemspeed promotes over 15 dynamic artists representing a wide range of genres including hip-hop, reggae, and rock. These artists include Y-Love (revolutionary Jewish hip-hop), Diwon (Yemenite / Sephardic hip-hop, Israeli music and more), DeScribe (soul-awakening dancehall, hip-hop, & soul), and Electro Morocco (Israeli rock, dance music.) Shemspeed artists, collectively showcasing the diversity in world Jewish music, have performed with musicians as varied as Snoop Dogg, Lou Reed, Idan Raichel and Eminem; they’ve been profiled in Rolling Stone, SPIN, The New York Times and XXL; and they’ve been seen and heard around the world on various TV appearances (Conan O’Brien, CBS and BBC World) and global radio. Shemspeed’s mission is unifying people through culture and education, celebrating diversity and common ground. By way of this work, we add a public Jewish voice to multi-cultural, inter-faith, creative and collaborative bridge-building.
