Consensus: Live in Concert

by Beyond the Pale

Overview

The Pale was the name for a limited geographical area of Tsarist Russia within which Jews were allowed to live. So Beyond the Pale is the perfect name for a band that plays klezmer music (the jazzy folk music of Eastern European Jewry) but refuses to be bound by traditional stylistic limitations. And a live recording is the perfect way to experience Beyond the Pale's joyful, sophisticated, and frequently humorous music. Led by mandolinist Eric Stein, the group takes you on a tour of klezmer music past and klezmer music future. There are songs both touching (a Yinglish song of unrequited love titled "Oy, I Like She") and hilarious (the slightly risque music hall song "Halevaye," here reworked into a galloping ska groove and retitled "Skalavaye"), as well as original instrumentals of both scintillating energy ("Reunion") and quiet, bittersweet beauty ("Moses Nign," "Bulcharescu"). Not a single track is weak, obvious, underplayed, or overplayed -- Consensus is probably the best klezmer album of 2004. ~ Rick Anderson

Product Details

Release Date:	02/08/2005
Label:	Borealis Records
UPC:	0773958116528
Rank:	172107

Tracks

1. Diaphanous Charms
2. Tarrastaman
3. Oy I Like She
4. Variatiuni Lautari
5. Enosereh
6. Moses Nign
7. Bulcharescu
8. Calusari Dance
9. Sha Shtil
10. Whassat
11. Nevestino
12. Reunion
13. Nign 107
14. Skalavaye
15. Mesecina

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Beyond the Pale   Primary Artist
Martin Van De Ven   Clarinet (Bass),Clarinet
Yeva Medvedyuk   Vocals
Eric Stein   Mandocello,Mandolin,Mandolin,Mandocello
Josh Dolgin   Vocals,Guest Artist,Piano
Bret Higgins   Bass
Bogdan Djukic   Violin,Percussion
Milos Popovic   Accordion

Technical Credits

Danny Greenspoon   Audio Engineer,Editing,Live Recording
Beyond the Pale   Audio Production,Producer,Arranger,Group
Josh Dolgin   Photography
Bret Higgins   Composer
Jeremy Darby   Assistant Engineer
Saban Bajramovic   Composer
Ormond Jobin   Mixing,Mastering
Aaron Lebedeff   Composer
Jeff Elliott   Mastering,Mixing
Traditional   Composer
Martin Van De Ven   Composer
Moishe Oysher   Composer
Eric Stein   Composer