Corner Prophets

Sagol 59 celebrates the release of “Hip Hop Einstein”, his new (fourth) album, tonight, Thursday 9/3 at the Sample club, Nahlat Binyamin St., Tel Aviv. Starting 21:30.

On the turntables: DJ Caress, DJ Guy Mar (Hadag Nachash)

Special guests: Shi360 (TACT), Kashi, Quami, Saz, Chino, Rebel Sun (Coolooloosh) and many more…

Entrance is free. 22 and over only please.

See y’all!

Last night, Y-Love brought the Jews to Uganada, Jerusalem’s premier record shop/café, for an amazing live set featuring performances from Corner Prophets’ finest, including Sagol 59, Rebel Sun & Shmash, with DJ Caress manning the decks. Granted, it’s not the largest venue in the city, but the place was filled twice over with a relatively diverse crowd comprised primarily of Orthodox olim who don’t usually frequent such locales. The energy was through the roof however, as the audience marvelled at the multifacted talents of Y-Love and his newfound Jerusalem compatriots. Sadly my Minidisc recorder bombed on me, and I’m still waiting on photos of the performance itself, but here are a couple buddy-buddy shots to whet your appetites.

Y-Love gets love from Rebel Sun, Sagol 59 and Omen X

Shmash, Rebel Sun & Sagol 59

Last week, I had the pleasure of introducing Y-Love to Shmash, the artist formerly known as Shmoopafly, thus bringing two of the most creative, multilingual, Hasidic minds in hip-hop together in collaboration. The meeting proved fruitful: The two immediately took a liking to one another, and by week’s-end, they were in the studio cranking out tracks.

Here is the result: “Hebrew Child,” from Y-Love and Shmash, with production from France’s Beatsmaker.

The next Old Jeruz Cipher will take place Thursday, March 30 @ Daila (Shlomzion HaMalka 4) at 10pm. The event will be hosted by Sagol 59 & DJ Caress.

Also, on Saturday March 25 at 10pm, Mobius will be DJing at Noc (Yaffo 31 / Feingold’s Field, next to Adom).

Improvisational Jazz & Poetry with The Kadima Collective, March 9

Join us for an evening of live jazz and poetry, featuring Jean Claude Jones and The Kadima Collective, with readings by Ronni Shendar and Dan ‘Mobius’ Sieradski.

The Kadima Musicians Collective is the vanguard of creative musical improvisation in Israel. For more information, visit kadimacollective.com.

Thursday, March 9 @ 9 PM (Tentatively)
Daila (4 Shlomzion Hamalka, Jerusalem)

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Corner Prophets Presents Heeb Storytelling, March 21

Corner Prophets is pleased to present the first-ever installment of Heeb Storytelling - Jerusalem. The event will feature performances by Matthue Roth, Ann B. Young, and Dan ‘Mobius’ Sieradski, among others.

Tuesday, March 21 @ 9 PM
Daila (4 Shlmozion Hamalka, Jerusalem)

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Regarding the Cipher

We’re still trying to nail down a new venue for the Old Jeruz Cipher. But never fear. It looks like we might be moving over to Sira 4 (formerly known as Diwan) for a trial run in April. Still working on a March date. Will notify as soon as we’ve got it figured out…

[UPDATED] Hip Hop Einstein, Sagol 59’s fourth album, will be released nationwide March 1st, on NMC Records. To celebrate the release, Sagol and DJ Caress will be holding a small, free gig at Jerusalem’s Music House (R’ Keren Hayesod) on Thursday, March 2, at 9:30 PM.

The following day, Friday, March 3, at 12 PM, there will be a release party at Tuvya (6 R’ Shushan, Jerusalem).

There will also be a large-scale release party with many special guest performers at the Sample Club (Nahalat Binyamin, Tel Aviv), on Thursday, March 9, at 9:30 PM.

To hear the lead single from the LP, “Current Affairs,” click here.

For more info, visit Sagol’s MySpace page.

Thursday, February 16 at 11pm, Coolooloosh will perform with Rebel Sun, Sagol 59, Quami, Kashi, and MC Carolina at Jah-Pan in Tel Aviv.

2005 DMC Finalist DJ Rattle (Singapore)
with DJs Mesh, Fresh, Scruff, and Bassick

Friday, February 17
The Zamir
Allenby @ Ben Yehuda
Tel Aviv