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Digression: Socalled at the Vienna Konzerthaus, 16 3rd March 2009

Since it is quite good - more or less - fits the theme, the following digression: the Canadian music producer and DJ Socalled, who in the past 10 years a reputation as an expert in the sampling and re-arranging old Jewish music, traditional Hebrew and Yiddish songs, pressed to 50 to 80 year old records, it thousands of times home hoarding has made, completed last week as I know his second concert in Vienna. At least his second within the last twelve months - he came in the fall of 2008 at the "Spot on Yiddishkeit" festival of the Vienna Concert House to a sold out event with klezmer legend, the clarinetist David Krakauer on.

following text I've already vorverfasst since I've played with the idea of anyone, anywhere to ask whether it can be published. I was then but too stupid to call all the newspapers and magazines, after I've already got the standard no answer ;-) (they told me there said at a hearing times, should I but notify when I've got something written - but just for this reason that ignoring, I never read what "just so"), I actually want to publish the text anyway right here - but maintained from the said reason, I'm still a little bit. So just to let you (I know, I talk to the wall) know why the above introduction, written the same again some occasions (but I wanted to revise it because I did it so magnificently newspaper moderately cool and cocky, - ):

comes What if thousands of years of Jewish musical tradition to younger innovations in music history as hip Hop and drum machine hits, Monday night, the Canadian DJ, rapper, musician and producer led Socalled (Josh Dolgin actually) to the Viennese public in the concert hall before our eyes and ears. Together with three other musicians (bass and guitar and clarinet) and the singer Katie Moore, he presented in an approximately 90-minute show is a cross-section of his diverse repertoire: from Klezmer unplugged modern variations of traditional songs (with rap and hip hop beats) to completely new hip hop tracks that are supported by Hebrew and Yiddish vocal samples, and the clarinet. Socalled sings himself, raps, plays piano and accordion and serves the ever-hectic drum machine escape from which samples of up to 80 years old plates, and programmed funk and hip hop beats. A certain degree of popularity in Austria owes Socalled the radio station FM4, where the single "You Are Never Alone" was played frequently in 2007. Probably because Vienna is the only detour from his current tour in France. Already in 2008 he graduated in the company of known klezmer clarinetist David Kracauer, to perform at the "spot on Yiddishkeit" festival in the Vienna Konzerthaus. For an early reunion, like with a larger ensemble, is to hope.

missing is "Sincerely, Michael Jeannée" , right? (Why write you really Jeannée two e , where he is male? Or do you spell it anyway Michael Jeanne )

Because here in any event no newspaper is - neither crown nor standard - is even room for many, many, many additional Guetzlis that in such a dumb paper product eh would never place: the only drawback: no readers (except you, you love wall).

biscuits Number 1: These two beautiful photos made in moving-honored time-quality stone, with my very old, used cell phone, send out these high-resolution images for that time already and receive SMS can:



And biscuits number 2: The following, at least as high resolution come up but still audible a real treat, video of the opening song: with lots of imagination can be in the wonderful concert experience, this congenial mixing conventional Instrumtente with the magical drum machine empathize, even if it looks like unfortunately more like a hallucination on drugs (see Trainspotting ) and also, as sound:



an acoustically and visually, however, almost masterful Version of this song by the way, as video here. However, this in my opinion exaggerated drum-heavy and not as balanced as in Vienna.

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VO - 17 March 2009 - Gideon Singer

childhood before the Nazis

third guest at country man was the actor Peter Gideon Singer . Born in 1926 in Brno, Harry Singer, he grew up bilingual: his mother, he spoke German, Czech and his father. In his childhood he was visited several times in Vienna, where he was his uncle, the operetta tenor (if I understood correctly). However, his visits to Vienna with his uncle roused his interest in opera, so he then in Vienna Opera wanted to study "what his step-father, however, thoroughly disliked (the part as it came from the father to the stepfather, I unfortunately missed or was not mentioned), he wanted to prevent then more visitors to Vienna

escape to Palestine
. was stuck, he fled with his family by ship to Palestine, where he then in a children's home (also this
1940 (1940 is also supported by other sources according to its own statement;, and thus not 1941, as in the Wikipedia ) part of the story I could not quite understand;. but there were for example in Cyprus internment camps, where "illegal" Jewish refugees during the Second World War II by the British, including women and children were interned in the former League of Nations mandate over Palestine, there was apparently an internment camp for illegal entry, Singer said in any case that he in an orphanage whose name is identified, I could not ( Alyat Anoah or so?) was inserted; asked

In the children's home in his name, said the supervisor immediately, "Harry is not a Jewish name." He was given a list of Hebrew names he could not read, but by which he diligently inquired through. When he had found a new first name for himself - his name was translated something like "Wolf" - said the caregivers, however, the name was already another Child selected. Harry's second choice was then Gideon. His last name he could, even though they wanted to also change to keep the end.

Jewish Identity in Transition

Gideon Singer Even when you meet again to that initially distanced relationship to Judaism, as is already prevalent in Otto Schenk's or Danielle Speras home. Singer described his father as an "anti-Semites" - ie a "Jewish Nazi" as the country man joked exaggerated. His mother's brother was actually a Nazi, says Singer. However, I do not know whether Singer's family was Jewish, because otherwise the brother of his mother in fact a "Jewish Nazi "was. In any event, we gave Singer to understand it as the" was Jewish identity, "ordered his family. She was virtually absent. After the annexation or the annexation of Czechoslovakia and the beginning of the persecution of the Jews to have Singer least surprised that he was "a Jew" is. In high school were now sitting in class, only two Jews, from 22 clock was a curfew and other forms of discrimination were from now prescribed by the Nazi regime.

When he against the war and then by the Shoa learned of the death of many relatives, it was for him apparently was not a big shock it was still too young to have particularly close to him can go -. may know it, except for his uncle and his cousin (s?) in Vienna, his relatives also hardly closer to any event he has said.

new life in Israel and "return" / re-emigration to Austria

Singer soon learned Hebrew and grew into the nascent Israel. He fought in "5 to 6 wars" - "only?" (Country man) and became the Israeli, but not religious. Generally it was for "European Jews" (meaning in particular the well-assimilated) have been difficult to integrate in Israel: climate, mentally, and especially language.

What made you decide to leave Israel? (Country man)
"I left Israel to this day" (Singer). It had just so happened, when he was invited in the '70s by Rolf Kutschera to occur in Vienna. He had two identities: an Israeli and an Austrian who is loud Pass, where still stands "Harry Singer", but a Czech.

Judaism in everyday life

As already mentioned, Singer is not religious. He does not even know whether in the Jewish Community, so if he has ever occurred (puzzled look on his wife, who was also present) . If so, he would not escape but still. Still playing his Jewish identity, which he would describe his previous statements measured more likely than Israeli, in real life is always a role. That he is always perceived as a Jew and put in as a drawer disturb him, however, not particularly. He told of an event, I think it was in Germany, where he was from another theater artists with the words "Gideon Singer, a Jew" was presented. It was reported to be meant in jest, he was a naive man and Singer him not be angry.

As Singer during Waldheim time an Israel-containment completed, he had been there, asked if he could move unmolested because in Austria in the street.
Whether it leads back
success or failure on his Jewish affiliation? (Country man) - No, "this complex," he did not, or had he got rid of him. Only when driving, if someone vorbeidrängle him or take the right of way, he is upset that this is certainly an anti-Semite - but of course only in jest. "The only by which I really suffer, everyone wants me to tell a Jewish joke .

Whether there is something spiritual connections exist among Jews? (Country man) - Yes, but that one should not exaggerate or generalize (Singer). For this I must introduce another way to Otto Schenk: The first meeting of the "German youth group," where were "half-Jews" had miteingezogen, all set in a room on the existing seats. As it was said that the "half-Jews" to get up all, just had four people, including Schenk,, and all sat together in the same series, although they had never seen before - a visibly amused Schenk told on the first date of this discussion series.

Asked about anti-Semitism, the Middle East conflict, to overcome the past and similar "serious" issues more often from Singer. He could not say anything, could not talk about such things, had no opinion. The man brought the country will be there for Wonder if he meant that a Schlusstrich should be drawn under the NS-/Shoa-Vergangenheit. In a way, yes, Singer, at least personally, he put no further apart with the past, he read, for example, no books in this regard (due to his personal resume my opinion quite an understandable attitude - he had probably been more discussion of the topic, as he might have liked). But in general should not forget the events. For questions about this subject needed to him at any rate its credit, it was his first interview in this manner, where it is "about him".

Regarding the situation in Israel, he has certainly a clear position: he was "suffering" under the "Israeli domestic politics" - "especially now" where "the Zionists again at the helm are .