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Dybbuk Tse!

Yoni Mayraz

Fast-rising pianist and producer Yoni Mayraz presents his debut LP ‘Dybbuk Tse!’ revealing the story of a malicious possession that is taking over one’s body and soul.

Dybbuk, known from Jewish folklore, is a malevolent wandering spirit that enters and possesses the body of a living person. It’s a cursed soul of a dead one that wanders tirelessly
Fast-rising pianist and producer Yoni Mayraz presents his debut LP ‘Dybbuk Tse!’ revealing the story of a malicious possession that is taking over one’s body and soul.

Dybbuk, known from Jewish folklore, is a malevolent wandering spirit that enters and possesses the body of a living person. It’s a cursed soul of a dead one that wanders tirelessly for sins committed during their life. The most vulnerable victims are the young and the sinful. Possession can be taken literally or as an analogy to the burden that young people carry generations back, which they have no influence on, and which they have to accept. Dybbuk can only be removed by exorcism. The titular ‘Dybbuk Tse!’ is a command to remove the spirit from the possessed body. The album is a story about possession but also about exorcism through music.

Recorded live with his band in a dusty wooden studio, ‘Dybbuk Tse!’ is indeed experimenting with the ‘darker side of things’, but yet with a somewhat lighthearted approach which is so typical of Yoni’s work. He easily combines jazz with the sound of 90’s New York hip hop and raw old school breakbeat. The album interweaves unique Middle Eastern melodies, sophisticated structures and sounds, and beautifully crafted solos played by some of the promising talents on the scene.

London based Israeli born pianist and producer Yoni Mayraz has set foot in the instrumental music scene with his EP ‘Rough Cuts’ released in 2020. Since then, Yoni and his band have been playing major venues and festivals around the world including the legendary Ronnie Scott’s and The Jazz Cafe, to name a few, bringing raw energy to stage with live versions of the studio materials, and stretching the melodies and structures into a Dancefloor-focused take on jazz.

‘Dybbuk Tse!’ album will be released by Astigmatic Records in cooperation with Polish Institute in Tel Aviv on CD and LP in both regular and limited (B1 poster included) editions, as well as on all streaming platforms. The pre-order starts on May 5th, and the release day of the album is scheduled for June 2nd, 2023.
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Fast-rising jazz musician Yoni Mayraz exorcises dark spirits from within on his fiery new album ‘Dybbuk Tse!’ on the ever–consistent Astigmatic Records. Yoni combines jazz with elements of 90’s New York hip hop, old-school breakbeats and Middle Eastern music to create shimmering new hybrid forms.

A highly-skilled keyboardist and producer, Yoni burst onto the new jazz scene in 2020 with Rough Cuts, an EP which introduced the world to his unique musical style. Since then the London-based, Tel Aviv-raised player has released a pair of singles, ‘The Rat’ and ‘Snow’ via the Brighton label Village Live Records, been championed by radio stations including BBC 6, WorldWide FM, and Jazz FM and collaborated with UK dance legend El-B. He’s gained plaudits for the raw energy of his dance floor-focussed live shows at gigs headlining the legendary Ronnie Scott’s, The Jazz Cafe and at international festivals.

Recorded live with his band in a dusty wooden studio over the course of a spring week last year, ‘Dybbuk Tse!’ sees Yoni channel his native folklore - the title alludes to a command to remove a malevolent wandering spirit (the Dybbuk) that enters and possesses the body of a living person until driven out - to posit ideas of emotional exorcism through music.