Thursday, August 6, 2009

Soulico to release debut album in October

JDub Records announced today the October 6th release of Soulico's (http://www.myspace.com/soulicocrew) debut album, Exotic on the Speaker. The album features guest appearances by Ghostface Killah (Wu Tang), Del the Funky Homosapien, MIA's protege Rye Rye, Pigeon John, MC Zulu, Ceci Bastida and Middle Eastern MCs Tomer Yosef (of Balkan Beat Box), Onili, Saz and more.

Comprised of four DJs from Tel Aviv, DJs Sabbo of Mad Decent fame, Rob, Shimmy Sonic and Wido (more on the DJs is below), Soulico's sound combines their trademark eclectic blend of energy-charged beats with a masterful fusion of everything from hip-hop, reggae and dancehall to Israeli folk and disco.

Track Listing:
1. El Nur ft. Ghostface, Tomer Yosef & Saz
2. Exotic on the Speaker ft. Rye Rye
3. Pitom Banu ft. Axum
4. Put 'em Up ft. Lyrics Born & Axum
5. Darboukatron
6. SOS ft. Pigeon John & Ceci Bastida
7. Politrix ft. Del the Funky Homosapien
8. Come Back ft. Onili
9. Avood MeAhava ft. Oren Barzilay
10. We Keep On ft. Rebel Sun & Soul-J
11. Queen of Hearts ft. MC ZULU
12. Bo Be Easy ft. Axum & C. Le
13. 1,000 Nights ft. Ravid Khalni

ABOUT THE DJS:

DJing since 1998, Eyal Rob (DJ Rob) founded Israel's most popular music website and blog, mooma.co.il, as well as Israel's music channel, Channel24. An accomplished writer on music and culture, Rob edited 2003's Ain't What it Used to Be: Stories of Israeli Club Culture and currently contributes to several Israeli publications.

Ido Saar (DJ Wido) has written and produced songs for such Israeli luminaries as Zahava Ben, and produced the top selling Israeli Now That's What I Call Hip Hop volumes I and II for Helicon. With an artist visa secured in 2002, Saar spent a year working on staff at VP Records in NYC.

Ronen Sabbo (DJ Sabbo) has been awarded numerous Gold records as a song-writer and producer for HaDag Nachash, Asaf Amdursky, and Mookie. Sabbo has worked with Stephen and Damien Marley and produces alongside "Thru You" DJ/Producer Kutiman. He also acts as Mad Decent's Tel Aviv correspondent.

Michael Emmeth (DJ Shimmy Sonic) has taught sound design at Jerusalem's renowned Bezalel Academy of Art and Design since 2002. He was nominated for the Best Sound Design award in 2000 by the Israeli Film Academy (akin to the Oscars) for his work on Mars Turkey and won the Best Sound Design award from the prestigious Jerusalem Film Festival in 2006 for his work on No Exit.

About JDub
JDub Records is a non-profit dedicated to innovative Jewish music community and cross-cultural dialogue. JDub has released albums by Matisyahu, Balkan Beat Box, and Michael Showalter among others.

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