Yoshie Fruchter
10.10.08 | Pitom picked as top album of 2008 eJazzNews
09.24.08 | PITOM reviewed on the University of Florida Shpiel
09.22.08 | PITOM reviewed in the New York Jewish Times
09.22.08 | PITOM reviewed on Jewschool.com
09.12.08 | New clips from Pitom debut on Tzadik records on site
Check 'em out!
09.12.08 | Pitom debut to be officially released September 16th
Get 'em while their hot! And come to the CD release show on the 23rd...
05.05.08 | Pitom album to be released on John Zorn's Tzadik records this fall
Going into the studio to make the Pitom debut album this summer. Super psyched!
09.24.07 | PITOM show reviewed on Jewschool
Check out a great review of the Zebulon show with Pharaoh's Daughter! We were compared to Ocean's Eleven. Who knew?
09.05.07 | Yoshie featured on Book of Life podcast, interviewed about Beyond the Book
Thiis a podcast mostly for jewish educators, with monthly features on new and interesting Jewish art and writing put together by Heidi Estrin, and based in Florida
08.01.07 | Pitom EP coming soon
Pitom will be going into the studio to do a recording for their first EP at the end of August hopefully to be out by November.
05.08.07 | Check out new Pitom myspace page!
05.02.07 | Name change
The Plain hex Quartet has changed it's name to Pitom. Just so ya know.
12.02.06 | Beyond the Book reviewed
The Beyond the Book album is reviewed in this month's section of the New York Jewish Week's Great Jewish Sounds by George Robinson.
10.19.06 | Photos from Tonic on the site
Check out the photo gallery for some great shots from Plain Hex at Tonic by amazing and talented photographer Krysztof Serafin.
Check out his Myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/krisserafin.
08.10.06 | The Plain Hex Quartet
Yoshie's newest project soon to be debuted at a venue near you
06.05.06 | Beyond the Book in the City Paper
"Noah's Song" from Beyond the Book was featured in the One Track Mind section of the Washington City Paper. Check out the article here:
05.09.06 | New bellflur EP out
bellflur has just released a 9 song EP with 5 brand new songs, and 4 remixes of tunes from the first album by T.E.CK., Mr. Id, Tweaky Bambino, and Elsewhere. Check out www.modularmoods.com, or www.bellflur.com for more info.
03.23.06 | JUEZ returns from Moscow
One of the best shows we have ever played, to a crowd of about 400 people, and everyone loved it. Can't wait to go back!
03.08.06 | JUEZ goes to Moscow
Juez will be playing two shows in Moscow on Saturday night March 19th, and Tuesday March 22nd. The tour is beiong sponsored by Eshkol, a Moscow based Jewish cultural organization.
02.23.06 | Beyond the Book featured in the Washington Jewish Week
02.14.06 | Beyond the Book radio debut
Sarah's Song, the first cut from the album was played on Nachum Segal's jewish music show, JM in the AM this morning.
02.02.06 | Beyond the Book is out and about
The CD is finally out and available. Please check the "buy" section of the site for purchase. Correction in the jacket credits; album was recorded and mixed by Keny Ruyter and mastered by Billy Wolf. Also, due to a layout misstep, the words to "Elisha and Elijah's Song," and "Adam's Song" are difficult to read in the jacket so I have listed the lyrics here:
ELISHA AND ELIJAH'S SONG
Kings II, 2
The prophet Elijah, in the tradition, doesn't ever
die, but instead is summoned to heaven one day in a
fiery chariot. On this day, his disciple Elisha
accompanies him. Their love is apparent by their
deeply sad parting and by Elisha's final urgent
request to be left with "a double portion" of Elijah's
soul. He is granted this on the condition that he
actually sees Elijah ascending.
ELISHA'S SONG
Let's make a deal, I said, I have been there all the
times that you have needed me
Your body will be dead, but of your spirit I must have
a double copy.
You have been like a father, I don't want to see you
go,
And if only I knew all the things that you know
But I know that you must go home
So this thing you ask of me, it remains to be seen
what can be done for you
But if you see me as I leave, I can guarantee that you
will have the thing you choose.
I know you'll carry on, what I've been sent to do,
And I'll always be there to help you get through
But now I must be going home
From a chariot of fire, I'll wave to you
On my journey into history alone
I'll be back someday, but today I am gone
I will miss you
I have known you to perform, miracles I would have
sworn were not possible.
Giving everything you had to show the world that we
all for one and one for all
Running away, feeling angry and depressed,
But soon you found that you were not the only one left
We knew that we could go home
Stay with me….
Can't you see…
I'm not ready…
Stay with me…
And now I've carried on the seeds my teacher has sown
the very best I could.
And his that's been mine, will carry into time and
show the world things good.
But in my heart I know he'll always have a special
place,
And when I dream I'll see the things I need in his
face
I wish that I could go home
ADAM'S SONG
Genesis 3
Adam and Eve are banished from the Garden of Eden
after eating from the tree of knowledge of good and
evil. In the moment after their exile, they become
aware that they will have to exist in a world where
none of the profound beauty they had previously known
will ever exist or be accessible again. They are thankful
for their lives and their plenty, but have had a taste
of what could be, which will color their lives
forever.
ADAM'S SONG
The world is alive with the sound of my eyes
But I still know what's been here before
Take my hand, you are woman I am man
But I still know what's been here before
Ooh*Before
We'll toil for our bread, the land will keep us well fed,
But I still know what's been here before
Our skin won't be bare, we'll have clothing to wear
But I still know what's been here before
Ooh*.Before
Close my heart to this brand new start
I still know what's been here before
Take me back to the place that I know
I still know I've been here before
Still know I've been here before
The children will play with the passing of each day
But I still know what's been here before
Our love was pure, now it seems so unsure
I still know what's been here before
Our world wouldn't last, paradise was that fast
I still know what's been here before
I should have cried when we learned to tell lies,
I still know what's been here before
Ooh*. Before
01.15.06 | Nochi Krohn Band CD in final stages
The Nochi Krohn Band, a new and original Jewish group that Yoshie plays with, will be releasing a full length album entitled "Ananim" ("Clouds," in hebrew) at the end of the winter months. More news to come soon.
11.08.05 | Beyond the Book Tracks Finished
New Beyond the Book tracks on the site! Album will be out in January.
09.20.05 | Jewish Music and Heritage Awards
Juez was nominated for the best new Klezmer band award at the first annual Jewish Music Awards. Sadly, they did not emerge with the golden bagel. Maybe next year.
09.04.05 | New bellflur EP out soon
Bellflur has begun working on a new EP to follow thier self titled first album. It is expected to be released in late Fall.
08.07.05 | Beyond the Book
Yoshie and his father Harold have are currently working on a project called Beyond the Book: A Look into the Subconscious of our Ancestors. The material focuses on specific situations of characters in the bible and prophets, and an interpretation of the character's emotional response to the situation. Adam laments the loss of paradise, Ruth celebrates her frienship with Naomi etc. They are currently working on the album, which is expected to be released this winter.
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