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CASATA is Your Summer Soundtrack
CASATA, the new album from DeLeon, is now available on Amazon, iTunes, and in the JDub store for the special price of $8.99!
Download the album’s first singles for free below!
Listen to DeLeon’s First Single Now!
“More Than Wine” is the first single off Casata, the groundshaking, dance move making new album by DeLeon!
The track’s only lyric, “nothing makes the world cry more than wine” (sung in Ladino and English), is an old Judeo-Turkish proverb. Says bandleader Dan Saks, “I’m frequently drawn to music with simple, repetitive lyrics. I like how a simple phrase can shift meanings the more you hear it until you no longer hear it and it just becomes another melodic or percussive element to the song.”
Listen to this catchy new summer tune below and you’ll find yourself moving to the beat just as Dan promises!
Pre-order DeLeon’s new album CASATA
Things are getting steamy up here in NYC- which means it’s time to pump up those summer jams. Cue CASATA, DeLeon’s new album out June 14th! You can now pre-order your very own copy for $8.99.
CASATA is DeLeon’s re-imagining of ancient melodies into contemporary indie-rock pieces. The band’s groundbreaking global pop sound successfully marries ancient Sephardic melodies with the celebratory symphony of modern life. DeLeon is front-man Daniel Saks, along with bandmates Kevin Snider, Justin Riddle, Amy Crawford and Andrew Oom.
Elements of African guitar funk and doo-wop come together in one song, while Ladino-English lyrics preside over another– one song even manages to find the unlikely common ground between El Guincho’s tropical grooves and Tom Waits’ clangs. Stories of wedding celebrations, forsaken lovers, and the births of biblical prophets are all told through upbeat, roaring, rocking melodies that even at their quietest banjo-picking moments, still make you move.
To be released June 14th, 2011 on JDub Records, CASATA features stomping, whooping, soaring trumpet and sensual slow jams. Pre-order today!
Free Soulico Remixes for Festival of Strikes!
“They can flip a 500 year old folk song into a hip hop beat, and that’s not an easy task. Neither is putting Ghostface Killah, Rye Rye, Axum and Lyrics Born back to back, but Soulico does it seamlessly…” Soulico is the hottest DJ crew in Israel, and they’re going to be performing one time ONLY in the US before next year! To celebrate their upcoming appearance at Festival of Strikes, we’ve got two new tracks for you to download!
1000 Nights Remix - Soulico feat. Ravid Kahalani
Bitter Crunk - Soulico feat. Rye Rye
JDub’s Festival of Strikes will be hosted by our friend, comedian Eugene Mirman, featuring the music of Soulico, The Sway Machinery, and DeLeon. If you’re unfamiliar with any of our performers, we’ve got a little “Who’s Who” for you right here:
Festival of Strikes
JDub is kicking off the Festival of Lights one night early with its first-ever benefit party, the Festival of Strikes, hosted by comedian Eugene Mirman!!
On Tuesday, November 30th, from 7-11 PM join Mirman and JDub artists The Sway Machinery, DeLeon, and Soulico for a rocking concert!
General admission tickets to Festival of Strikes can be purchased in advance for $15 at www.brooklynbowl.com, or guests may pay $18 at the door the night of the event. JDub will also buy a drink for the first 150 people in the door as a thank you for participating in our first-ever benefit!
Atlanta Loves DeLeon & Girls In Trouble
DeLeon and Girls In Trouble took over the Apache Cafe for the Atlanta Jewish Music Festival. Footage of the ruckus filmed by me, Patrick A. (Aleph) from the dark art-punk outfit Can!!Can.
Less talk, more rock. Watch these!
DeLeon Played On A Roof
DeLeon had the chance to play on a roof over the weekend, as part of the Rooftop Films series. Also screened was new Jesse Eisenberg flick, Holy Rollers
. BrooklynVegan has a ton of photos HERE.
DeLeon and Holy Rollers
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If you’re the kind of person who likes to sit on roofs, listen to Sephardic rock and watch films about Hasidic ecstasy smugglers then have I got the show for you! Tomorrow (Saturday) night, DeLeon will be performing at a Rooftop Film Series screening of Holy Rollers. We play at 8:30pm and the film will begin right afterwords. You should come.
DeLeon Covers Shakira For Charity
DeLeon - Ojos Asi (Shakira cover)
Sometime late last year we were asked if we would donate a song to an Amnesty International compilation being compiled by Buffetlibre to raise money to combat human rights abuses around the world. ”Sure thing” we said. ”How about a cover from the 70s, 80s or 90s?” they said. ”Wow that’s broad. Ok, let’s do a Shakira song” we said. And it was.
So here is the song we did! You can download all 180 songs, many from artists you know and love, for a donation of your choosing at the swanky new website HERE.
DeLeon Tour!
Dan Saks from DeLeon here to share a video I just this minute finished editing. Kevin and I went through a lot of trouble to film ourselves playing racquetball so you, the reader, might get hyped up about our string of shows next week. So please reader, watch the video, get hyped up, and come join us non-virtually for some real life good times.
Love,
Dan