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Leeches - DJ Spooky Remix

Jerusalem hip-hop kingpin, Sagol59 is here to offer a brand new remix album straight outta Israel for FREE. The record is filled with remixes of tracks from the last 10 years of his career and features remixes by Israeli heavy hitters and a few American dj’s including Shimmy Sonic of Soulico, DJ Spooky, Ori Shochat and more.  Sagol hit us directly and wanted to give this record away for free, so here it is; download it, sit back and enjoy the beats and rhymes.

Download the album HERE

Tracklisting:
1. Earth, Wind & Cash - Michael Cohen Remix
2. Love Song - Ori Shochat Remix
3. Leeches - DJ Spooky Remix
4. Ping Pong ft. Dan Toren - Amir Estlein Remix
5. What Do I Have to Do
6. Till the Fat Lady Dances - Shimmy Sonic Remix
7. Current Affairs - Mankush Remix
8. Hard Cleaning - Digital_Me Remix
9. Rak Hasagol  - Kusemek.com Remix
10. Move Forward ft. Roy Uadry - Amir Estlein Remix
11. If i Had no Mic ft. Vulkan (Prod. DJ Dao) - unreleased
12. Lost Tape Freestyle Ft. Rebel Sun (Prod. Markey Funk) - unreleased

I started recording rap tracks in 1998. In the summer of 2000 small Jerusalem indie label FACT Records released “The Blue Period” and the rest is history. So, on Saturday March 6th, 10pm, i will be celebrating a decade of  Heb-Hop, along with my dear friend and super M.C Rebel Sun (of Coolooloosh fame) and promising newcomers Ruff and DJ Funkay Fish. This will happen at the Cosa Nostra bar/club in Tel Aviv. We’re also celebrating the imminent release of the new Sagol Remixed 2000-2010 compilation album (details tba). Hope to see y’all  there!

After receiving quite a few requests via e-mail, forum talkbacks and messages, i finally got around posting this collection of hard-to-find freestyles i did for various shows on Israeli radio, (mainly Galei Tzahal 96.6FM) between 2006-2009. Featured artists include Rebel Sun, Saz, Metro, Kashi and more. Download while they’re available, and enjoy.

For all you producers / DJs Remixers out there: here’s a nice collection of 8 acapellas (vocal track only) of recent Israeli Hip Hop tracks. Courtesy of the artists themselves & Cookedlabs.com. Download and enjoy!

1.) Tachles - Nevermind

2.) Tacles ft. Elparver - If i had a Shekel

3.) Tachles - Brother Brother

4.) Ruff ft. Sagol 59 - Turning the page

5.) Lukatch ft. Ortega - Time for changes

6.) T.O.B ft. Ortega - Rookie of the year

7.) Ortega - Hopes

8.) Ortega - The right time

Reut Yehudai might be the best-known/unknown singer in Israel right now. “Dvash” (Honey), her duet with singer Ari Gorali, was the most played song on Israeli radio last year, but most people on the street still don’t recognize her. That’s probably about to change, as she drops her debut album “Changing Speed” in a couple of weeks. Yaya Cohen-Harounoff  (of Hadag Nachash fame) produced it and yours truly had the pleasure to contribute lyrics to one of the songs.

Included above is “Kinda Simple” (Kaze Pashut), the nice first video from the upcoming album.

This Friday, Jan 29th, at the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv, a host of Israeli artists, musicians and actors will hold a fundraising event for the people of Haiti. All revenues will be transferred to Haiti by event organizator IFA (Israeli Flying Aid) and will be used for medical, humanitarian and spiritual assistance in Haiti.

Among the participants in the event: Ninette Tayeb, Mooky, Keren Peles, Ivry Lieder, Alma Zohar, Mosh Ben Ari, Jeremy Kaplan, Sagol 59  (me!) and many others. The event will be hosted by Sarit Vino-Elad and Danny Kushmaro.

To get y’all warmed up for the Jerusalem Hip Hop extravaganza taking place at The Lab (Hamaabada)this Tuesday, here’s a new video of the event’s 3 featured M.Cs. JDubber Sagol 59 plus up-and-coming rappers Ruff and Hasid, performing the posse cut “7″ in Tel Aviv’s Barzilay club to an ecstatic crowd.

For two days next week, Jerusalem will turn into the music, arts, theatre, food, drink and good vibes center of Israel, as the de:frost festival will offer hundreds of parties, gigs, plays, exhibitions and other mainstream, fringe and guerilla events. And if you’re looking to catch some authentic Jerusalem Hip Hop flavour, on January the  19th Sagol 59, Hasid and Ruff will perform at The Lab (Hamaabada).

For more info, check out De:frost Festival’s Facebook page.

My good friends (and frequent collaborators) DJ Alarm & Ori Shochat were selected by Layla magazine , Israel’s nightlife bible, as two of the best Israeli DJ’s of the decade. To celebrate this, they’ve made a dope megamix of the best songs of the 2000-2009, Hip Hop and otherwise.

Check out Alarm & Shochat’s fine blog HERE

Download the festive mix HERE

Acclaimed blues guitar phenom Joe Bonamassa came to Israel to do his final 2009 gig, at the Reading 3 venue in Tel Aviv. The show was incredible. A day before, however, about 200 lucky people (including yours truly) were fortunate enough to participate in an intimate masterclass Mr. Bonamassa gave at the Artik Music School in Yahud.

Here’s a video from the event, featuring Joe’s acoustic take of the old blues staple “Further on up the road” . Enjoy!