Shofar can have multiple meanings in Jewish culture. Each one is equally important. What is the new Shofar album? A shofar can be made from any horn, except that of a cow. Sephardi Jews use antelope horns while Ashkenazi Jews prefer ram horns. A shofar horn should not be straight. The more it bends and deforms, the more interesting it will make. At Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, the shofar resounds. It was heard during Mount Sinai revelation. Prophet Isaiah’s divination linked the ram horn instrument to the resurrection of the living. What does Shofar think about the above? Shofar’s mission is to preserve the Jewish musical traditions that we still have and search for a common ground through free jazz and Hasidic music. The band members write. The musicians were very particular on their first album, Shofar, 2007. Listeners were able to get lost in the soundscapes of old nigunim by hearing the same themes, sounds, and melodies over and over. The music was infused with free jazz and, while some sounds may seem like intruders at first, they are not. Roginski and Trzaska behaved as Kabbalah practitioners, who claim to be able to reclaim the holy sparks that dispersed after their divine vessels were broken. Ha-Huncvot has replaced contemplation with an extroverted explosion of emotions. Each instrument tells its own story, which can be often bittersweet. Mikolaj Trzaska’s alto saxophone, and bass clarinet make for some of the most hilarious sounds. Some tracks have the instruments rumbling, crackling, and whiring, dominating all other sounds with their noise. Trzaska’s screens of noise that he generates using his lungs might bring back another meaning of shofar: at the end, the ram-horn instrument decimated the walls of Jericho. http://culture.pl
