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Dan Blacksberg's new "Dveykus"

Hasidic doom jazz? Meet Deveykus, by Lincoln Eddy, Alarm Magazine, April 24, 2013.

Trombonist Dan Blacksberg has recruited four other musicians and combined traditional wordless melodies with doom metal for a new project called Deveykus. [Their] first track, "Wordless Ecstasy," is a slow burn, built of trombone, electricity, and weighty, slow-motion beats. Moments of complexity flirt with the ear, building a deceptive drone. It's a Zen kōan through a Jewish lens. [more (includes track recording)]