NIFTY´S (on tour)
Klezmer meets death metal meets polka meets surf rock
roll out the red carpet only to pull it out from under your ears again!
With their debut album “Takeshi Express” (2007), Nifty’s was definitely dedicated to Nu-Klezmer. Their second album “Naftularasa” (2009) cannot be so easily categorized – it’s where Klezmer meets Death Metal, Polka and Surf-Rock. On “Naftularasa”, Nifty’s illuminates the Klezmer tradition from a new perspective. “Tradition is the passing on of the fire, not the worshipping of the ashes” – so to speak. The result is a highly energized and vivid sound – boisterous, poetic and serious with humour. Technically accomplished and highly creative musicians are at work here that don’t forget about the party. For this reason, they must be experienced live on stage – that’s where Nifty’s delivers the complete program.video: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=101302814
Press
“These instrumental bastards romp like pups through the ether before remembering their roots and crawling home into their Jewish basket. Now and then we hear brutish lover’s greetings a la John Zorn, and in general the whole album expresses much of the openness and enjoyment in experimenting characteristic of the New York music scene." Oneworldmusic
“If klezmer were a goulash soup, the Nifty’s would be its onions. A band who with much fun in playing, electric guitars and a meaty dose of brass instruments play many things not too dissimilar to a musical cooking pot. Reggae, ska and above all punk go waltzing and take an up-tempo from the klezmer." Tritonus
"This is by no means a fresh plundering of folklore, but rather an in-depth examination of and love for this music. Correspondingly, Nitfy’s are not dogmatic and have developed an own aesthetic, in classic band formation with trumpet. So: insert CD, laugh, cry, and take off!” Skug
Discography
- Takeshi Express (Extraplatte)
- naftularasa, cracked anegg, 13.11.2009