"Much-heralded Star Deli slow-cooks it's own tender
temptations"
— Danny Raskin ,2012
makes life — life. You gotta take
ies, they started creating music
those emotions and bring them
together, with Rubenstein singing
out. It's beautiful to be able to
and playing guitar and Murray
connect to people on all levels."
rapping and making the beats.
Shtar hopes Boss can appeal to a They had set aside music to focus
broader range of listeners.
on Judaism, but with rabbinic
"People who don't speak Hebrew encouragement and a desire never
or don't have a religious connec-
to look back with regret, they re-
tion or aren't Jewish may not have
embraced their passion.
been able to connect or latch on
Murray came to Israel at 21,
or really appreciate the Infinity
leaving behind a promising career
album to its fullest extent, and we
as a rapper and MC on Seattle's
didn't want that to happen this
D&B (drum and bass) scene while
time says Murray. "We wanted to
Rubinstein, a native of Essex,
make this album more universal
England, had been the guitarist
for everybody."
and songwriter for Lisp, an elec-
Still, spirituality continues to
tronica band signed to London
inspire their music, such as on
Records.
"Rabbit Hole," whose unique
Rubinstein recalls his wife's
rhythm line sounds similar to
reaction when he put his guitar
a niggun (wordless melody)
back on after three or four years
from the Shabbat liturgy that
of not playing.
Rubinstein and Murray heard a
"That's the man I married," she
cantor sing.
said.
"Overload" is about reflecting
Looking back on his recording
on the choices
days, he says, "I
we make and
felt I had never
our precious
reaped any true
time on this
benefits out of
planet while
it. It all came
"Rabbit Hole"
together when I
is about real-
was at yeshivah.
izing what's
I realized there
real and what's
was a reason
fake, or as
for recording so
Rubinstein
many years ago:
calls it, "a song
to start record-
of clarity." In
ing and pro-
The cover of Shtar's new EP, Boss
the video for
ducing again."
"Overload,"
Over the
shot in downtown Jerusalem and
years, they teamed up with
Beit Shemesh, a young man comes
Sommers, Solomons and Isaac, a
to a violent realization about the
native of London who comes from
consequences of his actions.
a line of Sephardi cantors and also
The band collaborated with
works as a Torah scribe.
Grammy Award-winning producer
Though the band released
and engineer Adrian Bushby on
Infinity through Shemspeed
"Overload" and "Gone Again"
Records in the U.S. and Eighth
and with producer Nissim Black
Note Records in Israel, this time
(formerly D.Black), a rapper from
around its members took the
South Seattle who became an
independent route — recording
themselves, handling their mar-
Orthodox Jew, on "Rabbit Hole."
The band plans to follow up
keting and bookings.
Boss' five songs with a second EP
"We feel confident in our fan
by early summer and a U.S. and
base and what we're doing with
U.K. tour this year, where, say the
our album; it's not such a risk,"
group's members, they'll play at
says Murray, adding that thanks to
any venue, from a club to a JCC.
Facebook and YouTube, they have
fans from all over and, recently,
Shtar formed in 2006 when
new Muslim fans in particular.
Rubinstein and Murray were
studying together at the Aish
"Whether or not the band is
HaTorah yeshivah in Jerusalem,
successful, hopefully we will be,"
which specializes in educating
says Murray. "We're just gonna
Jews raised with little tradition.
keep making music because it's an
Though the two, who came to
expression of who we are." ❑
Orthodox Judaism as adults, were
focused on their intense stud-
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