Record label JudaBlue Records Albums Forty Days | Website judablue.com | |
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Years active 2004–2010 (hiatus)2011–2014 Similar The Rabbis' Sons, DeScribe, Isaac Bitton, Rogers Park, StandFour |
Modeh ani judablue live mexicali 6 16 09
JudaBlue was an American Jewish rock band from Silver Spring, Maryland. Formed in 2004 by lead singer Shlomo Gaisin and guitarist Yaniv Hoffman, the band released an EP, Forty Days, in 2010.
Contents
- Modeh ani judablue live mexicali 6 16 09
- Judablue falling official music video
- Origins 2004 2010
- Forty Days hiatus and recent activity 2010 present
- Musical style
- Members
- Discography
- Songs
- References
Judablue falling official music video
Origins (2004-2010)
Founding members Shlomo Gaisin and Yaniv Hoffman met while they were in seventh grade at Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy and began playing together in 2004. They added additional members in 2006 and began "playing seriously" in 2007, according to Hoffman.
They were the winning group at the 2009 Five Towns Battle of the Bands. That same year, they opened for Moshav Band at "Mexicali Live" in Teaneck, New Jersey and performed at Congregation Ramath Orah's "Roc House" event.
Forty Days, hiatus, and recent activity (2010-present)
Preceding a year-long hiatus to allow Gaisin and Hoffman to study in Israel, the band recorded their debut EP, Forty Days, in Bethesda, Maryland with producer Taylor Larson of From First to Last. The EP was released on January 1, 2010, and spawned two singles, "Im Lo Aleh" and the title track. A release party was held at Café Café in Jerusalem's Mamilla Mall.
After Gaisin and Hoffman returned to the U.S. in 2011, the band reunited and released a music video for the single "Falling", based on the Biblical story of David and Goliath. The following year, they released another music video called "Change".
A week after the video's release, Hoffman returned to Israel to serve in the IDF's Givati Brigade. Meanwhile, Gaisin stayed in New York and formed the Hasidic soul band Zusha in 2013. Despite this, they released the song "Oneness" in March and performed at Yeshiva University's annual Hanukkah concert alongside Alex Clare.
In 2014, with Hoffman back in New York, he and Gaisin announced on Facebook that they had begun writing new songs together. Later in the year, they released two acoustic songs, "All You Got" and "Give Love".
Musical style
JudaBlue's music combined elements of rock, jazz, funk, and soul, while the lyrics often incorporated traditional Hebrew prayers with thematically-related English verses.
Members
Discography
Songs
Im Lo AlehForty Days · 2010
Darchei NoamForty Days · 2010
Hinei KelForty Days · 2010