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Shake Off the Dust... Arise

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Released
  
October 12, 2004

Length
  
63:39

Artist
  
Matisyahu

Label
  
JDub Records

Recorded
  
12 Tribe Sound

Shake Off the Dust... Arise (2004)
  
Live at Stubb's (2005)

Release date
  
28 October 2004

Genre
  
Reggae

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Producer
  
Daniel Seliger Alon Cohan

Similar
  
Matisyahu albums, Reggae albums

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Shake Off the Dust... Arise is Matisyahu's debut album and was released October 28, 2004 by JDub Records. It fell out of print following his move to Epic Records, and would remain a collector's item until it was remastered and reissued in October 2010, sold exclusively through his official website. The album is now widely available as a digital download through standard retailers, albeit with slightly modified cover art. The album's name comes from the Hebrew liturgical poem "Lekhah Dodi" which is sung by most Jewish denominations in order to welcome the holy Sabbath, which in the poem is referred to as a bride. The original line in the "Lekhah Dodi" poem is "התנערי מעפר, קומי" (Heetna'ari meAfar... Kumee).

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Chop 'em Down" – 5:45
  2. "Tzama L'Cha Nafshi (Psalm 63:2-3)" – 1:50
  3. "Got No Water" – 5:54
  4. "King Without a Crown" – 5:19
  5. "Interlude" – 0:54
  6. "Father in the Forest" – 4:59
  7. "Interlude" – 0:17
  8. "Aish Tamid" – 6:48
  9. "Short Nigun" – 1:46
  10. "Candle" – 6:22
  11. "Close My Eyes" – 4:55
  12. "Interlude" – 0:17
  13. "Exaltation" – 5:04
  14. "Refuge" – 3:28
  15. "Interlude" – 0:23
  16. "Warrior" – 7:23
  17. "Outro" – 2:15

Personnel

  • Matisyahu Miller – vocals
  • Aaron Dugan – guitar (tracks 3, 8 & 11)
  • Josh Werner – bass guitar, keyboards, steel-string guitar (tracks 10 & 14)
  • Johan David – drums (tracks 1, 3, 8, 10 & 11), percussion (tracks 4)
  • Marlon "Moshe" Sobol – melodica (tracks 3 & 8)
  • Yerachmiel Altizio – guitar (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 16)
  • Alon Cohan – drums (tracks 9 & 16), percussion (tracks 2, 3 & 13)
  • Rea Mochiach – drums (tracks 4 & 5)
  • Tom Mochiach – guitar (tracks 3, 4 & 10)
  • Lior Rachmany – guitar (tracks 13)
  • Pieter Woudt – trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 9 & 16)
  • Rabbi Wircberg – spoken voice (tracks 5 & 15)
  • Rabbi Goldberg – spoken voice (tracks 17)

    • Produced and arranged by Alon Cohen Recorded and Mixed by Alon Cohen

    Songs

    Chop 'em Down5:46
    Tzama L'Chol Nafshi (Psalm 63:2-3)1:50
    Got No Water5:54

    References

    Shake Off the Dust... Arise Wikipedia
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