TZEFA is a melodic thrash metal band from the United States, formed in 1996. They blend modern sounds with traditional elements of rock and metal, featuring both male and female vocals. Their style, described by the band as "loud, obnoxious, operatic metal," defies easy categorization, merging past influences with future-oriented music. TZEFA's debut EP, "Feed Me," was released in 2002, and since then, they have performed at notable venues and events, including opening for Lacuna Coil and participating in the Russian Woodstock Festival in Montreal.

-- Recording at Neomatik's studio

Emnity (outro) by Tzefa

Dgree Orchestra rehearsal that right before our live performance at CBGB in winter of 2001.  This unique recording took place during practice at the studio in Manhattan. This collective had various talented musicians participating in the group  between 1998 and 2002 including Alex Skolnick. Alex is an American musician who is best known as the lead guitarist of thrash metal band Testament from 1983 to 1993, and again from 2005. He has also performed with the Alex Skolnick Trio, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Savatage, and Metal Allegiance. The band performed in many venues and festivals, including Elbow Room, Wetlands, Red Hook, Lions Den and CBGB in New York City. Th wild combination of musicians representing completely different genres added spice and unpredictability to the music compositions. Often Gregory Drakhler (a.k.a. DJ Dgree) the leader of collective suggested to jam instead of playing previously composed instrumentals. This unique recording somehow was saved by Ed Kabatsky (Synths) during their rehearsal. Video recording of Dgree Orchestra at CBGB is available on YouTube https://youtu.be/QnmI39AGJXk.

Gregory Drakhler has been interviewed about DGree Orchestra at Electrosteam show https://jamair.tv/video/electrosteam-06-23-2018/

Gregory DGree - Concept, Director
Keys, Synths - Ed Kabatsky (a.k.a. Neomatik) 
Electric Violin - Mazz
Bass - Ed
Drums - Vince

2002

D-Gree Orchestra (Rehearsal for CBGB)

Recorded in late 1994 at Ed's home studio on Ocean Avenue and Avenue H in Brooklyn NY. The entire setup consisted of just two synth Alesis Quadrasynth and Roland piano synth. This electronic duo formed by Ed Kabatsky (a.k.a. Neomatik) and Mike Danilin earlier that year, performed live at several Rave events around NY under name "Interzone". In those days the duo played straight electronic dance music. In about 3 years later the same name was used to form a new band "Interzona" by Mike (vocals, synth) with Serge Burzhulovskiy (guitar, synth) and Gregory Drakhler(dj). Ed continued to participate with the new band on different stages , including composing and producing a number of songs, eventually parting completely to focus on his solo work Neomatik. Today Ed Kabatsky is producing a radio show Electrosteam at Maker Park Radio dedicated to Electronic Dance Music. Check his mixcloud page https://www.mixcloud.com/electrosteam/

Lost and Never Found

Question - Interzone

This is my collaboration with now nonactive band named "Tzefa". This track meant to be a song, but never made it to final line. However it still can be listened as a heavy mix of distorted guitars with synths. Enjoy !

Тzefa Song

This track was recorded sometimes in early 1993 on cassette tape. This jam was recorded just in one take. While Ed Kabatsky played kids Casio synth, Serge Burzhulovsky played the guitar riffs. As a result we have this ambient and yet soulful track.

One Time at Home - (Zone of undefined activity)

This track was recorded sometimes in 1992 on cassette tape. Just two guitars and drums played from kids synth. Both Ed Kabatsky and Serge Burzhulovsky played the guitars.

Tribute to Kino

One time in late 90's two electronic musicians Ed Kabatsky and Mike Danilin met with New York with a Russian Jewish songwriter and performer by the name of Pavel Eduardovich Lion (a.k.a. Psoy Korolenko) Result of this meeting turned out to be this remix to his infamou composition "Pizza" that he often performed at various gatherings using folk style tunes and singing. This remix spiced up the original version and added dance mood to the groove.

Pizza Remix (feat Psoy Korolenko) - Ed Kabatsky with Mike Danilin

This recording took place at Ed Kabatsky's home studio in Manhattan at 103rd street and Amsterdam Ave. Recorded straight to to tape, no sequencer involved, Ed used two synths Roland E20 and an analog Roland JX-3p for effects, separately played the drum loop of the Roland E20 synth, while Sergey Burzhulovsky played the guitar.

Until Dark Jam w/Sergey Burzhulovsky

This recording has been made on cassette tape back in 1992 at Ed's place in Brooklyn, NY on Ocean Ave. Serge and Ed just got together one day, and just jammed using two guitars and beats played from some basic kids synth.

Mellow Mood - Ed Ka and Serge Burzholovsky

One time my neighbor Pavel Grishkevich suggested that I would record a track with his friend who is into Krishna stuff. This is that short track that we recorded together around 2001. Thanks to Pavel for connecting me with this artist.

Krishna Song

The ED Ka (a.k.a. Neomatik project) by New York based music producer Ed Kabatsky. Since the early 90's Ed has been producing experimental electronic music and occasionally performing at various raves, gatherings and festivals as a solo artist or with other acts such as D-Gree Orchestra, Interzone project, Interzona and briefly with Tzefa band. His in-depth understanding of musical gear quickly earned him a reputation of an electronic guru. Neomatik’s music in earlier years took many different forms and shapes from almost symphonic experiments to high energy dance tracks. Later, by adding vocals to his music another chapter of his career began as a songwriter. His first purely electronic self-released album “Lost and Never Found” came out in early 2001, distributed on cassette tapes in limited quantities and now is a rarity to find. In 2002 one of the tracks from the original release “Dune” was chosen for a compilation on “Invisible Power of Electronics” released by Zvezda Records. In 2005 another track from the mentioned above album titled “Offset” was released on a compilation CD “33 Tales” by RedKeds for the C-Arts2 project. 

His electronic musical works can be described as movie soundtracks. It can be a love story, a spooky documentary or even something more abstract. As the time passed he started adding vocals to his music, producing a number of songs with vocals “All in Groove”, “Office Space”, “When You Bullshit Me”, “Until Dark” - those songs would still be considered a part of an electronic music genre. 

The experimental vibe is the key signature in all of his music. Being self-taught and without formal musical training opened up his horizons of imagination and resulted in an unusual multi layered tones, beats and harmonies picked in many different genres of music interwoven into one.

Today Ed is producing a radio show "Electrosteam" at Maker Park Radio dedicated to Electronic Dance Music. Check his mixcloud page www.mixcloud.com/electrosteam/

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