Raw Tapes Podcast

Buttering Trio - Close To You

Free The Robots (Alpha-Pup, LA) remix BT3 tune from their latest LP - TOAST 

http://butteringtrio.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS2fGLLERDE

TOAST LP

Buttering Trio - No Joke (Free The Robots Remix)

Rejoicer & Nitai Hershkovits - side sidemi

"The album was recorded in 3 consecutive days in which we just jammed - hence the name of the album - JAM - and was the initiative of Harake - a project of Kol HaCampus 106fm radio.

The general idea was to get into the studio, without any songs in advance, and jam using our equipment and some extra instruments to create a live album.

The result is a collection of intuitive tracks all made on the spot, very different from the trio's usual work process - in layers and over time.

Thanks to this process, the tracks got a dynamic living character that compliments the electronic format, giving the album its unique colour.

The sessions got an unexpected twist due to the November 2012 bombings in Israel/Palestine. Alarms that set off at peak moments got us all into a very specific zone which gave birth to some of the songs - Master Of Rockets, I Cried, What Is Madness are among its' children.

A few amazing musicians and good friends joined us in this session - Shuz (3421), Nomok (L.B.T), Roy Chen (Malox)." -- KerenDun
credits


Music by Buttering Trio (KerenDun, Beno Hendler, Rejoicer)

Additional Keys by Shuzin (3421) and Nomok
Drums on "Juno Juno" by Roy Chen

Recorded by Uri MixMonster Wertheim @ 106 FM studios

Mastering by Marko Gurkan @ Kicha Studios, TLV

Art and Design by Jengo

Executive Producer - Osbourne "Ease" Green 

Buttering Trio - Jam - 06 I Cried For You

On “cold water,” the second single off Masok’s second Raw Tapes LP, "challenge accepted," Jenny Penkin hits us with a feeling we all know too well: “End of days, it caught me just a little unprepared like cold water.” But dread never feels this funky. Over stuttering beats, twinkling guitar and wriggling bass, Penkin levitates above it all, singing from somewhere off in space. It’s the perfect first taste of challenge accepted—Masok’s playful take on our modern anxieties with a future-soul sound.

Masok - cold water

Tipula’s Raw Tapes debut, Greening, took shape as Eldar Brantman and Dana Dunietz began playfully fusing trip-hop, vocal jazz and classic funk in Eldar’s home studio. With no deadline in sight, slowly Greening emerged. “Creation is necessary for me; like breathing,” says Dunietz. Necessary, but not a burden. These eight tracks sound like two friends enjoying each other, trading melodies between keys and vocals, lightly bouncing over the bassline. It’s an open hang. The door’s open; come on in.

Tipula - They Say

"Waiting Places" is a Modern Dance show by Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, created and performed in Copenhagen in March 2024. In October 2024 it screened as a movie in San Francisco. Daskal wrote and performed the music in collaboration with Betty Nansen Theater (Copenhagen) and dancers from the Royal Danish Ballet. In August 2024 Daskal recorded the original motion picture soundtrack for the movie that became out of the show.

Daskal - PAVANE POUR UNE INFANTE DÉFUNTE M. 19 (Maurice Ravel)

'Line Down', the second single from 'Tide and Time', the new Raw Tapes album by Amir Bresler, starts effortless yet profound; the melody seems to flow unwritten. ‘I liked the notion of less is more’, Amir says, ‘suddenly you can hear more frequencies within the drums'. One bright phrase shines above, the background is set, the tempo is absolute while the piano sways as the stream lingers and fades.

Amir Bresler - Line Down

“Sounds aren’t limited by words — what a blessing how they move the heart differently,” says Roei Hermon of his second Raw Tapes album, "Dálum.” The 10-tracks of “Dálum,” assembled from free-flowing studio experiments on trumpet, organ, piano and synthesizers, were shaped by Hermon and Rejoicer, who added touches of percussion. The title? A Polynesian word for the inside of the mind or heart. And indeed, these sounds swirl and dance, inviting you open up to mystery and wonder. No words needed. 


Roei Hermon - Dálum

Eyal Talmudi’s second Sonolodge album is an invitation to embark on a meditative journey. What began as live improvisation sessions for deep listening now returns to the studio with a new cast. 

All of the music was composed and recorded in real time, capturing the raw, spontaneous spirit of the moment—except for the final piece, the hymn of the Sonolodge.

Close your eyes and let yourself fully immerse in the Sonolodge experience.


Eyal Talmudi - Pine Flower feat. Ariel Qassis

Eyal Talmudi - Winds Are Dancing feat. Jenny Penkin

Eyal Talmudi - Moon Colors feat. Nitai Hershkovits

The new single by Talmudi opens the door into a voyage of tranquility. As the five musicians of this track come together, their interplay weaves a seamless harmony that defines its essence. Talmudi’s saxophone and Jenny Penkin’s voice melt into one another, blending with the delicate tones of qanun, piano, and keyboards. A mysterious, inviting atmosphere beckons - welcome to the second part of the Sonolodge series.

Eyal Talmudi - When You Arrive

Buttering Trio bring a disturbing piece, befitting these dark times. Pulsating, primal, breathing. A nerve-racking, intimate depiction of war - the day after.

Your Silence Covers The Sun

August 29th, marks 30 days since the sudden passing of Alon Aboutboul, a remarkable individual who was constantly exploring, creating, and evolving.

The song "Beyond The Curve," which Alon wrote and Rejoicer produced, truly embodies Alon’s unique and wonderful essence. The song was already complete when Alon unexpectedly passed away. To add a final layer of profound meaning, Alon's eldest son, Michael, recorded a beautiful take on a traditional Turkish flute, the ney, for the song.

Beyond The Curve (מעבר לעיקול)

Just hours before his tragic death in 2025, Israeli actor Alon Aboutboul wrapped his second album: “Footprints on Water”, an album on which he was working for the past year together with Rejoicer. A swirl of poetic spoken word and shadowy ambient rock, the film icon’s final project is a stunning, deeply-revealing collection. Aboutboul hosted in these songs much of the Raw Tapes crew, making it a true family affair.

Alon Aboutboul - Potion of Love

Alon Aboutboul - Unpredictable Tomorrows

Can one find beauty in a world torn by war, cruelty and greed and a home destroyed by violence and racism? In his new album "the smoke detector’s lullaby", Assaf Talmudi opens a sad and whimsical musical universe, where broken electrical devices seem to converse and nostalgic musical structures emerge. From the mysterious space of “the way to dekada” to the delicate dreamscape of “rechter in the pool remembering things underwater,” their hypnotic brand of freak-jazz keeps you under its spell.


Assaf Talmudi - a nineties song

Assaf Talmudi - right to sadness

Assaf Talmudi - the way to dekada

Assaf Talmudi - it is not true it is never too late (for example now)

Assaf Talmudi - ,middle

Assaf Talmudi - ,and end

Assaf Talmudi - rechter in the pool, remembering things underwater

“vodka elevator,” the new single from Assaf Talmudi’s upcoming album "the smoke detector’s lullaby", packs an adventurous kick. Horses neigh in the background while GuyGuy’s drumming rhythms push forward, joined by Kutner’s deep grungy bass and Talmudi’s cinematic piano. The result is a wild ride into the unknown—somewhere between a classic video game and a dusty western. Like a dream, or a nightmare, this track pulls you in and refuses to let go.

Assaf Talmudi - vodka elevator

Pianist-composer Assaf Talmudi’s latest creation, “Just the Tails and Whiskers, WO the Boring Parts in the Middle,” is true to its name: graceful, playful, and sly. A slippery piano riff grows into a clattering burst of synthesizers, with mischievous bass by Uri Kutner and prog-like drums by GuyGuy, before retreating to it’s transmuted hushed main motif. Talmudi is a musical shapeshifter, evolving and transforming within a single track that’s anything but boring.

Assaf Talmudi - just the tail and whiskers (without the boring part in the middle)

Assaf Talmudi - the smoke detector's lullaby (begining)

From its first chord, it slips into a playful, slippery dance with darkness, led by the hypnotic voice of siren Anat Moshkovski. Nomok’s mysterious Piano, Rejoicer on the Synthesizer and the airy yet firm sound of Talmudi’s sax, backed by Itzhak Ventura’s Persian setar and ney flute. 

This track draws you straight into Sonolodge III, the last piece in the trilogy.

Eyal Talmudi - A Tale About a Shadow feat. Rejoicer

"Toast" is the debut LP by Buttering Trio, consisting of beats by KerenDun, Rejoicer and Beno, and is the result of the cooperation of the three during the past year, collaborating with the best musicians around. 

The beats came to life in three different studios - Wrangelstr. 666 Studio Berlin, Spaceship Studio Kibbutz Dunietz and Kicha Studios Tel Aviv, 
making the album a kind of a schizophrenic new-school romantic child. 

MAKE FALAFEL NOT WAR. 

"Toast sublimely combines ballads and beats in a manner that redefines trip-hop: deep, melancholic tunes accompanied by a groove that lies on the aesthetics of Dilla" 
Shuzin, 3421 

Get the full experience: 
Butteringtrio.com

Buy on Bandcamp

Buttering Trio - Toast - 03 Falafel

Buttering Trio - Toast - 02 Ganja Man

Buttering Trio - Toast - 01 Mean To Me

Album number three, conceived in three different studios around the world, by the three-headed love monster which is Buttering Trio.

Our third and new album is the reflection of the sobering evolvement of ourselves. We approached the making of the album with clarity and intention, working on a regular basis with a very specific vision, a vision of an album that ultimately combines the beauty of studio-beat-making and organic songwriting. Unlike our previous albums, that were more on the range of spontaneous intuitive combustions, this album is a matured love child of an ever-awaking threesome of parents. ‘Threesome’ is an album that moves the soul, bounces the body and looks in the eyes.

The album was created in 3 different studios around the world - Trixx Studios in Berlin, Fossil Studios in London and Firehouse Studios in Tel Aviv. All the sessions were driven by an uncompromising sound approach, yet always with the natural twist of noise. The creative process was in liquid form - it could be an intuitive beat making upon which harmonies and lyrics are laid, or it could begin with a well processed harmony to which a rhythm is matched.The song making was always potent with playfulness but the big picture was solid. 

Influenced, as always, by round-the-galaxy rhythms and ideas, from indian ragas thru tribal music to archetypical melodies with a drop of dub, this is definitely a new kind of genre. Or no kind at all. This style represents our music and comes to a perfect extraction in this album. Each song stands for itself as an individual, tells a single complete story, still contributing to the harmony of the whole. The special kind of tension between the single song and the whole musical vision is one that we play with, in our live concerts and in this new album specifically. 

The album owes its’ existence to the uniquely changing relationship between the three of us. A relationship that manifests through communication that allows space and mystery, and is based on the common primal acceptance that nothing stays the same.

Some ultra talented friends helped to make this album - Asaf Shay, Piloni, Yogev Glusman, Yonatan Albalak, Tomer Bar, Raz Olsher and Avi Tuchman.

Buttering Trio - Unexperienced

Buttering Trio - Love In Music

Title track from playDead's new LP

https://playdead.bandcamp.com/album/color-with-friends

Color With Friends

playDead - Color With Friends

Big Love to FTR  // full "Threesome" remix album coming soon !

Buttering Trio - From The Tree (Free The Robots remix)

This mix was recorded by Yudko on October 2017 to celebrate the release of his debut album 'Abstractions'.

Go on the journey into Yudko's expansive mind. Don't worry bout getting lost, it always leads back home. 

Get Yudko's 'Abstractions' here -
https://yudko.bandcamp.com/album/abstractions

Podcast Tracklist:

1. Sounds Of The American South West - Western Spade Foot Tode

2. Ponca Peyote Songs Vol.1 - Daylight's Coming. Life Is Coming. It's A Morning Song

3. Panama Tamboritos Y Mejoranas - Desoues Durmamo Un Sueno

4. Negro Prison Camp WorkSongs - Let Your Hammer Ring

5. Snake Time Series By Moondog - Death, When You Come To Me

6. Unknown 

7. Marion Brown & Gunter Hampel - Reeds 'n Vibes - And Then They Embraced 

8. Sky Walking - Our Literal Speed

9. The Heliocentrics & Melvin Van Peebles - Transformation (Pt.2)

10. Sun Ra - Sleeping Beauty - Springtime Again

11. Tito Puente "Puente In Percussion" - Congo Beat

12. Marion Brown - Geechee Recollections - Once Upon A Time

13. Charles Mingus - Cumbia & Jazz Fusion - Cumbia & Jazz Fusion

14. Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music - The Shows Of The Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slipers

15. The Nonsuch Guide To Electronic Music - Peace Three

16. Don Cherry - Music,Wisdome,Love

17. Mamman Sani Abdoulaye - Unreleased Tapes - Gosi

18. Vibert / Simmonds - Rodulate - Go To Sleep (Every Thing Is All Right)

19. DMX Crew - The New Age Travelers - Engine Trouble

20. Muziq - Tango N' Vectif - Beatnik #2

21. Cylob - Clycboan Sunset - Foid 

22. Lee Perry - Roaring Lion - Natural Mystic (Unreleased)

23. Bajka & Rejoicer - Just The Truth - Pyramid Tips

24. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 1 - Ageispolis

25. Yudko - Blessed Up (unreleased)

26. Kacidi - Is Black A Color?

27. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Im1b6pBcE

<Raw Tapes Podcast> Mixed By Yudko

This 50-minutes podcast mixed by trumpet player Sefi Zisling is dedicated to all the astral jazz heads.  

Get Sefi's album 'Beyond The Things I Know' here - 
https://timegrove.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-the-things-i-know

Podcast Tracklist:

1. Booker Little - Man Of Words 

2. Max Roach - Equipoise 

3. Miles Davis - It's About That Time 

4. Eddie Gale - Black Rhythm Happening 

5. Donald Byrd - Elijah 

6. Sun Ra - Where Pathways Meet 

7. Har-You Percussion Group - Welcome To The party 

8. Alice Coltrane - Turiya & Ramakrishna

<Raw Tapes Podcast> Mixed By Sefi Zisling

In celebration of Nitai's new single feat. MNDSGN which was recently released with an incredible video by animator Felix Colgrave, we have this soulful one-hour-mix of Nitai's favourite music.

Check out the single -- Flyin' Bamboo feat. MNDSGN -- here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK41XdAOw3o

Podcast Tracklist:

1. Place D’Italie - Itai Kriss
2. Converse With me - Bela Bartok/Nitai Hershkovits 
3. Perdon - Yoruba Andabo
4. Kun Fe Ko - Oumou Sangare 
5. Dreamy - J Dilla
6. Alright okay you win - Count Basie with Joe Williams
7. Learn To Live Alone - Astrid Gilberto 
8. Bebe - Hermeto Pascoal 
9. Brasil Terra Adorada - Cartola 
10. Segura A Nega - Francis Bebey
11. Three Views of a Secret - Weather Report
12. 3 Hours After Midnight - Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson
13. Wagon Wheels - Grant Green & Herbie Hancock
14. Day Danse - Chick Corea
15. Crane Merit - Claudia Quintet

<Raw Tapes Podcast> Mixed By Nitai Hershkovits

This month's podcast was mixed by Yonatan Albalak - one of the most talented musicians around - Guitarist, producer, composer, singer and more. Yonatan was a third of the legendary band LayerZ which released an album on Raw Tapes. He is also the guitarist on our mega-band L.B.T and a serial guest on Buttering Trio, Sol Monk, Rejoicer and the list goes on... Check out his fresh new trio - Geshem.

Give it a listen and get a peak to Yonatan's colourful rich musical world.

Podcast Tracklist:

1. Tim Hecker - Black Refraction
2. Medeski Martin & Wood - Let’s Go Everywhere
3. Chrome Sparks - Your Planet
4. Arve Henriksen - Before and Afterlife
5. Susumu Yokota - Gekkoh
6. Secret Chiefs 3 - Renunciation
7. Dulhard - Sahten Gever Lama Ani Adayin Ro’e
8. Taylor McFerrin - Postpartum (Dorian Concept Remix)
9. VULFPECK - Funky Duck
10. White Noise - Your Hidden Dreams
11. Jonwayne - Andrew
12. EPROM - Regis Chillbin
13. The Singers Unlimited - Try To Remember
14. Villagers - I Saw The Dead
15. Erik Satie - Pieces Froides - Danses de Travers No.1
16. Little Dragon - Feather
17. The Dø - Dust It Off
18. Roy Harmon - Ballad 
19. Moora - Mot Hamshorer (Albalak Remix)
20. Todd Sickafoose - Whistle

<Raw Tapes Podcast> Mixed By Yonatan Albalak

In celebration of 'Record Store Day’ we have an all-vinyl mix from KerenDun. A culture-crossing time-stretching 50-minutes listening experience.


Podcast Tracklist:

Tatran - White Lies

Butterfield Blues Band - Love March

Jennifer Lara - A Change Is Gonna Come

lbt - Keep Humble

Kesarbai Kerkar - Bhairavi: Jaat Kahan Ho

Herbie Hancock Sextant - Rain Dance

Sefi Zisling - Endz feat. Uzi Ramirez

Shlohmo - Parties

Buttering Trio - Star Shroom

Yudko - So It Goes

Madison Mcferrin - No Time To Lose

Tree - Darling

Esther Ofarim - The Necklace

Buttering Trio - Falafel

3421 - Ignore The War

Gili Yalo - Selam

<Raw Tapes Podcast> Mixed By KerenDun

If it’s a sign, why not embrace it?
Opportunities, can’t always chase ‘em
From this point on, I gotta face reality

Nothing’s for sure, no one is special
It ain’t about you, though you got potential
We need a cure, our ego is simply over-done

This rehab is so irritating
Life itself intoxicates me 
I’m out of ways to ease the pain
That I, myself, make

So If you wanna make it happen, OK
There’s no alternative, you gotta change your ways
Don’t even think about it, it’s only a phase
When the water gets too deep and you can’t stay
The shore ain’t that far

Adrenaline, don’t take it from me
Body and soul, can’t live without it
Can’t skip all that noise, I’m destructed 
By my messy thoughts

Therapy is so frustrating 
But I’m the one who let the toxic in
It's hard to tell what’s better
when you only know one lane

So If you wanna make it happen, OK...

Can’t tell right from wrong, shit is too subjective 
Life of excess is a matter of perspective
Why do we need all these extra stuff in our mouths?

Fear of missing out, that’s why we’re blurry
I want a big house, I’m in a hurry
Take a deep breath, swallow the pride that’s in your throat

Forget about the Instant pleasures
Now is not the time to measure (things
If we treat ourselves like treasure
We could heal

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Written by Nomok, Jenny Penkin, Tal Kohavi, Omri Shani
Lyrics by Jenny Penkin
Jenny Penkin - lead & backing vocals
Nomok - keyboards & synthesizers (DSI OB6, Roland Juno 60, Moog Subsequent 37, DSI Prophet 08, Roland Juno 106)
Tal Kohavi - drums, percussion
Omri Shani - bass
Roi Avivi - guitar

Produced & Recorded by Nomok
Co-Produced & Recorded by Tal Kohavi (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8), Jenny Penkin (2, 10), Omri Shani (2), Rejoicer (7)
Mixed by Nomok & Asaf Shay
Mastered by Asaf Shay
Cover Art & Graphic Design by Jengo

Recorded at Star Studios, Lake View Studios & House Fire Of Studios
Mixed at Halal Studios & Lake View Studios
Mastered at Halal Studios

Masok - Regimen

The first single from Masok's debut album!

album pre-order:
https://masok.bandcamp.com/


Lyrics

Underneath anything rational
hides a madness
And when you look for sanity
all you find is a mess
Mistakes are only natural
when you're moving too fast
Before you go and do anything radical
remember past will stay past

Now all I want is
a dance
all night
all night
Dance 
all night 
all night

Your fears they're gonna disappear
by the time you get home 
Listen to the birds, you can find 'em here
why not give it a go?
I absorb any kind of energy
so don't push it too far
But as long as the sun keeps coming back to me
I ain't taking it hard

Now I'll dance
all night
all night
Dance
all night
all night

I've become obsessed over a success,
can't sleep
Teach me how not to be afraid
of failing
Had a dream about fish, I wonder what
it means...
Who would've thought taking care of your hopes
is harder than it seems?

Don't you know the grass is always greener
when you try to compare?
Can you be sure that grass is cleaner?
If you can't, you know it's not fair

Now we gon'
dance
all night
all night
Dance
all night
all night

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Written by Nomok, Jenny Penkin
Lyrics by Jenny Penkin
Jenny Penkin - lead & backing vocals
Nomok - keyboards & synthesizers (DSI Prophet 08, Nord Electro 3), drum programming
Omri Shani - additional snare & woodblock programming

Produced & Recorded by Nomok
Co-Produced & Recorded by Tal Kohavi (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8), Jenny Penkin (2, 10), Omri Shani (2), Rejoicer (7)
Mixed by Nomok & Asaf Shay
Mastered by Asaf Shay
Cover Art & Graphic Design by Jengo

Recorded at Star Studios, Lake View Studios & House Fire Of Studios
Mixed at Halal Studios & Lake View Studios
Mastered at Halal Studios

Masok - Right Up Your Alley

Music and Lyrics by Yogev Glusman
Produced, played and recorded by Yogev Glusman
Additional Synths - Nomok
Vocals - Folly Tree


Recorded at Vata Studios
Drums recorded at Kef Studios
Mixed at Vata Studios and Halal Studios by Nomok, Asaf Shay & Yogev Glusman
Mastered by Asaf Shay at Halal Studios
Special thanks: 
Dunietz family, Rejoicer, KerenDun, Asaf Shay, Asaf Zaltsman, Amir Bresler, Rushes, Utopia

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