{"id":38250,"date":"2017-12-19T01:54:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T08:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=38250"},"modified":"2017-12-19T02:03:08","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T09:03:08","slug":"hoodna-hoodna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=38250","title":{"rendered":"Hoodna @Hoodna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the edge of the map, the end of knowledge: here be dragons. Where the light ends, where we cannot see, that is where we need to go. Yesterday the night took me down to Hoodna Bar, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hoodnaorchestra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hoodna Orchestra<\/a> played a set forged in the tenebrous depths, materials from their upcoming album Ofel (my rough translation: darkness). Tight, dark, with a sense of mystery, the thrill of danger, and a never-ending groove, the music filled the room, spilling out into the night. The 12 person band &#8211; Ilan Smilan \u2013 electric guitar &amp; musical director, Amir Sadot \u2013 bass guitar, Matan Assayag \u2013 drums, Tomer Zuk \u2013 keyboards, Uri Selinger \u2013 trombone, Itamar Ben Yakir \u2013 trumpet, Elad Gellert \u2013 baritone sax, Rom Shani \u2013 alto sax, Eylon Tushiner \u2013 tenor sax, Raz Eytan \u2013 percussion, Rani Birenbaum \u2013 percussion, Shahar Ber \u2013 percussion \u2013 is as tight as the music, so together, surging with exultant energy, and each an individual, instruments sounding their separate hues, then merging again.<\/p>\n<p>The room was full to the brim and overflowing. I was almost inside the percussion section, riding on the rhythms. Complex and primal, the music moving from head-banging immersion to ethereal melodies, an explosion of sound to the whisper of a breath \u2013 that was Hoodna Orchestra last night.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38252\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38252\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20171218_222106-700x525.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38252 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20171218_222106-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20171218_222106-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20171218_222106-700x525-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20171218_222106-700x525-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20171218_222106-700x525-245x184.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20171218_222106-700x525-260x195.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20171218_222106-700x525-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hoodna Orchestra (partial view) @Hoodna Bar\/Photo: Ayelet Dekel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the edge of the map, the end of knowledge: here be dragons. 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