"The song ‘I’m Sticking Around’ has a special place in my heart because it’s a tribute song to the Torah"
The new LUCKY album from 8TH DAY hit the stores two weeks ago, with songs including favorites like “Rolling,” a remix of “Tracht Gut,” and the hugely popular “Elika D’Meir,” joined by new material — songs and ballads — that showcase the incredible talent of the gifted duo.
Bentzi Marcus looks back to the time of the Covid lockdown, when they had to work with a full string section in the studio — each person socially-distanced in their own soundproof room — and others playing virtually from Israel, New York, and Las Vegas. He remembers how “the only way we could communicate was through the mics and headphones.”
The songs pulse with soul and emotion as well as that inimitable energy that 8th Day has always been famous for. Bentzi says that the most fun song to work on was “Build the Groove” — “because we did just that. We had the basic idea for a simple groove, with a guitar riff, then we got into the studio with bass legend and producer Bruce Witkin and a drummer and just jammed out the rest of the song. We added in drums and bass, then just kept building each part, adding keys, synth, and eventually string sections.”
The attention to detail, with each mix redone to perfection, is striking in the final product.
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