Creating smooth listening in a medley sometimes takes some tough calls
Bobbing right at the top of 24Six’s trending list, MOSHE TISCHLER’S REPLAY album is a new twist on beloved songs from a few decades ago. “It’s songs I grew up on,” the 20-something singer says, hinting that with a couple of exceptions, they’re not “old” oldies, but mostly from the 1990s and early 2000s. Tischler is excited about the new release that enabled him to choose songs he’d always liked and put his own touch on them.
On the album, song follows song in a deceivingly effortless flow, with flawless links between segments, all masterminded and coordinated by new-name producer Nochum Levitan, whose gifted touch has created the smooth listening experience and coordinated the fresh arrangements. While this is Nochum’s first album production, keen fans will recognize his name as the composer of “The Secret” and the arranger of “Journey at Sea” on Journeys V and some recent songs. As a grandson of legendary composer Abie Rotenberg, Nochum has a longstanding link to quality Jewish music.
It’s a challenge to devote time and preserve the vocal condition for studio work in between wedding appearances. Moshe has been working on Replay for around eight months, usually putting in two or three hours of recording vocals at a time. But he says that when he got together with Eli Marcus to record the English medley, the two managed a marathon session of over 14 hours straight.
“We met at the studio in Monsey at around noon, and the groove and energy were so great that we worked on those vocals till almost five a.m. the next morning — and when we were done, the entire 17-and-a-half-minute medley was done.
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