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European Klezmer music CD. Musicians: Deben van Damme - violin Bob Van Brandt - alto, soprano and tenor saxophone, clarinet Werner Huysmans - piano, synth, samples Steven van Gool - bass, ampeg baby bass Philip de Jager - drums, percussion, marimba, tsimbl Leiven De Maesschalck - guitars, accordion Patricia Beysens - vocals Guests: Sam Vloemans - trumpet Gwen Cresens - accordion Label - Wild Boar Music, Belgium. "Klezmic noiZ is a group of seven true-born Antwerp "di Gojim". Violinist Deben Benedict Van Damme founded the group end 1996. Their aim is clear: to bring their own interpretations of klezmer music from the Yiddish repertoire. Their city roots are injected with the Jewish heritage and transformed into succulent revelry and melancholic tunes. Just as their choice of music is not accidental, neither is there choice of instruments. With the violin as leading melodic instrument, the group harks back to the oldest traditions of klezmer music, long before the clarinet m