Welcome to the eclectic world of master mixer, cratedigger, musical continent-spanner Socalled, AKA Josh Dolgin. Looking beyond the usual pantheon of samples for hip hop artists, Socalled explores the shtetls of Eastern Europe and the Yiddish vaudeville stages of 2nd Avenue for inspiration.
That neatly sums up this Montreal-based creation of urban rhyme and traditional klezmer. The Village Voice calls Josh Dolgin “one of the most deliciously demented minds in beat science.” Fine praise, indeed. JDub Records and Makor are hosting Socalled’s Ghettoblaster CD release party at the Knitting Factory tomorrow night. Check out more Makor Around Town summer events here.
