Yoni Mayraz
Fast-rising jazz musician Yoni Mayraz exorcises dark spirits from within on his fiery debut album Dybbuk Tse! on the ever–consistent Astigmatic Records. Yoni combines jazz with elements of 90’s New York hip hop, old-school breakbeats and Middle Eastern music to create shimmering new hybrid forms.
A highly-skilled keyboardist and producer, Yoni burst onto the new jazz scene in 2020 with Rough Cuts, an EP that introduced the world to his unique musical style. Since then the London-based, Tel Aviv-raised player has released a pair of singles via the Brighton label Village Live Records and collaborated with the likes of Ruby Rushton’s Tenderlonious and Dance legend El-B.
Recorded live with his band over the course of a spring week last year, Dybbuk Tse! sees Yoni channel his native folklore - the title alludes to a command to remove a malevolent wandering spirit (the Dybbuk) that enters and possesses the body of a living person until driven out - to posit ideas of emotional exorcism through music.
Mayraz has received vast recognition for his latest album with media support from outlets such as KEXP, BBC 6, Bandcamp Weekly, CLASH Mag, etc, and is currently on tour with his band (Tom Driessler - bass, Zoe Pascal - drums, and Callum Connell - sax) performing in venues and festivals around the world.