Ahead of the summer season, Hasidic singer Simcha Friedman releases a new, Hasidic, happy and especially bouncy single: "Dakshitzer Nigun".
This is a reworking of an ancient Chabad tune, composed by Lubavitch Hasidim from the town of Dukszyce – a town on the border of the Minsk and Vilna provinces, where Chabad Hasidim have lived since the time of the old Rebbe, the author of the Tanya.
This melody is the 15th melody in the 'Book of Melodies' of Chabad melodies.
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The tune is published in collaboration with the musician and arranger (and, yes, also the talented keyboardist) Moshe Avraham - Moshmosh, who was entrusted with the precise and immersive arrangement.
On the voices: the 'Malchot' choir with the vocal arrangement of Rabbi Pinchas Bichler, and on the editing and mixing: the golden hands (and ears) of Eli Klein.
The image that appears on the single's cover shows the building of the synagogue and beit midrash of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidim in the town of Dukshitz.
This image - which originally existed in black and white - was taken from the archives of the town of Dukszitz, and recolored using a special technique.
The single is the first song from a complete project of Chabad melodies that will be released in the coming months.
So if you are looking for the next hit that will be played in event halls in the coming years – the answer is without a doubt: "Dakshitzer Nigun".
