Shake Off the Dust... Arise explained

Shake Off the Dust... Arise
Type:	studio
Artist:	Matisyahu
Cover:	MatisyahuShakeOffTheDustArise.jpg
Released:	October 12, 2004
Recorded:	12 Tribe Sound
Genre:	Reggae
Length:	63:39
Label:	JDub Records
Producer:	Daniel Seliger Alon Cohan
Year:	2004
Next Title:	Live at Stubb's
Next Year:	2005

Shake Off the Dust... Arise is the first album by Matisyahu, was released on October 28, 2004, by JDub Records. It fell out of print following his move to Epic Records and remained a collector's item until it was remastered and reissued in October 2010, temporarily sold exclusively through his official website.^[1]

The album's name comes from the Hebrew liturgical poem "Lekhah Dodi" which is sung by most Jewish denominations in order to welcome the holy Sabbath, which in the poem is referred to as a bride.

Track listing

1. "Chop 'em Down" – 5:45
2. "Tzama L'Chol Nafshi (Psalm 63:2-3)" – 1:50
3. "Got No Water" – 5:54
4. "King Without a Crown" – 5:19
5. "Interlude" – 0:54
6. "Father in the Forest" – 4:59
7. "Interlude" – 0:17
8. "Aish Tamid" – 6:48
9. "Short Nigun" – 1:46
10. "Candle" – 6:22
11. "Close My Eyes" – 4:55
12. "Interlude" – 0:17
13. "Exaltation" – 5:04
14. "Refuge" – 3:28
15. "Interlude" – 0:23
16. "Warrior" – 7:23
17. "Outro" – 2:15

Reissue

In 2010, the album was remastered and reissued with a new cover with a detailed pencil portrait of Matisyahu (real name: Matthew Miller), drawn by Diane Russell, overlaid on a Star of David.^[2]

Personnel

• Matisyahu Miller – vocals
• Aaron Dugan – guitar (tracks 3, 8 & 11)
• Josh Werner – bass guitar, keyboards, steel-string guitar (tracks 10 & 14)
• Jonah David – drums (tracks 1, 3, 8, 10 & 11), percussion (tracks 4)
• Marlon "Moshe" Sobol – melodica (tracks 3 & 8)
• Yerachmiel Altizio – guitar (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 16)
• Alon Cohan – drums (tracks 9 & 16), percussion (tracks 2, 3 & 13)
• Rea Mochiach – drums (tracks 4 & 5)
• Tom Mochiach – guitar (tracks 3, 4 & 10)
• Lior Rachmany – guitar (tracks 13)
• Pieter Woudt – trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 9 & 16)
• Rabbi Wircberg – spoken voice (tracks 5 & 15)
• Rabbi Goldberg – spoken voice (tracks 17)

Produced and arranged by Alon CohenRecorded and mixed by Alon Cohen

External links

• Shake off the Dust... Arise lyrics

Notes and References

1. Web site: shake off the dust... ARISE . Matisyahu World . Matisyahu . October 26, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101015210202/http://matisyahuworld.com/shakeoffthedustarise . October 15, 2010 .
2. Web site: Matisyahu "Shake Off The Dust" CD Cover Art. Diane Russell. October 12, 2010 . August 16, 2021.