Artist Info: Electric Simcha

As an old tzaddik, a wise and holy man said, “Ain’t nothing but a party!” So does Electric Simcha bring the party with its brand of “Old-school Hasidic Punk Rock,” mixing old world hasidic melodies with the best of West Philadelphia’s burgeoning underground rock scene to create a new, raucous, Eastern European tinged, violent party sound. Singing these wordless melodies, called nigunim, over and over is considered to be able to stoke the holy spark of spiritual enlightenment within. [read more...]