Malox

Malox: One Day

by Eyal Hareuveni
January 11, 2008

Malox, a faulty spelling of the brand name antacid, is a duo headed by Israeli saxophonist Eyal Talmudi--a gifted player with eclectic tastes, who is very active in the alternative Israeli scene with such Balkan-tinged and Klezmer-punked up ensembles as Boom Pam, Balkan Beat Box and Oy Division, and avant-jam-rock outfits like Midnight Fish. Drummer Hagai Fresthman is an alumnus of Israeli saxophonist Albert Beger's bands, but also plays in dozens of other Israeli alternative ensembles, and is Talmudi's co-conspirator ...