Zusha hopes its Chasidic-style “neegoon” music transports listeners and makes them of one mind. That mind should be meditative, clear and spiritual, two of the three Zushans, whom the Huffington Post called “Hasidic hipsters,” suggested in a Dec. 30 Skype call from Jerusalem.

Zusha is a trio from New York City making its Cleveland debut Jan. 19 at the Beachland Ballroom & Tavern. Elisha Motlek is the percussionist, Shlomo Gaisin sings and Zachariah Goldschmiedt plays guitar. They have been together since late 2013, released the equivalent of what used to be called an extended play recording in October 2014. They debuted “Kavana,” their first full-length recording, on Jan. 5.

They call themselves “world soul” purveyors who play largely wordless music. And while they are at core a trio, they occasionally augment their band with other musicians. The band is on a tour of about seven weeks of the United Kingdom, Israel and the United States. A drummer, bassist and saxophone player perform on some of the dates.

The key to Zusha, which will perform in the more intimate Beachland Tavern, is connecting with the audience. And while the members look Orthodox, they prefer to be called Jewish. Actually, they prefer no label at all.

Someone once asked Shlomo Carlebach what kind of Jew he was, and the legendary cantor said “labels are killing us,” Goldschmiedt said.

“Our music is slowly pulling the world together,” he said. “Drawing the world together,” Gaisin added.

Zusha music is meditative and “trance-inducing,” Goldschmiedt said, but “not trance music,” added Gaisin. “It takes you to a certain state,” Goldschmiedt said. “In Hebrew, it’s called yishuv hadaas, and the way I would translate is it means mindfulness.”

“Your mind’s sitting with you,” Gaisin elaborated.

“Part of what the music is for us is a way for us to forget about labels and a way for us to connect to people,” Goldschmiedt said. “We sing a lot of songs without any words; we don’t have words. Once you catch the melody, you sing along. Our concerts, they’re very accessible. We try to become one with the audience, we try to encourage people to stick with us. Once you have words, there’s a certain barrier.”

“I would say our full-time job is serving God, and this is one dimension of serving God,” said Gaisin. “Our full-time job is learning Torah, connecting with family and friends. That’s my full-time job; this is one expression of it.”