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Tomer Yosef
Tomer Yosef (in Hebrew תומר יוסף; born in Kfar Saba, Israel on 8 September 1975) is an Israeli singer and lead vocalist for the Israeli-American electronica-world fusion band Balkan Beat Box. The band founded by Tamir Muskat, Ori Kaplan included Tomer Yosef as a core member of the formation and its lead singer. Yosef started his career as a stand-up comedian in 1994,Walla: בעל החלומות appearing frequently on Israeli radio and television and played roles in a few Israeli television series, writing and directing the TV series ''Platfus'' himself. and appearing in 1998 in series הצל של החיוך שלך (Ha-Tzel, Shel Hachiuch Shelchah) and in the film ביקור התזמורת (in English, '' |
Kfar Saba
Kfar Saba ( he, כְּפַר סָבָא), officially Kefar Sava, is a city in the Sharon region, of the Central District of Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 110,456, making it the 16th-largest city in Israel. The population of Kfar Saba is nearly entirely Jewish. History of modern Kfar Saba The Palestinian village of Kafr Saba was considered to be ancient Capharsaba – an important settlement during the Second Temple period in ancient Judea,The Origin of the Name Capharsaba Kfar Sava Municipal Council is mentioned for the first time in the writings of , in his account of the attempt of |
Balkan Beat Box (album)
''Balkan Beat Box'' is the self-titled debut album from the Israeli electronica-world fusion trio Balkan Beat Box Balkan Beat Box (BBB) is an Israeli musical group. Founded by Tamir Muskat and Ori Kaplan in 2003, BBB was later joined by Tomer Yosef who became a core member. The group plays Mediterranean-influenced music that incorporates Jewish, Southeastern .... Track listing References Balkan Beat Box albums 2005 debut albums {{2000s-electronic-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Births
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Israeli People Of Yemeni-Jewish Descent
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Jewish Israeli Musicians
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21st-century Israeli Male Singers
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Maya Isacowitz
Maya Isacowitz (Maya Isac in short, he, מאיה איזקוביץ; born 25 November 1987) is an Israeli singer-songwriter who sings in English. Biography Maya Isacowitz was born in 1987 in Ma'ayan Baruch, Israel,THE DAVID BROZA MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S FEST W/ MAYA ISACOWITZ – 8/5 ''City Vineyard'' website to South African parents who made aliyah to Israel. Her father, Peter, is wood artist and musician who builds ethnic musical instruments. In her childhood the family moved to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yemenite Jew
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The Band's Visit
''The Band's Visit'' ( he, ביקור התזמורת, Bikur Ha-Tizmoret) is a 2007 comedy-drama film, directed and written by Eran Kolirin, and starring Saleh Bakri, Ronit Elkabetz, Sasson Gabai and Uri Gavriel. It is an international co-production between Israel, France and the United States. The film received acclaim from critics and audiences. It won eight Ophir Prizes awarded by the Israeli Film Academy. It was Israel's original Foreign Language Film submission for the 80th Academy Awards, but was rejected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences because it contained over 50% English dialogue. Thus, Israel sent '' Beaufort'' instead; ''Beaufort'' was eventually included in the five final nominees. Synopsis The eight men of the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra arrive in Israel from Egypt. They have been booked by an Arab cultural center in Petah Tikva, but through a miscommunication (Arabic has no "p" sound, and regularly replaces it with "b"), the band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balkan Beat Box
Balkan Beat Box (BBB) is an Israeli musical group. Founded by Tamir Muskat and Ori Kaplan in 2003, BBB was later joined by Tomer Yosef who became a core member. The group plays Mediterranean-influenced music that incorporates Jewish, Southeastern Europe (mainly Balkan) and Middle Eastern traditions, Gypsy punk, reggae and electronica. As a musical unit they often collaborate with a host of other musicians both in the studio as well as live. History Co-founders Ori Kaplan and Firewater's member Tamir Muskat both met in Brooklyn, New York, NY as teenagers. Both had grown up with music; Kaplan had been a klezmer clarinetist, while Muskat was a drummer in a punk rock band. They established their own unique sound by fusing the musical styles of Mediterranean and Balkan traditions (mainly helped by Teo and the Chalga masters at the time) with hip hop and dancehall beats. Balkan Beat Box’s goal was to take ancient and traditional musical traditions and fuse those with hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electronica
Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that started in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mostly used to refer to electronic music generally. History Early 1990s: origins and UK scene The original wide-spread use of the term "electronica" derives from the influential English experimental techno label New Electronica, which was one of the leading forces of the early 1990s introducing and supporting dance-based electronic music oriented towards home listening rather than dance-floor play, although the word "electronica" had already begun to be associated with synthesizer generated music as early as 1983, when a "UK Electronica Festival" was first held. At that time electronica became known as "electronic listening music", also becoming more or less synonymous to ambient techno and intelligent techno, and was considered distinct from other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
