G-Nome Project is an American-Israeli

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group formed in

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in 2012.

History

The band was formed in November 2012 in

. Guitarist Yakir Hyman and bassist Zechariah Reich grew up together in

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, and played their first concert together at

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with Jon Shiffman of

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. Chemy Soibelman was the original drummer for the New York

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band

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, performing on their debut album, '' There's No 'I' in Cherem''. Hyman and Reich are both former members of the Israeli rock band Hamakor, with whom Soibelman and Langer occasionally played until their disbandment in 2015. In 2014, the band used

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to fund their first American tour, the eleven-city Giving Tour, during which the band alternated nightly performances with charitable acts such as visiting nursing homes and volunteering at soup kitchens. They have performed at the Great North Music and Arts Festival in

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every year since 2014, performing alongside

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and

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in 2014,

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, and

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in 2015, the

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and

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in 2016, and Lotus in 2017. In the winter of 2016, G-Nome Project announced on their

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page that founding member and guitarist Yakir Hyman was leaving the band and being replaced by Shlomo Langer, an Israeli guitar player from Jerusalem. The band's 2016 Get Toasty Tour was Yakir's last U.S. tour with G-Nome Project; his final show took place on the holiday of

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, March 24, 2016, in Jerusalem. Shlomo Langer's first show with the band was an impromptu performance at a

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party in Jerusalem, and his first U.S. tour with the band was the Another One Bites the Crust Tour in the summer of 2016. In June 2016, G-Nome Project was featured as an "On the Verge" artist by

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magazine. In the Spring of 2017, G-Nome Project made their Canadian debut, performing at Gagetown, New Brunswick's 9th annual Folly Fest. In the winter of 2018, the band announced via their Facebook page that drummer Chemy Soibelman was leaving the band and being replaced by Jerusalem drummer Eli Schabes. Eli's first show with the band took place on April 12, 2018 at 118 North in

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. During G-Nome Project's 2018 Summer Tour, bassist Zechariah Reich was replaced by Clay Parnell of the band

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for two festival performances, Disc Jam Music Festival and Sababa Fest. Following a hiatus of a few years, Yakir told

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in an interview that he had rejoined the band and that the band would resume touring. Prior to the band's first U.S. run since 2018, it was likewise announced that Eran Asias had joined the band as their new drummer.

Musical style

G-Nome Project plays

, a fusion of

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-style live improvisation with

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. The band has dubbed its style "Grilled Cheese Funk" in reference to their initial lo-fi sound, which they felt as having the same sizzle and pop of the

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es being cooked at served at outdoor music festivals. The band is primarily influenced by

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and

, as well as the Israeli

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scene and American

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, and

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Members

;Current members *Yakir Hyman – guitar (2012–2016, 2021-present) *Eyal Salomon – keyboards (2012–present) *Zechariah Reich – bass (2012–present) *Eran Asias – drums (2022–present) ;Past members *Eli Schabes - drums (2018-2019) *Shlomo Langer – guitar (2016-2019) * Chemy Soibelman - drums (2012-2018)

North American Tours

2014: *The Giving Tour 2015: *Northeast Run *Grilled Cheese Funk Tour 2016: *Get Toasty *Another One Bites the Crust 2017: *Winter Groove Tour *Spring Tour *September Run *Digital Gouda Fall Tour 2018: *Animals: Evolved Tour *2018 Summer Tour *Get Lit - A Livetronukkah Tour 2022: *Spring 2022 Tour *Get Pumped! 2023: *YALLA! *Charge!

Discography

;Singles *"Onflict" (2014) *"

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" (2023) ;Live Albums *"Live Cuts: Yalla! Winter Tour 2023"

References

External links

{{Authority control American emigrants to Israel Israeli electronic music groups Livetronica music groups Jewish musical groups Musical groups established in 2012 2012 establishments in Israel Musical groups from Jerusalem Hamakor (band) members