Bradley Adam Rubinstein (Hebrew name: Binyamin Adam) is an English-Israeli

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guitarist, songwriter, and producer based in

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. Initially gaining fame with the short-lived London

trip hop Trip hop is a musical genre that has been described as a psychedelic music, psychedelic fusion of hip hop music, hip hop and electronica with slow tempos and an atmospheric sound. The style emerged as a more experimental music, experimental var ...

band

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, he moved to Israel after becoming a '' baal teshuvah'' and co-founded the Jewish

hip hop Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...

group

Shtar Shtar (, "contract") is an Israeli Jewish rap rock band based in Beit Shemesh. Formed in 2006 by American rapper Ori Murray and English guitarist/songwriter Brad Rubinstein, the band released their debut album, ''Infinity'', in Israel in 2010 a ...

Career

Lisp

In 1995, Rubinstein, then living in

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, co-founded the

band

, together with vocalist Johnnie Gordon, bassist Jason Hall, drummer Adam Rich, and

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's Paul Willmott on keyboards. Two years later, the band was signed to

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' Mind Horizon imprint by

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. While with the label, the band released two singles, "Flatspin" and "Long Way to Climb" (the latter of which received airplay on

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) and their debut album, ''Cycles'', which released in 2000. During this time, Rubinstein was encouraged by his father to start rediscovering his Jewish roots, ultimately leaving the group to avoid concerts that fell on the Jewish holidays. Lisp ultimately disbanded in 2001.

Shtar

Following his religious awakening, Rubinstein moved to

and began studying at the

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yeshiva in

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. There, he met rapper and fellow ''baal teshuvah''

Ori Murray Rory Murray, known by his stage name Ori Murray () is an American-born Israeli rapper, best known as the co-founder and rap vocalist of the band Shtar. Early life Murray was born in Seattle, Washington to an Irish father and a Jewish mother, ...

, with whom he co-founded the Jewish

group Shtar in 2006. They released their debut album, ''

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'', in 2011; it was re-released the following year after the group signed to Shemspeed Records. In December 2012, the group independently released the ''

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'' EP, which he co- produced with Adrian Bushby and which featured a collaboration with Jewish rapper Nissim (then D. Black) on the song "Rabbit Hole".

Discography

With
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*''Cycles'' (2000;

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)

With
Shtar Shtar (, "contract") is an Israeli Jewish rap rock band based in Beit Shemesh. Formed in 2006 by American rapper Ori Murray and English guitarist/songwriter Brad Rubinstein, the band released their debut album, ''Infinity'', in Israel in 2010 a ...

*''

'' (2010; re-released 2012; Shemspeed) *''

Boss EP ''Boss EP'' is the debut EP by Jewish hip hop band Shtar, released on December 5, 2012. It follows the band's debut ''Infinity'' (2010), and is the first of two EPs meant to precede their second album. The EP was promoted with two singles, "Overl ...

'' (2012; Heatseat)

Other

*Shtar, ''Boss EP'' (2012) - co-produced with Adrian Bushby * Ari Goldwag, ''Am Echad'' (2013) - mixing,

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rubinstein, Brad Living people Jewish English musicians English Orthodox Jews English male singer-songwriters English singer-songwriters English male guitarists English record producers Jewish rock musicians Jewish hip-hop record producers English emigrants to Israel Baalei teshuva 21st-century English singers 21st-century British guitarists 21st-century British male singers Year of birth missing (living people)