Tamir Muskat (in

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as son of a Romanian immigrant. His father was the manager of Anzeagi Conservatorion for music in

. As a teenager, he was already a prominent rock drummer and percussionist. Early on, Tamir started producing Israel's first

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records in his basement studio but also began working with Sephardic Eastern singers of Greek and Turkish origin in a highly ornamented style that is Middle Eastern in nature. Tamir moved to the United States in 1995 and joined the band

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. In 1996, Tamir joined the internationally acclaimed band

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as a drummer and producer. With Firewater, he toured the world and made three albums, two of which he produced. Tamir founded Vibromonk Records with Dan Shatzky, which has become an important music production studio in

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. Since then Tamir has produced albums with exceptional artists from around the world and has helped create a unique musical palette. As a member of Stephen Ulrich's instrumental trio Big Lazy, he released The Big Apple's Creme de la Crème, called "primeval, lurid, mournful, frantic, pretty, dissonant, stark, lush" by ''

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'' and "elegantly gritty stunningly beautiful music" by ''

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''. Big Lazy has written music for various films, and toured with

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, Reverent Horton Heat, Tom Tom Club and Firewater. In 2002, Tamir launched an electro/gypsy/punk project called '' J.U.F.'', with

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and members of

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. The band created a new music scene in New York City, making remixes for Gypsy labels in Europe and DJing. The band

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, Southeaste ...

is a progression of this style of music, taking a worldly approach to the music of their ancestors and evolving it to not only include the region of the world that they emigrated from, but they also to incorporate the musical styles from their parents' and grandparents' birthplaces. In 2007, Muskat opened Vibromonk East in Tel Aviv, where he produces records for artists from around the globe.

Discography

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-"Different Pulsess" – producer, musician, engineer, mixer *Oren Barzilay – "Sorrow demons joy blizzards" – producer, musician, engineer, mixer *

– "The Golden Hour" – producer, musician, engineer, mixer *Hava Alberstain – "Ech etslecha" – producer, musician, engineer, mixer *

– band member **'' Give'' **'' Blue Eyed Black Boy'' **'' Nu Med'' * J.U.F – "Gogol Bordello VS Tamir Muskat" – band member *Alaev Family and Tamir Muskat – producer, musician, engineer, mixer *Big Lazy – 3 albums – Band member / Producer

References

External links

*http://www.Ape-Records.com/ *http://www.balkanbeatbox.com/
Vibromonk RecordsTechno Fusion from Balkan Beat Box Interview
*http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Arts/Article.aspx?id=285694 {{DEFAULTSORT:Muskat, Tamir Living people People from Tel Aviv Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent Israeli emigrants to the United States Firewater (band) members Gypsy punk Year of birth missing (living people)