Tree Pit is an English

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band formed in

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, England, in 2008 by Lior Seker (

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and

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), Yaron Rosenblum (

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), . All the three grew up together in

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and met in

Biography

Formation

In the summer of 2008 the three band members worked as

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at a

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based recording studio, which gave the band its initial name The Producers. They started by recording and re-recording songs trying to turn their music into a cohesive whole that melts their different worlds of

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, Fusion and

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together, in order to find their unique sound.

Band members

All three were born in the early 1980s with a real passion for

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and since an early age they have been playing in different bands. Lior Seker was the singer of a

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band named Eggroll. One of their many achievements was to play as the opening act for Jethro Tull on their 2008 tour. Lately he took part in a project called

Ephrat Ephrat released their debut album '' No One's Words'' in September 2008, with guest stars Daniel Gildenlöw (Pain of Salvation) and Petronella Nettermalm (Paatos). The album was mixed and mastered by Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree). Ephrat perf ...

which took the stages as the warm-up band for

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in their 2009 tour. Yaron Rozenblum was the drummer of an

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band Music Of Chance, which released their album ''Me'' in 2005 and the lead singer of another Israeli rock band, The Following. Rozenblum is also the drummer for the North London-based

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band The Playing Fields, that released two critically acclaimed albums. Nim Sadot took part in a wide spectrum of different projects, one of them is the

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band, Oziozaamusic.

Live

Tree Pit started to explore the UK live scene in 2010, performing at the

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and in well known venues such as The Good Ship, 93 Feet East, Wilmington Arms, amongst others.

Debut album

In the end of 2010, Tree Pit started working on their debut album to be released in the summer of 2011. The recording took place in the beginning of January 2011 at Soho Studios in

and at The Sickroom in

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. Producer Guy Katsav was in charge of the production/mixing of the album in collaboration with the band. Tree Pit released the first single from their debut album on 9 April 2011. An album pre release, a cover to "

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", was released on 12 January 2011.

References

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External links

Official page
English alternative rock groups Musical groups from London