Danny Ben-Israel
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Danny Ben-Israel was a notable Israeli
musician of the late 1960s and early 1970s, producing psychedelic progressive rock with socially concerned lyrics in Hebrew
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Ben-Israel was born in Tel Aviv
and started his musical career while still in the Israeli Defence Forces' Northern Command. He had a series of pop hits while still in the army. After leaving the army, he wrote and recorded for films and appeared in several musicals.
He toured Europe in 1968 and settled briefly in Austria to record the LP Happy Birthday, Rock'n'Roll. He returned to Tel Aviv in early 1969. He hooked up with guitarist Shlomo Mizrahi, leader of power trio Ha'Bama Ha'Hashmalit and recorded 1970's Bullshit 3¼, one of the first Israeli psychedelic recordings. The album was harshly criticized by the local media and had little commercial success, but has gained a great reputation amongst collectors, being regarded as a "psychedelic masterpiece".
Other notable albums include The Kathmandu Sessions, recorded soon after Bullshit 3¼ for a label that went bankrupt and finally issued decades later.
He is still active in music in Israel.
Israeli rock
Israeli rock is rock music created by Israeli bands and singers.-The development of Israeli rock in the 1960s:Israel's initial attitude toward rock music was extremely negative. Israeli musicians of the time believed it was a trend that would soon pass...
musician of the late 1960s and early 1970s, producing psychedelic progressive rock with socially concerned lyrics in Hebrew
Hebrew language
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
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Ben-Israel was born in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
and started his musical career while still in the Israeli Defence Forces' Northern Command. He had a series of pop hits while still in the army. After leaving the army, he wrote and recorded for films and appeared in several musicals.
He toured Europe in 1968 and settled briefly in Austria to record the LP Happy Birthday, Rock'n'Roll. He returned to Tel Aviv in early 1969. He hooked up with guitarist Shlomo Mizrahi, leader of power trio Ha'Bama Ha'Hashmalit and recorded 1970's Bullshit 3¼, one of the first Israeli psychedelic recordings. The album was harshly criticized by the local media and had little commercial success, but has gained a great reputation amongst collectors, being regarded as a "psychedelic masterpiece".
Other notable albums include The Kathmandu Sessions, recorded soon after Bullshit 3¼ for a label that went bankrupt and finally issued decades later.
He is still active in music in Israel.
Discography
(incomplete)- Happy Birthday, Rock'n'Roll
- Bullshit 3¼, World In Sound RFR 016LP
- The Kathmandu Sessions, Locust LOCUST 047CD
- The Collection