Muki (singer)
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Daniel Niv (born March 2, 1975 in Yavne
, Israel
), better known as Mooke (sometimes styled as Mook D.) is an Israel
i singer and rapper, best known as the frontman for successful Israel
i hip hop
/punk
act Shabak Samech
between 1992 and 2000, and again since 2007. He is also a successful solo artist. In Shabak Samech, he was also known by the nickname Muki D, given him due to the resemblance of his voice to the voice of Mike D of the Beastie Boys
.
act Shabak Samech
with a bunch of friends. The band proved to be successful among the Israeli youth and sold thousands of records. The band was active since 1992 until 2000, and released three studio albums and one live album. The band reunited in 2007 for a short tour across Israel and a new album.
After the disbandment of Shabak Samech
in 2000, Muki went out to a successful solo career, in collaboration with his Sahabk Samech co-member Piloni (Danny Kark). Muki's first solo album was Shma Israel (שמע ישראל) which was released in 2001. The band proved to be very successful, sold 25,000 copies and went gold
. The album included guest appearances from artists such as Yuval Banai
, Kwami and more. Successful singles from the album included "מדברים על שלום" (Talking About Peace), which was written about the will for peace at the days of the Second Intifada, "ילדה סוכר" (Sugar Girl) and "האדמה בוכה" (The Land Cries) which featured Yuval Banai
. The same year, Muki was chosen as Singer of the Year in Israeli radio station Galgalatz
's year's end awards.
In 2002, Muki had his big screen debut as an actor when he played a small role in the Israel
i movie Broken Wings
. In 2003, he had a role in the first season of the Israeli TV show "שבתות וחגים" (Weekends and Holidays), and in 2004 he had a role in the movie "תיאום כוונות" (Coordination of Intentions).
In 2005, Muki released his second solo album - Okef Mi'Lemala (עוקף מלמעלה) which was also recorded with Piloni, who composed, produced and arranged all of the songs. The biggest hit from the album was the single "עוקף מלמעלה" (Coming from Above). Muki said he was surprised from the success of the album as the album was very different from his previous works and that most songs were not radio friendly. The album was released on a label Muki and Piloni formed the same year, called Shabak Music. In 2006, Muki performed vocals on the song "מעצבי דעת הקהל" (Shape of Public Opinion) on the album Al Ha'Mishmeret by Rami Fortis
and Berry Sakharof
. In 2007, he performed on a new song with Izhar Ashdot
called "מטעי הדובדבן של אוקראינה" (Ukraine's Cherry Plantations), and on the song "החיים" (The Life) with Shlomo Artzi
.
In April 2008, Muki released his third album Be'emet ve Mikarov (באמת ומקרוב) which was an acoustic
album, featuring acoustic renditions of songs from Muki's two previous albums. The album featured an acoustic cover of "לומדת לעוף" (Learning to Fly) by Dana Berger
, which featured Dana Berger herself.
Also in 2008, Shabak Samech, who reunited back in 2007 for a short tour across Israel, released their fourth studio album, Boom Carnival.
In the summer of 2009, Muki recorded a punk rock
album with Israel
i punk rock band Useless ID
. Muki wrote all the lyrics, while Useless ID frontman and bassist Yotam Ben-Horin
was responsible for the music and arrangements. The collaboration of Muki & Useless ID started performing live shows together since August 2009, with the album released on January 7, 2010, followed by a special release show on January 28, 2010 at the Barby club in Tel Aviv
, Israel
.
Muki states that the collaboration started when Muki spotted the band performing live at the Motorola
MotoMusic event, and asked the band to collaborate with him, which led to the recording of the song "לא רוצה להתבגר" (Don't Want to Grow Up), which became the theme song for the Israeli sitcom Ramzor
. After the recording of the song, Muki showed Useless ID frontman Yotam Ben-Horin
some more songs he wrote and within days Ben-Horin has arranged the lyrics with his own music into full songs, which led to the band entering the studio with producer Yossi Fine to record a full-length album.
Yavne
Yavne is a city in the Central District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2009 the city had a population of 33,000.-History:...
, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
), better known as Mooke (sometimes styled as Mook D.) is an Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i singer and rapper, best known as the frontman for successful Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
/punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
act Shabak Samech
Shabak Samech
Shabak Samech is the first recognized rap and hip-hop group to come out of Israel, from the small town of Yavneh. Their sound is primarily hip-hop, but includes elements of rapcore, dancehall, ska and funk...
between 1992 and 2000, and again since 2007. He is also a successful solo artist. In Shabak Samech, he was also known by the nickname Muki D, given him due to the resemblance of his voice to the voice of Mike D of the Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys are an American hip hop trio from New York City. The group consists of Mike D who plays the drums, MCA who plays the bass, and Ad-Rock who plays the guitar....
.
Biography
Born under the name Daniel Neyburger , Muki broke out into the musical scene in the age of 17, when he formed the hip hopHip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
act Shabak Samech
Shabak Samech
Shabak Samech is the first recognized rap and hip-hop group to come out of Israel, from the small town of Yavneh. Their sound is primarily hip-hop, but includes elements of rapcore, dancehall, ska and funk...
with a bunch of friends. The band proved to be successful among the Israeli youth and sold thousands of records. The band was active since 1992 until 2000, and released three studio albums and one live album. The band reunited in 2007 for a short tour across Israel and a new album.
After the disbandment of Shabak Samech
Shabak Samech
Shabak Samech is the first recognized rap and hip-hop group to come out of Israel, from the small town of Yavneh. Their sound is primarily hip-hop, but includes elements of rapcore, dancehall, ska and funk...
in 2000, Muki went out to a successful solo career, in collaboration with his Sahabk Samech co-member Piloni (Danny Kark). Muki's first solo album was Shma Israel (שמע ישראל) which was released in 2001. The band proved to be very successful, sold 25,000 copies and went gold
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
. The album included guest appearances from artists such as Yuval Banai
Yuval Banai
Yuval Banay is an Israeli musician, best known as the lead singer of the influential Israeli pop rock band Mashina.-Personal life:Yuval was born on June 9, 1962 in Tel-Aviv to Yossi and Ilana Banai...
, Kwami and more. Successful singles from the album included "מדברים על שלום" (Talking About Peace), which was written about the will for peace at the days of the Second Intifada, "ילדה סוכר" (Sugar Girl) and "האדמה בוכה" (The Land Cries) which featured Yuval Banai
Yuval Banai
Yuval Banay is an Israeli musician, best known as the lead singer of the influential Israeli pop rock band Mashina.-Personal life:Yuval was born on June 9, 1962 in Tel-Aviv to Yossi and Ilana Banai...
. The same year, Muki was chosen as Singer of the Year in Israeli radio station Galgalatz
Galgalatz
Galgalatz is a popular Israeli radio station operated by Israel Defense Forces Radio. This is the second of two Israel Defense Forces-operated stations, while the first one is Israel Defense Forces Radio/Galatz. The station was established in 1993 and broadcasts primarily nonstop pop music and...
's year's end awards.
In 2002, Muki had his big screen debut as an actor when he played a small role in the Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i movie Broken Wings
Broken Wings (film)
Broken Wings is a 2002 Israeli film directed by Nir Bergman and starring Orly Silbersatz Banai, Maya Maron, and Nitai Gaviratz.- Plot :The unexpected death of the family patriarch throws every member of the Ullmann clan off course. Widow Dafna takes to bed for three months and when she finally...
. In 2003, he had a role in the first season of the Israeli TV show "שבתות וחגים" (Weekends and Holidays), and in 2004 he had a role in the movie "תיאום כוונות" (Coordination of Intentions).
In 2005, Muki released his second solo album - Okef Mi'Lemala (עוקף מלמעלה) which was also recorded with Piloni, who composed, produced and arranged all of the songs. The biggest hit from the album was the single "עוקף מלמעלה" (Coming from Above). Muki said he was surprised from the success of the album as the album was very different from his previous works and that most songs were not radio friendly. The album was released on a label Muki and Piloni formed the same year, called Shabak Music. In 2006, Muki performed vocals on the song "מעצבי דעת הקהל" (Shape of Public Opinion) on the album Al Ha'Mishmeret by Rami Fortis
Rami Fortis
Rami Fortis , often Fortis, is an Israeli rock singer.-Biography:Rami Fortis is of Iraqi and Italian origin. He served in the 1973 Yom Kippur war and was influenced by his experiences at the front. He began his musical career in 1975 as a lighting-man in the shows of Tamuz - one of Israel's...
and Berry Sakharof
Berry Sakharof
Berry Sakharof is an Israeli rock guitarist, songwriter and singer.-Biography:Sakharof was born in Izmir, Turkey in 1957. His family immigrated to Israel when he was 3 years old.-Start of career:...
. In 2007, he performed on a new song with Izhar Ashdot
Izhar Ashdot
Izhar Ashdot is an Israeli singer-songwriter, guitarist, and a record producer. He is a co-founding member of the Israeli rock band T-Slam.-Start of his Career:...
called "מטעי הדובדבן של אוקראינה" (Ukraine's Cherry Plantations), and on the song "החיים" (The Life) with Shlomo Artzi
Shlomo Artzi
Shlomo Artzi is an Israeli folk rock singer-songwriter, and composer.He was born on November 26, 1949, in Moshav Alonei Abba. In the course of his career, he has sold over 1.5 million albums, making him one of Israel's most successful male singers....
.
In April 2008, Muki released his third album Be'emet ve Mikarov (באמת ומקרוב) which was an acoustic
Acoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...
album, featuring acoustic renditions of songs from Muki's two previous albums. The album featured an acoustic cover of "לומדת לעוף" (Learning to Fly) by Dana Berger
Dana Berger
Dana Berger is an Israeli singer-songwriter and occasional actress, who is a graduate of the Rimon school of contemporary music. Berger came to fame in the 1990s, appearing on the popular TV show "Inyan Shel Zman"...
, which featured Dana Berger herself.
Also in 2008, Shabak Samech, who reunited back in 2007 for a short tour across Israel, released their fourth studio album, Boom Carnival.
In the summer of 2009, Muki recorded a punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
album with Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i punk rock band Useless ID
Useless ID
Useless ID is a four-piece punk rock band, formed in Haifa, Israel in 1994. Known as one of the most successful Israeli punk bands worldwide.-History:...
. Muki wrote all the lyrics, while Useless ID frontman and bassist Yotam Ben-Horin
Yotam Ben-Horin
Yotam Ben-Horin is an Israeli musician best known for his work as the lead singer and bassist for successful Israeli punk rock band Useless ID...
was responsible for the music and arrangements. The collaboration of Muki & Useless ID started performing live shows together since August 2009, with the album released on January 7, 2010, followed by a special release show on January 28, 2010 at the Barby club 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...
, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
.
Muki states that the collaboration started when Muki spotted the band performing live at the Motorola
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, which was eventually divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011, after losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009...
MotoMusic event, and asked the band to collaborate with him, which led to the recording of the song "לא רוצה להתבגר" (Don't Want to Grow Up), which became the theme song for the Israeli sitcom Ramzor
Ramzor
Ramzor is an Israeli sitcom. The program was created by Adir Miller, who also co-authored the screenplay and also appears in the program in the title role.The two three seasons ran on Israeli Channel 2, in 2008–2011...
. After the recording of the song, Muki showed Useless ID frontman Yotam Ben-Horin
Yotam Ben-Horin
Yotam Ben-Horin is an Israeli musician best known for his work as the lead singer and bassist for successful Israeli punk rock band Useless ID...
some more songs he wrote and within days Ben-Horin has arranged the lyrics with his own music into full songs, which led to the band entering the studio with producer Yossi Fine to record a full-length album.
Solo
- Shma Israel (שמע ישראל, Listen Israel) (2001)
- Okef Mi'Lemala (עוקף מלמעלה, Coming from Above) (2005)
- Be'emet ve Mikarov (באמת ומקרוב, Up Close and Personal) (2008)
w/ Shabak Samech
- Shabak (שבק, Shabak) (1995)
- Be'atifa shel Mamatak (בעטיפה של ממתק, In a Candy Wrap) (1997)
- Shabak Be'hofa'a (שב"ק ס' בהופעה 20.2.1998, Shabak live) (1998)
- C'naan 2000 (כנען 2000, Kna'an 2000) (2000)
- Boom Carnival (בום קרנבל, Boom Carnival) (2008)