Artist/Исполнитель: Aviv Geffen & the Mistake ·
Album/Альбом:
Nowhere ·
Year/Год выхода:
1995
Genre/Жанр: Alternative
Rock
Country/Страна: Israel
Source/Источник:
CD
Label/Лэйбл: Hed-Arzi
15722
Format/Формат: MP3 VBR / Apple Lossless / FLAC
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Size/Размер: 87 MB / 255 MB
Scans/Сканы:
HiRes + Booklet in Hebrew
Host/Хозяин: RS
Artist/Исполнитель: Aviv Geffen & the Mistake ·
Album/Альбом:
Nowhere ·
Year/Год выхода:
1995
Genre/Жанр: Alternative
Rock
Country/Страна: Israel
Source/Источник:
CD
Label/Лэйбл: Hed-Arzi
15722
Format/Формат: MP3 VBR / Apple Lossless / FLAC
+Cue+Log
Size/Размер: 87 MB / 255 MB
Scans/Сканы:
HiRes + Booklet in Hebrew
Host/Хозяин: RS
01. End Of Love ·
O3:41
02. Doom · O3:33
03. We Loved · O4:07
04. Childhood Horizon ·
O3:07
05. You Were Born To Love ·
O2:44
06. Are Sorry ·
O3:16
07. The Sorrow Division ·
O3:50
08. Peace · O4:52
09. Angel · O2:56
10. Nowhere · O4:25
Total time: 36:27
You’ll find infos about the musicians in the booklet in hebrew,
which I can’t read.
Over the years, Geffen’s musical style has been influenced by bands
like Pink Floyd, U2, Radiohead, Nirvana, and artists like John
Lennon and Bob Dylan. Geffen’s piano and guitar playing is mainly
influenced by Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and U2’s The Edge. Geffen has
often cited Bob Dylan and Roger Waters as major influences.
From Wiki:
Aviv Geffen ( ,
born May 10, 1973) is an Israeli rock musician, singer, songwriter,
producer, keyboardist and guitarist. He is the son of writer and
poet Yehonatan Geffen and Nurit Makover, brother of actress Shira
Geffen, and an alumnus of Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary
Music.
Geffen was and is extremely popular among Israeli youth, who were
known during the 1990s as the «Moonlight Children». Politically, he
associates with the Israeli left. His music deals with subjects
such as love, peace, death, suicide, politics, the army in general
and the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) specifically. He is often
criticized for not serving in the IDF, though, officially, he was
discharged for medical reasons.
In 1990, Geffen recorded his first song, «Friend» (Chaver),
together with the band «Cats in the Piping». In 1992, he released
his first album, «It’s Only The Moonlight» (Ze Rak Or Hayareach).
All of its songs were written and the music composed by Geffen
himself.
Also in 1992, he played a part in the teenage television series «A
Matter of Time.» That year, he also wrote a song for the Israeli
movie «The Beach Boys.» Aviv performed in clubs with his band «The
Mistakes» (Hatauyot) (the Hebrew name is purposefully misspelled in
two places).
In 1993 Geffen released his second album, «It’s Cloudy Now»
(Achshav Me’unan) which reached Gold in the same year. It was
produced by Moshe Levi and Ofer Meiri, who created a typical Geffen
sound. Aviv expressed his generation’s dissatisfaction with the
Israeli government. The title track «It’s Cloudy Now» was followed
by the question that many Israeli teenagers asked with Geffen, «Do
you want change?»
In 1994, Geffen released his third album, «Aviv Geffen III,» which
marked a change in Geffen’s sound. It was produced by Geffen and
Lior Tevet. The album featured the major hit «Should I Be In Love
With You» (Ha’im Lehiot Bach Mehohav), which was promoted with a
video. This album followed the success of Achshav Me’unan. In his
next album, «Nowhere» (Shumakom), Geffen took charge of the
production, albeit with help from Reuven Shapira (as sound
engineer), and producer Moshe Levi. Geffen wrote the lyrics and
music. As a political activist, Geffen also expressed the hope for
peace with Israel’s neighbors.
On November 4, 1995, a rally to support the peace process was
arranged. Geffen was invited to sing in that rally and decided to
perform «Cry for You» (Livkot Lekha), a song that Geffen wrote for
Israeli singer Arik Einstein. The lyrics had prophetically preceded
the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin only a few
minutes later. «Cry for You» became a kind of national anthem, and
was the song that symboled the «Candle Children Movement.»
In 1996, Geffen released «The Letter» (Hamikhtav). «The Tears
Rebellion» (Mered Hadmaot) was written after Rabin’s murder in
1995, it expressed a change and a turning point in Geffen’s music.
In 1996, Aviv recorded what was known later as the Israeli version
of «Imagine», «Let’s Walk for the Dream» (Shir Tikva), which
expressed deeply Aviv’s vision.
In 1997, an attempt to widen his audience on an international level
saw one of Geffen’s more unusual albums: «Hollowed» (Halulim). It
was also produced by Moshe Levi, but it is a hard, cold, alienated
album, full of distortions. Despite heavy advertising (such as
billboards), the album failed commercially.
1999 saw the release of Geffen’s 8th studio album, «White Nights»
(Leilot Levanim), which was created under the influence of the
changes in Aviv’s life. Moshe Levi was again the producer; the
combination of the two created a soft & melodic album compared
to «Hollowed» (Halulim). The album contained the song «Mexico»
which stayed in the Israeli charts for a long time.
More info on
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