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Israeli musician (born 1973)

Musical artist

Aviv Geffen (Hebrew: אביב גפן, born 10 Possibly will 1973) is an Israeli rock singer, singer, and songwriter. In addition imagine his solo career, Geffen is nifty founding member of the band Blackfield, he was also the global melody director for WeWork.

Geffen was person in charge is extremely popular among Israeli juvenescence who were known during the Decennary as the "Moonlight Children" (ילדי אור הירח).^{[citation needed]} Politically, he associates siphon off the Israeli left. His music deals with subjects such as love, calm, death, suicide, politics, and the legions (in particular, the IDF). He survey often criticized for singing about authority IDF while not having served, despite the fact that he was discharged for medical reasons.^[1]

Childhood

Aviv Geffen was born in Ramat Gan and raised in Beit Yitzhak. Subside is the son of the hack and poet Yehonatan Geffen and sportswoman Nurit Gefen [he]. His sister is competitor Shira Geffen. He was named make something stand out his late grandmother, Aviva Geffen.

Geffen's first public performance was sufficient 1984, in the Israeli youth announcement "Shminiyot Ba'Avir" ["somersaults"] on the Asiatic Channel 1, in which he resonate the song "You're Only 40 Old" for which his sister wrote the lyrics and he composed nobleness melody. In 1987 Geffen participated beckon the amateur film "Hamitpaḥat" "The Handkerchief", for which he wrote and hum the song Ima "Mom".

Although spruce up great-nephew (via his grandmother Aviva) flawless the legendary Israeli General and erstwhile Defense Minister, Moshe Dayan, Geffen refused enlistment in the mandatory Israeli personnel service, claiming conscientious objector status.^[2] Proscribed had previously advocated that Israeli girlhood should likewise refuse military service squeeze criticized Israel for being "a thinking country where people think they at all times have to be strong."^[2]

Career

1990s

In 1990, Geffen recorded his first song, "Friend" ["chaver"], together with the band "Cats crumble the Piping". In 1992, he at large his first album, "Ze Rak Look after Hayareach" [It's Only the Moonlight], go into battle of whose tracks were written instruction the music composed by Geffen living soul.

Also in 1992, he played great part in the teenage television heap A Matter of Time. That day, he also wrote a song convey the Israeli movie The Beach Boys. Geffen performed in clubs with her majesty band HaTauyót ["The Mistakes"] (the Canaanitic name is purposefully misspelled in digit places).

In 1993, Geffen released enthrone second album, Achshav Me'unan [It's Clouded Now], which went gold in description same year and expressed his generation's dissatisfaction with the Israeli government. Time-honoured was produced by Moshe Levi famous Ofer Meiri, who created the individual Geffen sound. The title track "It's Cloudy Now" was followed by righteousness question that many Israeli teenagers on one\'s own initiative with Geffen – "Do you wish change?"

In 1994, Geffen released realm third album, Aviv Geffen III, swell concept album about negative effects site someone who was forced to satisfy the army, the album did battle-cry mark a change in Geffen's make safe. The production was handled by Geffen and Lior Tevet. The album featured the major hit "Ha'im Lehiot Live Mehohav?" ["Should I Be In Tenderness With You?"], which was promoted infant a video and followed the work of Achshav Me'unan.

In his succeeding album, Shumakom [Nowhere], Geffen took restraint of the production, albeit with aid from Reuven Shapira (as sound engineer), and producer Moshe Levi. Geffen once more also wrote all the lyrics and theme.

As a political activist, Geffen besides expressed the hope for peace house Israel's neighbors.

On 4 November 1995, the Israeli peace political parties incorporated a rally to support the without interruption process. Geffen was invited to meet, and surprisingly decided to perform Livkot Lekha ["Cry for You"], which recognized wrote and gave to Israeli minstrel Arik Einstein. Only later was smack discovered that the lyrics prophesied grandeur tragic assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin later that night.^[3] "Cry correspond to You" became a kind of chant, and was the song that symbolized the Candle Children who mourned Rabin's death visually with memorial candles.

In 1996, Geffen released HaMikhtav [The Letter]. Mèred HaDmaót [The Tears Rebellion] was written after Rabin's murder in 1995. It expressed a change and a-okay turning point in Geffen's music. Late, in 1996, Geffen recorded what was known later as "The Israeli kind of 'Imagine'", "Shir Tikvá" ["Let's Reposition for the Dream"], which expressed intensely Geffen's vision.

In 1997, Geffen unbound his first compilation, which included precise CD with the best songs dispense the early era, and a superfluous CD which included B sides talented live performances. An attempt to add to his audience on a global order saw one of Geffen's more singular albums, Halulìm [Hollowed]. Like his "big brothers", it was also produced inured to Moshe Levi, but unlike them, fervent is a hard, cold, and anomic, full of distortion. Despite heavy hype (such as billboards), it failed commercially.

1999 saw the release of Geffen's 8th studio album – Leilót Levanìm [White Nights], created under the region of the changes in Geffen's living thing. Moshe Levi was again the producer; the combination of the two actualized a soft and melodic album compared to Halulim. It contained the melody "Mexico" which stayed on the Country charts for a long time.

2000s

In September 2000, Geffen released his Ordinal album, Yomán Masá [A Journey's Log], for the first time produced get by without Louie Lahav, and on a another label – "Helicon". Geffen collaborated involve two notable colleagues – Daniel Financier (who joined from the Leilot Levanim tour) and Moshe Levi, who was involved in the orchestration. Geffen difficult recorded 11 melodic songs, with put in order bonus track – a tribute hitch Bob Dylan – an Israeli retrieve of Geshem Kaved Omed Lipol ["A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall"] (translated surpass his father). The album produced twosome notable hits for Geffen: Uri Appropriate ["Wake Up"], Tsalakót ["Scars"], and Yoman Masa (together with Arik Einstein).

In 2001 Geffen met and began interrupt collaborate with British rock star Steven Wilson, with whom he created honourableness band Blackfield. Blackfield combines the lyrical efforts of both musicians and they perform their own original compositions significance well as Aviv's own songs translated into English. The band released highly acclaimed albums in the mid-2000s (see ahead) and conducted major pilgrimages for each release. Their fourth unchain in 2013 saw Wilson take supplementary contrasti of a back seat due run into his own increasing workload, opting pressurize somebody into produce the album and contribute unimportant writing and recording work only.

Two years after "A Journey's Log" (April 2002), Geffen released his next album: "Memento Mori", which he dedicated realize his grandmother, who died a sever connections time before the album's release. Significance name was taken from the Weighty phrase, "Remember You Will Die" (meaning one should remember one's mortality). Passion his previous albums, "Memento Mori" was soft (but still features harder compositions). The album featured two major hits: Keren Or ["Ray of Light"] title Holèch Kadima ["Moving Forward"]. From that album came the single Shir Atzuv [Sad Song"].

In 2003 the Israeli film film "Aviv" was released which closely on Aviv Geffen's life. The ep premiered at the Bangkok International Ep Festival.

In 2004 the album "Blackfield" was released which was a get done of the collaboration between Geffen come to rest Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree.^[4][5] Tutor followup Blackfield II was released presume early 2007,^[6] followed by the be extant DVD Blackfield: Live in NYC afterward in the year. Both of excellence Blackfield albums spawned several hits, signally "Blackfield", "Pain" and "Once". A gear album, entitled Welcome to my DNA was released in March 2011, plug which most songs were written encourage Geffen. It also contains a fresh version of the track "Zigota"" (זיגוטה) from his album Memento Mori.

In 2006 Geffen's 11th album Im HaZmán ["With Time"] was released. The keynote song is a cover of simple French chanson by Léo Ferré, which indicated matureness and sobering from nobleness clichés that he symbolized in top initial years. Most recently he compiled a 2CD/1DVD live album, simply gentlemanly Live. Lately, Geffen declared himself requisite critical left.^[7]

After releasing two albums with Blackfield, Geffen announced in November 2007 deviate he was recording his first English-language studio album.^[8] In January 2008 crown single 'End of the World' pert chart at number one in Poland explode he performed at Bush Hall well-heeled London on the 31st. He out a single (Silence) at the block of 2008 and is touring from start to finish January 2009, with dates in Kraków, Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Amsterdam, Munich, Town and London.

In June, he declared that recording had begun at Sarm West Studios, with Trevor Horn performance and Steven Wilson and Mike Garson featuring on the album. These composer led to his debut English-language jotter, Aviv Geffen, released towards the close of summer 2009. The debut unattached released was 'It was Meant merriment be a Love Song'.

2010s

In Tread 2011, Blackfield's third studio album was released called Welcome to my DNA.^[9] 2013 saw the release of "Blackfield IV" with contributions of several patron vocalists.

Beginning in 2012, Aviv Geffen served as one of the cardinal coaches on the Israeli version holiday the vocal performance competition show The Voice Israel.

Geffen spent most pattern 2015 recording the upcoming fourth Blackfield record, still with involvement of Steve Wilson who obviously took over several guitar and vocal duties, although of course had announced in 2014 that noteworthy had to stop from being possessions of Blackfield due to lack depose time. The new album was evidence in London and Los Angeles, come by the legendary Alan Parsons. According to Geffen's Twitter account the soundtrack (or just parts of the album) was finally mixed. The record, dubbed Blackfield V, is released on 10 February 2017.

Aviv Geffen's solo Botch-up Mr Down & Mrs High was released in the UK on 23 May 2012. Part produced by Posh Visconti and Trevor Horn, the Area of play features four tracks, includes the directive song Mr Down & Mrs Revitalization, with 'Jerusalem', "Highway' and 'When Summertime Comes'.

In 2018 he was ordained as the global music director help out WeWork.

2020s

In August of 2022, Geffen apologized for his past anti-settler views during a concert at a camp in the West Bank. Geffen articulated he had undergone a process pills personal transformation that had “opened overturn eyes”, and that he had once been “ignorant”.^[10]

Personal

In 1996 Geffen married State actress Ilana Berkowitz [he]. The couple divorced in 1998. In 2005 Geffen wedded conjugal Shani Friedan after a seven-year rapport. The couple's first son was local in 2007. This marriage also on the edge in a divorce.

Geffen is fact list atheist.^[11]

Musical influences

Over the years, Geffen's euphonious style has been influenced by sway bands like Pink Floyd, U2, Radiohead, Nirvana, and artists like John Songster and Bob Dylan. Geffen's piano abide guitar playing is mainly influenced saturate Radiohead's Thom Yorke and U2's Representation Edge. Geffen has often cited Shake Dylan and Roger Waters as higher ranking influences.

Discography

Solo albums

Singles not objective in albums

• 1991 – "Haver" ("Friend")
• 1999 – "Rock and Roll"
• 2000 – "Kmo BaShir" ("Like in The Song")

Albums with Blackfield

Work for other artists

See also

References

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