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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

electronic music

Israeli flags flank the DJ stage at the Dragonfly trance music festival near Modiin on January 6, 2024. (Dragonfly)
January 16, 2024, 9:53 am
Commemorating Supernova victims, electronic music scene attempts a low-key comeback
One of the country’s first major rave parties after the October 7 massacre features no commercial activity and plenty of symbolism
By Canaan Lidor
Musician Ofer Mizrahi will perform with his trio at Jerusalem's Confederation House on September 28, 2023. (Courtesy Ofer Mizrahi)
September 21, 2023, 10:15 pm
Ofer Mizrahi to perform his East meets West music in Jerusalem
With ‘whale guitar’ in hand, Israeli musician and his trio will take center stage at Confederation House
By Jessica Steinberg
Polish Yiddish singer-songwriter Maria Ka in concert. (Iwona Wojdowska)
April 12, 2023, 3:52 am
After unmuting her hidden Jewish roots, Polish singer amplifies them in Yiddish punk
On a new album dropping on April 20 to mark the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Maria Ka takes cues from electronica for songs inspired by feminism and anti-establishmentarianism
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Singer Noga Erez performs at Jerusalem's Hutzot Hayotzer fair at Sultan's Pool, August 23, 2022 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
August 25, 2022, 1:22 pm
Alt-pop star Noga Erez brings synthesized sound and politics to Jerusalem
Often called the the ‘Israeli answer to Björk,’ the Tel Aviv singer and producer melds electronic dance music with complex, thought-provoking lyrics
By Jessica Steinberg
At the Jerusalem Jazz Festival in July 2021; this year's festival takes place July 5-7, 2022 and includes international artists once again (Courtesy Jerusalem Jazz Festival)
June 30, 2022, 4:08 pm
International artists return to Jerusalem Jazz Festival
Boundary-pushing event to be held on grounds and in galleries of Israel Museum
By Jessica Steinberg
Electronic duo Polo & Pan will perform in Israel on May 28, 2022 (Courtesy Polo & Pan PR)
March 23, 2022, 4:32 pm
Electronic duo Polo & Pan to perform in Israel in May
The French pair, beloved in local music scene, will join the Live Live Live Festival in Ramat Gan
By Jessica Steinberg
Taboo, will.i.am, J. Rey Soul and apl.de.ap of the Black Eyed Peas performing at Pais Arena in Jerusalem, on November 29, 2021. (Ethan Freedman/The Times of Israel)
November 30, 2021, 5:00 pm
Black Eyed Peas rock Jerusalem arena with lots of love for the ‘mishpocha’
In COVID era’s first major international performance in Israel, group plays a smattering of its greatest hits and issues calls for solidarity among Israelis and Palestinians
By Ethan Freedman
Palestinian and Arab Israeli rave attendees make merry at the Nabi Musa mosque in the West Bank on December 26, 2020 (Screenshot/Twitter)
December 28, 2020, 12:49 am
Techno party at Muslim holy site draws censure from Palestinian leadership
Amid blame game, Palestinian Authority forms committee to probe who was behind party at Nabi Musa mosque, arrests prominent DJ; Hamas condemns rave as ‘despicable’
By Aaron Boxerman
Vocalist Tamar Rada at a 2016 performance. The singer/songwriter will be performing at the 11th Hullageb Ethiopian-Israeli Festival, taking place December 24-30, 2020. (Courtesy, Tamar Rada)
December 22, 2020, 2:01 pm
Festival of Israeli-Ethiopian culture keeps the beat, even online
The annual Hullageb arts festival, hosted by Jerusalem’s Confederation House, includes vocalists from the ‘Ethiopian Banai’ family and a play that echoes the community’s protests
By Jessica Steinberg
From musician Sagi Zoref's electronic music videos using texts of famous speeches, some relating to racism in the 21st century (Courtesy Sagi Zoref)
June 24, 2020, 5:37 pm
Amid protests, Israeli musician offers prescient piece on race
Sagi Zoref began working on series focusing on famous speeches last year; his latest track on MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech comes at a poignant moment
By Jessica Steinberg
Israeli musician DOV. (Lissy Elle Laricchia/ via JTA)
May 30, 2020, 4:27 am
Israeli musician DOV is telling queer stories through gentle electronica
The new pandemic-appropriate single ‘Reciprocate,’ off an upcoming EP to be released in July, yearns for a bygone era before dating apps
By Emily Burack
Sarouna, a Palestinian DJ, works on a music track at her home in Ramallah, February 7, 2019. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
February 28, 2019, 8:47 am
DJs mix past and present to create Palestinian beats
‘Electrosteen’ project, an album of 18 tracks created by a group of international artists, to play in Paris on Friday
By Clothilde Mraffko
Rapper Pusha-T will be joining the Meteor Festival lineup in September 2018 (Courtesy Pusha-T official Facebook page)
June 10, 2018, 5:24 pm
Rapper Pusha-T among acts to perform under Israel’s pecan trees
Long lineup of international musicians, rappers, DJs and performers set to join the Meteor Festival in September
By Jessica Steinberg
Electronic musician Noga Erez is taking Europe -- and Apple Music -- by storm (Courtesy Noga Erez)
November 28, 2017, 6:16 am
Apple Music ad features electronic sound of Israeli musician Noga Erez
27-year-old indie artist experiences the ups and downs of a European tour as her ‘Dance While You Shoot’ single gets widespread attention
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative image of participants in the Unity Rising Spirit Festival, 2014. (Screen capture: YouTube)
September 15, 2017, 2:33 pm
Man dies in fall from military building after music festival
Police and army investigating how Israeli in his 20s entered army facility while attending Hamat Gader Unity Festival of house, techno music
By ToI Staff
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