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.
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.
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  • pointoh

    go to bed /mu/

    26 Jul 2012 Reply

  • hotbagels

    apparently Bullshit 3/4 is the arabic Trout Mask Replica

    2 Jun 2012 Reply

  • craniumpie

    love it..!

    19 Jun 2010 Reply

  • demonshauntme

    psychedelic and cool at all.

    11 Mar 2010 Reply

  • Audiotopia

    Dani Ben Israel: in one word... Crazy as batfuck! You should hear the way this guy shouts and screams! This side of unbelieveable! Dani started with the Army-Bands but finished again with the Kilizmirim songs. Both start and end are not the real Dani. His real career is the period after he went to The Isle of Wight Festival in 1971 and came back after seeing Jimi Hendrix as many web-profiles had it, though I doubt that myself, and combined his efforts with the Jerusalem rock, Jimi-copying band Ha Bama Ha Chashmalit (The Electric Stage), led by guitarist Shlomo 'Guitara' Mizrahi. One of my worst regrets in life (if I had any, that is), was and still is not being able to get a song that this wonderful band did on record. The song I heard on radio was something like a tide of 100 guitars all played like ten-Tarzans! The name of the song is I think 'Mai'ah Guitara Shali' (My One-Hundred Guitars), and the sad sad thing is that I heard it only once and never was able to tape-record it! :[

    3 Jan 2009 Reply

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