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Songwriter Oren Lavie (Tel Aviv, Israel), who has drawn comparisons in the press to Nick Drake, the Beatles and Crosby Stills & Nash, released his debut album “The Opposite Side Of The Sea” on March 10th, 2009 on his own imprint, A Quarter Past Wonderful, which he started with tastemaker and current KCRW host Chris Douridas. Says Douridas, a 27-year veteran of radio, “I’ve never been so motivated to help an artist get his music out into the world until I met Oren. He is incredibly special. It’s rare every song in an artist’s catalogue moves me like Oren’s do.”

The album is as eclectic as Oren’s home bases of Tel Aviv, Israel (where he was born), Berlin Germany (where he recorded the album), and Los Angeles, CA (the home of his new label). It was released in Europe and immediately garnered great press with Uncut raving in a four-star review that the album is “cinematic and mellow, like Nick Drake in a cheerful summer bonnet…”

Many people in the US will be familiar with Oren’s music as his album track ‘Her Morning Elegance’ was featured in a national ad campaign for Chevy Malibu. He also wrote the end credit “A Dance ‘Round the Memory Tree” for the film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian joining Regina Spektor and Hanne Hukkelberg on the soundtrack.

Born in Tel-Aviv, Israel, Oren began his creative journey as a playwright. At the age of 21 he wrote and directed a play for the Israeli Fringe Theater Festival, which won the awards for best newcomer writer and director.

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1		Her Morning Elegance			1,318
2		The Man Who Isn't There			190
3		A Dream Within A Dream			164
4		The Opposite Side Of The Sea			150
5		Locked In A Room			149
6		Don't Let Your Hair Grow Too Long			130
7		Ruby Rises			129
8		A Short Goodbye			126
9		Trouble Don't Rhyme			116
10		Blue Smile			112
11		4th Time Around			78
12		A Dance 'Round The Memory Tree			72
13		Unhidden Track: Quarter past Wonderful			53
14		Unhidden Track: A Quarter Past Wonderful			26
15		The Dance 'Round The Memory Tree			18

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