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Imagine a record that matches the leftfield edge of Beck or Radiohead with the kind of sure-footed pop hooks Justin Timberlake’s people would write a blank cheque for. A record which vividly conjures the life of an insightful outsider, set to the dark, loping rhythms of Massive Attack or Portishead. A record built around a voice that’s as sweetly expressive as it is richly soulful. Then imagine that every single sound of it, including the bass & the drums, is performed by one man on his amazingly versatile guitar. That record is Charmed & Strange.
The road towards this striking album began in Cape Town in the late 1980s, when a nine-year-old boy began sneaking to his neighbour’s house to listen to Wham! and OMD. At Yoav’s house, such “light music” was banned, on the insistence of his father, a Jewish architect who lived through World War II in his native Romania, before moving to Israel (where Yoav was born) and then relocating to South Africa with Yoav’s opera singer mother. Only classical and opera would waft through their home.
That only made the pull of modern music stronger for little Yoav. “From the moment I started listening to those cheesy songs at my neighbour’s house, I knew I’d be a musician. I can’t describe the rush it gave me. The fact that music was an illicit pleasure actually made it the most exciting thing in the world for me.”
By the time he was 12, Yoav was waiting until his parents had gone to bed before quietly practicing on the battered guitar his elder brother had given him. “I’d had to play instruments that I hated since I was four, things like the piano and the cello,” he says. “I guess the guitar was my way of rebelling.”
The road towards this striking album began in Cape Town in the late 1980s, when a nine-year-old boy began sneaking to his neighbour’s house to listen to Wham! and OMD. At Yoav’s house, such “light music” was banned, on the insistence of his father, a Jewish architect who lived through World War II in his native Romania, before moving to Israel (where Yoav was born) and then relocating to South Africa with Yoav’s opera singer mother. Only classical and opera would waft through their home.
That only made the pull of modern music stronger for little Yoav. “From the moment I started listening to those cheesy songs at my neighbour’s house, I knew I’d be a musician. I can’t describe the rush it gave me. The fact that music was an illicit pleasure actually made it the most exciting thing in the world for me.”
By the time he was 12, Yoav was waiting until his parents had gone to bed before quietly practicing on the battered guitar his elder brother had given him. “I’d had to play instruments that I hated since I was four, things like the piano and the cello,” he says. “I guess the guitar was my way of rebelling.”
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Kayna22 wrote:
love Yoav,anyone wanna webcam chat? the link is in my profile.
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skinny_kitty wrote:
adore adore his music да, он клёвый.
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Absentovaya_fey wrote:
Дааа, любят... он клевый.... :)
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JokerMD wrote:
Видимо любят его в России)
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SickOfFeeling wrote:
Such a beautiful relaxing music :)
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tolmakoff wrote:
my best discovery of 2009!
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Endorphin_rush wrote:
очень крутой))
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Kostava18 wrote:
Маэстро Yoav!
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impresainasion wrote:
YOAV обладатель самого завораживающего голоса в мире,а его музыка....это просто невозможно передать словами!
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Baby_Ju wrote:
amazing music
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gosciaczek wrote:
when I first listened to beautiful lie, I had eyes full of tears. His music is what I need in my life. The thrill, the mystery, pure magic.
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ap4hi wrote:
Yoav офигеннен.
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vesnushkinsneg wrote:
so beautiful. Да, действительно вещь.
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M_Marina wrote:
обожаю
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olesyamaybe wrote:
Did he release anything new?
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ZayacInHell wrote:
your are the best!
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april_daisy wrote:
"равномерно распределен между Монреалем и Лондоном" - эко его раскатало.
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Sigma-Simple wrote:
замечательная музыка
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http://www.last.fm/group/Yoav Join Yoav's group on last.fm :)))
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morkwa wrote:
definately a master!
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