- Katamine
Katamine ( _he. קטאמין) is a collaborative musical project that joins a changing cast of artists with the
Israel i singer and songwriter Assaf Tager (אסף תג'ר). Today, Assaf Tager collaborate withUri Frost (guitar), Haggai Fershtman (drums) and Zoe Polanski (Vocals, Bass andCasio synthesizer).After graduating from the London Music Academy, Tager began to take on musical projects that challenged different aspects of his ability. During this time, among other projects, he played guitar for
Elliot Smith andBeth Gibbons , and scored string arrangements for the pop groupMoloko . Soon after, he decided to return to Israel to pursue his own goals. He became a member of the Israeli super-group "Family Butchers", which was soon asked to record by record producerBob Weston , but was primarily focused on his solo work, which became the idea for Katamine.The first recording released under the name Katamine was released in 2004. It was an eponymous EP consisting of 5 acoustic songs - four originals and a cover of
Sonic Youth 's "Pacific Coast Highway". The record was positively reviewed byYedioth Ahronoth .The full-length album "Lag" followed in 2005. On it Tager collaborated with several musicians, among them the guitarist Uri Frost of
Carmela Gross Wagner andRir and Sharon Kantor of The Girls. The album included 9 original songs and a cover ofButthole Surfers ' "Creep in the Cellar". Israeli media has called it "a beautiful, cruel and gloomy CD; more painful than Elliot Smith, [and as] powerful as Kurt Cobain".Katamine's next album, "Forest of Bobo" was produced by
Wharton Tiers and released in 2006. This was aconcept album , telling the life story of Bobo the bear. Each song was accompanied by a drawing in the CD booklet, painted by the radical comic artistSeth Tobocman . In 2006 Katamine were also the opening act onDevendra Banhart 's concert in Israel.External links
* [http://www.tinstarcreativepool.com Tinstar Creative Pool] , Katamine's label en icon
* [http://www.katamine.org Katamine Home Page] en icon
* [http://mooma.keshet-tv.com/Article.asp?GroupID=1913&itemID=72050&ArtistID=25288 Detailed biography of Katamine] inMOOMA he icon
* [http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3104386,00.html צלילים ממכרים - A review of "Lag"] inYedioth Ahronoth he icon
* [http://wc10.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kvfixqydldfe A review of "Lag"] inAllmusic en icon
* [http://www.nrg.co.il/online/5/ART1/475/382.html הבא בתור הוא סוס, A review of "Forest of Bobo"] inMaariv he icon
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