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FOCUS ON: Danny Ben-Israel
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- Label: Locust Music >>
- Genre: Avant Garde/Experimental
Israeli psychedelic pioneer
Born and raised in Tel Aviv, beginning his music career while serving in the Israeli Defense Forces Northern Command alongside future pop stars Gadi Yagil and Koby Oshrat. While still in the IDF he enjoyed a series of Israeli pop hits, and following his discharge he continued his music career, appearing in several musicals in addition to writing and recording for films. In 1968 Ben-Israel toured Europe, briefly settling in Austria and recording an LP, Happy Birthday, RocknRoll; according to legend, while in Austria he experimented regularly with drugs and immersed himself fully in the burgeoning countercultural movement, returning to Tel Aviv in early 1969 intent on spreading the psychedelic gospel. Jason Ankeny - AMG
