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Bradley Adam Rubinstein (Hebrew name: Binyamin Adam) is an English-Israeli
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guitarist, songwriter, and producer based in
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,
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. Initially gaining fame with the short-lived London
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band
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, he moved to Israel after becoming a '' baal teshuvah'' and co-founded the Jewish hip hop group Shtar.


Career


Lisp

In 1995, Rubinstein, then living in
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, co-founded the
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band
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, together with vocalist Johnnie Gordon, bassist Jason Hall, drummer Adam Rich, and Disco Inferno's Paul Willmott on keyboards. Two years later, the band was signed to
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' Mind Horizon imprint by
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. While with the label, the band released two singles, "Flatspin" and "Long Way to Climb" (the latter of which received airplay on
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) and their debut album, ''Cycles'', which released in 2000. During this time, Rubinstein was encouraged by his father to start rediscovering his Jewish roots, ultimately leaving the group to avoid concerts that fell on the Jewish holidays. Lisp ultimately disbanded in 2001.


Shtar

Following his religious awakening, Rubinstein moved to
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
and began studying at the Aish HaTorah yeshiva in
Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
. There, he met rapper and fellow ''baal teshuvah'' Ori Murray, with whom he co-founded the Jewish hip hop group Shtar in 2006. They released their debut album, ''
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'', in 2011; it was re-released the following year after the group signed to Shemspeed Records. In December 2012, the group independently released the ''
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'' EP, which he co-produced with Adrian Bushby and which featured a collaboration with Jewish rapper Nissim (then D. Black) on the song "Rabbit Hole".


Personal life

Rubinstein lives in
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with his wife and six children.


Discography

;With
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*''Cycles'' (2000;
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) ;With Shtar *''
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'' (2010; re-released 2012;
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) *'' Boss EP'' (2012; Heatseat) ;Other *Shtar, ''Boss EP'' (2012) - co-produced with Adrian Bushby *
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, ''Am Echad'' (2013) - mixing,
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rubinstein, Brad Living people Jewish English musicians English Orthodox Jews English male singer-songwriters English male guitarists English record producers Jewish rock musicians Jewish hip hop record producers English emigrants to Israel Baalei teshuva 21st-century English singers 21st-century British guitarists 21st-century British male singers