Garden City Movement is an electronic

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, Israel that formed in 2013. The band consists of Roi Avital (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Joe Saar (guitar, sampler, keyboards) and Johnny Sharoni (vocals, sampler, percussion). They have released one album under the label BLDG5 Records (under license to

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) as well as three EPs, two under the label BLDG5 Records and one under

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and BLDG5 Records.

History

In October 2013, Garden City Movement released their first single "Casa Mila" from the ''Entertainment'' EP. The song was first released on the compilation ''Ground Floor'' with the official announcement on the label BLDG5 Records and then later released officially as track number one on the ''Entertainment'' EP. In November 2013, the second single "Move On" was released. The song was first revealed on

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music magazine and then followed by dozens of reviews around the blogosphere. Earlier this year "Move On (Teen Daze Remix)" was released on Majestic Casual

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channel and considered to be the first release of the band. Following the second single, the band released the remix of

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to the song "Entertainment". The remix was Premiered on Dummymag. Garden City Movement first full EP was released on November 25, 2013 and followed by signing with

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. In December 2013, their first live music clip for the song "The More You Make It" was released on '' Clash'' and for the first time the band's faces were revealed to the listeners. In March 2014, the music video for "Move On" was released on

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. The music video directed by

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, Lael Utnik, Mayan Toledano and edited by Gal Muggia. The music video selected for

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. On April 26, 2014, Garden City Movement performed on Boiler Room live show in

. On May 6, 2014, BLDG5 Records revealed a new song of Garden City Movement and announced on a new EP from the band "Bengali Cinema" that will released in the end of June 2014. The song "Terracotta" premiered on Stereogum and drew international attention. On June 23, 2014, Garden City Movement released their second EP "Bengali Cinema" was announced first on May 6, 2014 via Stereogum. “The name “Bengali Cinema” is just the expression of a place where you can live life to the maximum. If someone is in love in a Bengali movie nothing else matters and everything will be done to make it happen.” On June 13, 2014, the second single from the EP, "Bengali Cinema", was released via

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, A few days later on June 14 and 18, 2014 two more singles was released via Stereogum in an unprecedented manner, as a result three songs out of four was public few days prior official release date. "Bengali Cinema" was also released in a deluxe limited edition (300), Special colored vinyl including the two EP's of the band. This is the first vinyl released by BLDG5 Records. At the same time of the "Bengali Cinema" EP releases BLDG5 Records announced collaboration remix contest with

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via "NinjaJamm" iPhone app. On July 28, 2014, after two successful EP's, collaborations, reviews and excellent live Boiler Room show, Garden City Movement announced the worldwide agency

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as their official booking agency. On September 14, 2014, Garden City Movement track "Terracotta" was featured on

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"''Ninja Jamm - EP Bundle 5''" alongside

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and more. On November 17, 2014, Garden City Movement track "Pont des Arts" was released via

. The song is named after pedestrian bridge in Paris

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where young couples traditionally commemorate their love by locking padlocks onto it. Until the official release the band played the song only on live shows. On February 2, 2015, The Vinyl Factory and BLDG5 Records revealed a new song of Garden City Movement and announced on a new five-track EP from the band "Modern West" that will released on April 6, 2015 on digital and vinyl formats. The song "My Only Love" premiered on Factmag and drew international attention. The announcement of the new EP marks the beginning of the cooperation between

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and BLDG5 Records. later on February 26, 2015 "Recollections" the second single form Modern West EP was released via

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. In addition, on March 23, 2015 The Vinyl Factory and BLDG5 Records released the third single from "Modern West" EP “When We Had It Easy” via

. On March 16, 2018, the band released their first full album ''Apollonia''.

Band members

*Johnny Sharoni - vocals, sampler, percussion *Roi Avital - vocals, keyboards, guitar *Joe Saar - guitar, keyboards, sampler

Discography

Albums

*''Apollonia'' (2018)

EPs

*''Entertainment'' (2013) *''Bengali Cinema'' (2014) *''Modern West'' (2015) *''She's So Untouchable'' (Single+Remixes) (2017)

Others

*''BLDG5 'Ground Floor' Compilation'' (2013) *''Entertainment / Bengali Cinema LP'' (2014) *''Ninja Jamm - EP Bundle 5'' (2014)

Music videos

* "Move On" (2014) * "The More You Make It" (Anova Live Session) (2014) * "She's So Untouchable" (2016)

Awards

MTV Israel

References

External links

Garden City Movement official Facebook PageGarden City Movement
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