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/ref> After being rejected by a number of record labels, the band was finally signed by Nana Records. Their debut album, Nikmat HaTraktor, was released in 1990. It was produced by Bari Sacharof (of the aforementioned band FortiSakharof), and contained a number of their hits, the prominent ones including: Mischak Shel Dma'ot (משחק של דמעות, lit. A Game of Tears), Adon HaSelichot (אדון הסליחות, lit. Master of Forgiveness) based on the Sephardic Jewish incantation bearing the same name, and Afifonim (עפיפונים, lit. Kites) - the Hebrew translation of
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Nikmat HaTraktor (Hebrew
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: נקמת הטרקטור, '' lit.'' Tractor's Revenge) is an Israeli
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rock music
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band.
History
Nikmat Hatraktor was established in 1988 inTel Aviv
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by singer and bass player Avi Balali, keyboardist Ilan Green and guitarist Ophir Leibovitch. Other band members include Eyal Parson Shachar on keyboard
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and Aviv Barak on drums. The band's name is an ode to the "famous" FortiSakharof (another Israeli rock band) song of the same name that was released that year./ref> After being rejected by a number of record labels, the band was finally signed by Nana Records. Their debut album, Nikmat HaTraktor, was released in 1990. It was produced by Bari Sacharof (of the aforementioned band FortiSakharof), and contained a number of their hits, the prominent ones including: Mischak Shel Dma'ot (משחק של דמעות, lit. A Game of Tears), Adon HaSelichot (אדון הסליחות, lit. Master of Forgiveness) based on the Sephardic Jewish incantation bearing the same name, and Afifonim (עפיפונים, lit. Kites) - the Hebrew translation of
Simon Dupree and the Big Sound
Simon Dupree and the Big Sound were a British psychedelic band formed in 1966 by brothers Derek (vocals), Phil (vocals, saxophone, trumpet), and Ray Shulman (guitar, violin, trumpet, vocals); also known for their later prog rock band, Gentle Gian ...
's song
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.
Nikmat HaTraktor fused modern Israeli sound with age-old Middle Eastern themes, creating a new genre that paved the way for other Israeli bands, among them Knesiyat Hasekhel
Knesiyat Hasekhel (from Hebrew: "''The Mind Church''") is an Israeli rock band from Sderot.
History
The name of the band, established in the early 1990s, is a translation into Hebrew of ''Church of Reason'', from Robert Pirsig's book ''Zen and th ...
.
The band appeared with the Batsheva Dance Company
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in their "Kyr" production, which Nikmat HaTraktor wrote the music for Yossi Pollack's Othello (an Israstage production).
Discography
*''Nikmat HaTraktor'' (1990) * ''Zchut Hatse'aka'' (1992) *''Kyr'' (with Ohad Naharin) (1992) *''Aronot Mitbach'' (1995) *''Mitbach Accusti'' (1996) *''Ta'ut shel HaYare'ach'' (1999) *''Le'an Holchim Pit'om Kulam'' (2003) *''Nishar Rak Larutz'' (Anova Music
Anova Music is an Israeli independent record label founded in 2006, by Shuki Goldwasser and Anat Damon in Tel Aviv, Israel. They have signed bands such as Vaadat Charigim, Nikmat HaTraktor, Rockfour and more artists on their roster. In 2013, ...
, 2011)
*''Ma Le'ahuve'' (Anova Music
Anova Music is an Israeli independent record label founded in 2006, by Shuki Goldwasser and Anat Damon in Tel Aviv, Israel. They have signed bands such as Vaadat Charigim, Nikmat HaTraktor, Rockfour and more artists on their roster. In 2013, ...
, 2013)
See also
*Music of Israel
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References
External links
Nikmat HaTraktor Official website
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