Shlomi Bracha ( he, שלומי ברכה; born March 21, 1962) is an Israeli rock musician and record producer, best known for being the guitarist and one of the songwriters in the Israeli

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band

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Biography

Bracha was born March 21, 1962, in

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, Tel Aviv, Israel. He met

Yuval Banay Yuval Banay ( he, יוּבַל בַּנַאי; born June 9, 1962) is an Israeli musician, best known as the lead singer of the influential Israeli pop rock band Mashina. Personal life Yuval was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to Ilana and Yossi Ban ...

in 1980 while they were serving together in the

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, and they formed a band. They split up after their army service, and Bracha formed the group ''HaChazit Ha'amamit'' ("The National Front") with bassist Michael Benson. In 1984 Bracha teamed up again with Banay and with drummer Iggy Dayan to form the band

. Their self-titled debut album was released in 1985. Later Avner Hodorov joined the band on keyboard and saxophone. In May 1995 the group disbanded after a series of four farewell shows. Bracha began co-writing with Rami Fortis, and they released an album a few years later. He released a solo album, ''Chaplin Charlie'', in 2003, the same year that Mashina got back together and resumed recording and performing. Aside from his musical career, Shlomi Bracha served as coach and mentor (alongside his teammate, Yuval Banay) on the television show

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in the second season.

Discography

* "''Ratz Al Ha'Ketza''" (Running on the Edge) with Rami Fortis (1998) * "''Chaplin Charlie''" (2003) * For Mashina's complete discography see

External links

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Lyrics to Shlomi Bracha's songs
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