Yula Beeri, born Yuli Yael Be'eri, is an Israeli

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, musician, and performer. She has been performing music in

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for the past ten years. Yula is the founder of the music and arts collective Yula & The Extended Family (YXFM), an ever-morphing poetic tribe based at The Hive NYC in

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. The group's members not only produce music but also theater, film, photography, painting, literature, and dance. Yula's current projects include electronic trio "Kiss Slash Crooked Smile" (Assf Spector and Stefano Baldasseroni), "Hydra Vocal Trio" (Sarah Small and Rima Fand) and "Yula and The Extended Family" Yula's current projects include; “Yula and The Extended Family” with husband/ drummer Isaac Gardner featuring guest performers Stefan Zenuik, Yuval Semo, Shahar Mintz, and Omer Wald, “ReAl ZeRo” (Willey), and “Seasonal Beast” (Yuval Semo) Yula is also the former bassist and music writer for

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, Nanuchka, and

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. Her collaborations include working with

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Franz Nicolay Franz Nicolay (born 1977) is an American musician and writer. He is best known for playing the accordion and piano in The World/Inferno Friendship Society and keyboards in The Hold Steady from 2005 to 2010 and again from 2016 onwards. He is also ...

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Tamir Muskat Tamir Muskat (in Hebrew תמיר מוסקט) is an Israeli musician/producer-sound engineer who was born and raised in Petach Tikva, Israel as son of a Romanian immigrant. His father was the manager of Anzeagi Conservatorion for music in Petach T ...

of Balkan Beatbox,

Stefan Zeniuk Stefan Zeniuk is a New York City based musician and filmmaker. Often seen performing on the saxophones, clarinet, and bass clarinet he is noted for his stage presence. He currently heads up Gato Loco, and is also a member of Maxim Bass with Ro ...

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, Roy Gurel of

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, Shlomi Lavie of

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, Taylor Galassi of

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, Torcher Chamber, and many others. She recently became the lead singer in Yuval Semo's Seasonal Beast. She currently plays with Yula and the Extended Family based at The Hive NYC in Brooklyn, New York.

References

*http://www.thedowntowndiaries.com/2010/03/whats-goin-down-the-small-beast-at-the-delancey/ *http://www.autostraddle.com/sxsw-2010-captains-log-4-because-i-got-high/

External links

* http://www.yulabeeri.com/
yula be'eri facebook
* http://www.last.fm/music/Yula+and+the+eXtended+Family {{DEFAULTSORT:Beeri, Yula Living people 21st-century Israeli women musicians Year of birth missing (living people) Israeli rock singers Star Fucking Hipsters members