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Their fourth album "''Yadaiim Lemalah''" (Hands Up) was released in 2004, and was produced for the first time by the band themselves.
In 2007 the band teamed up with a new label to produce "Autobiography," re-recording their hits accompanied by a 40-piece orchestra composed of ethnic and traditional classical instruments. A live show was produced for the Multiculturalism shines at the Israel Festival
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Israeli rock music groups Sderot
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: "''The Mind Church''") is an Israeli rock
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from Sderot
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History
The name of the band, established in the early 1990s, is a translation intoHebrew
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of ''Church of Reason'', from Robert Pirsig
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's book ''Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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The music is a blend of new wave music
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and post-punk
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influences (particularly Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
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) and Mediterranean and Middle Eastern ethnic rock. In 1992, Knesiyat Hasekhel produced its first studio album, "Whispered Words" (nanadisk).
The second full length and self-titled album "''Knesiyat Hasekhel''" was released in 1999. The band was named "best rock group of 1999" by Israel's national radio station, and invited to play at major rock festivals around the country.
In 2001, Mashina's Shlomi Bracha helped produce the band's third album "''Rutz Yeled''" (Run, Kid!), a studio album that was recorded live. Following the release of the album, the band toured with Ehud Banai
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Biography
Ehud Banai was born in Jerusalem. His father was the actor Yaakov Banai, one of the Banai siblings. The family moved to Givatayim ...
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Their fourth album "''Yadaiim Lemalah''" (Hands Up) was released in 2004, and was produced for the first time by the band themselves.
In 2007 the band teamed up with a new label to produce "Autobiography," re-recording their hits accompanied by a 40-piece orchestra composed of ethnic and traditional classical instruments. A live show was produced for the Israel Festival
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Discography
*''Whispered Words'' (Nanadisk) – 1993 *''Here are Songs'' (Hed Artzi
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History
The company was founded in Tel Aviv in 1946 as a partnership of Zvi Levin (also known as Hirsch Lewin) with Josef Grossman, ...
) – 1994 E.P.
*''Church of Reason'' (Levantini) – 1999
*''Run Child'' (NMC Records
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Artists represented by NMC include Noa Kirel, Mashina, Yehuda Poliker, Shlomi Shabat, Chava ...
) – 2001
*''Hands Up'' (NMC Records
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Artists represented by NMC include Noa Kirel, Mashina, Yehuda Poliker, Shlomi Shabat, Chava ...
) – 2004
*''Autobiography'' (Barbi Records) – 2007
*''Rows of People'' - 2010
*''Home Is So Far'' - 2013
*''It Is Not Me'' - 2017
See also
*Israeli music
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