Yonatan Yonatan Levy

• 1 Song in D 02:45
• 2 A Song from Last Night 02:51
• 3 Shabat Shalom 02:43
• 4 The Chase 03:22
• 5 For Sam (The Hop) 04:14
• 6 Prospect Park 03:17
• 7 My Love 02:52
• 8 It's My Song 03:34
• 9 Dida's G 05:24
• 10 A Star 02:17
• 11 The Lake 03:04
• 12 Waiting for Tania 02:50
• Total Runtime 39:13

Info for Yonatan

Give Yonatan Levy a guitar and he will immediately react to how it feels. Sometimes he will pick up a bass andit feels so natural that every note leads to the next without effort. Before long, an idea emerges. Many of the tracks on this disc began life in this way.

Yet Yonatan is refreshingly honest about what follows. Rather than perpetuating the myth of music as a divine revelation unencumbered by effort, he admits that forming those easily-found ideas into something truly worth listening to takes dedication. The fruits of that dedication are audible throughout this, his first solo album, with its finely-crafted textures forming the perfect framework through which the initial freedom of his ideas can breathe. The result is a series of tracks which exude a relaxed tenderness that is quite irresistible, each one distinct yet coming together as a coherent whole.

For Yonatan the ultimate goal is to alter the atmosphere of a room with his music. As he puts it with characteristic poetry: “When I make music, I look for magic. For moments that change the color of the light in the room. Combining many things from my past musical experiences: dirty rock ‘ n’ roll, dreamy lullabies, low bass pulsating to shimmering guitar melodies. I feel this album does that. When you play it, the color of the room changes.”

Yonatan is an Israeli musician currently living in New York City. He is one of Israel’ s leading bass players and music producers, and since 2002 has been a member of the highly-regarded Izabo music band which has toured all over Europe, and which was chosen to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest despite its unconventional sound. He has recorded and played with the country’ s most popular artists, produced much-admired albums, won awards and performed worldwide.

Yonatan Levy, bass, guitar, keyboards, samples, percussion
Shai Maestro, piano
Jordan Perlson, drums, percussion

Recorded at Peter Karl Studios
Engineered by Michael Perez-Cisneros
Mastered by Nate Wood at Kerseboom Mastering
Produced by Yonatan Levy

Yonatan Levy
is an Israeli musician born to parents of German and Moroccan origin. His musical career began at age eighteen, when he was chosen to play bass with Israel’s leading singer-song writer Yudit Ravitz. Within a short time he became a sought-after session musician who recorded over a hundred records and toured with Israel’s top artists both in Israel and worldwide. The purchase of a eight-track tape machine at age twenty four marked the beginning of what he defines as “my love affair with sound”. What began as a small music studio soon turned into a thriving career as music producer of many records and award winning music.

In 2001 Jonathan joined Izabo band. Two years later the band was signed to SONY BMG, and their debut album, “Morning Hero”, was released in the United Kingdom. The same album was also released in France, Belgium and the Netherlands under the title “The Fun Makers”. A second album, “Superlight”, followed in 2009. In 2012 Izabo were signed to 100% Records, where they released their third album “Life Is On My Side”. Highly acclaimed for their unique musical style, Izabo toured all over Europe, and were chosen to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest. Jonathan Levy presently resides in New York City.

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