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Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman (Hebrew: נטלי פורטמן‎; born June 9, 1981) is an Academy Award winning Israeli-American actress. Portman began her career in the early 1990s, turning down the opportunity to become a child model in favor of acting. Her first role came in the 1994 independent film Leon: The Professional, however her breakout role did not come until she was cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy.[1]

Natalie Portman on Last.fm.

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Tamar Eisenman

Tamar Eisenman was born in Jerusalem, Israel in 1980. She spent part of her childhood in San Francisco before returning to Israel. She now resides in Jerusalem which is the base for her music work. Tamar is a singer songwriter and a guitar player. In her songs Tamar is serving a mixture of crisp guitars and feminine groove.
In 2003 Tamar released an EP that was recorded at her home studio. A year and a half later, in 2005, Tamar released her debute LP named '5feet4'.

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The Idan Raichel Project

The Idan Raichel Project burst onto the Israeli music scene in 2002, changing the face of Israeli popular music and offering a message of love and tolerance that resonated strongly in a region of the world where the headlines are too often dominated by conflict. With an enchanting blend of Ethiopian and Middle Eastern flavors coupled with sophisticated production techniques and a spectacular live show, the Idan Raichel Project has become one of the most unexpected success stories in Israeli music today.

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Monotonix

Monotonix are a 3-piece of vocals, guitar and drums hailing from Tel-Aviv, Israel. Monotonix have performed across the world and their performances are very energetic, verging on performance art. From lighting drums on fire, to hanging from ceiling fixtures, often heavily crowd-involved, no performance in the same city is like the last. On their American tour, Monotonix opened for the Silver Jews in the west coast playing to thousands of people in cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles.

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Jericho

There's more than one band called Jericho:
1. Israeli hard/progressive/psychedelic rock band
2. solo project of Mark Salling
3. Canadian band
4. British future garage duo
5. American punk rock band
6. rock band from Kosovo
7. A hip-hop artist/rapper from New Jersey. 1) Jericho is an israeli hard/progressive/psychedelic rock ensemble that recorded only one, self-titled, album in 1972. Band started in 1965, in Israel, as The Churchills, later they moved to England, changed their's name to Jericho Jones, next to Jericho and signed up canadian guitarist Robb Huxley.

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The Young Professionals

We are The Young Professionals. We create something new, always based on something old. Through sound, words, visuals and materials, we try to communicate, with you, with others, with ourselves. TYP tries to define a new kind of a band, with music as it's main passion, alongside other talented artists in various fields – Net Art, Design, Video and more. Our music is composed and produced by Ivri Lider and Yonathan Goldshtein who began creating TYP's music in their Tel Aviv studio in 2010.

Read more about The Young Professionals on Last.fm.

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Chaim

Born into a family of traditional musicians and the son of a father who was already spinning records in the late sixties, Chaim grew up to become a complex producer. Influenced by Moroccan music he heard at home while growing up, and the sound of Chicago House he fell in love with while working as a light jockey in his local clubs, his productions tell a story of a sensitive musician from Tel Aviv.

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Sonne Adam

Sonne Adam is an old school death metal band from Israel that was formed in 2007. The name is in hebrew and translates to "Hater of Humanity". They recorded an EP in 2008 called "The Sun is Dead" which is soon to be released on Imperium Productions. In 2010, they have released another EP, "Armed with Hammers", with Imperium productions. In 2011, they have released their debut full-length album "Transformation". Pages:
Sonne Adam on mySpace
Sonne Adam official facebook page

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