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Teapacks

Fundamentally pluralists

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We came back flabbergasted from our October Mini Tour, and just because we adore you, we meticulously edited some amateurish footage from these jolly occasions. Great audience, ambiance,
joie de vivre & folly!
Play & enjoy!

Teapacks - the tour

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This is teapacks in concert at Cornell University,
Playing a new song called “Wichita”.

Push the Button

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Push the Button is now available in iTUNES!
PUSH THIS BUTTON.
Keith goes Karaoke - we don't know him

new clip - HORA NADALIM:
About Teapacks:
Teapacks was formed in 1988, when Gal Peremen and Kobi Oz met at a Kibbutz in southern Israel. The two began playing Kobi’s original songs, and were later joined by other musicians from local Kibbutzim and the city of Sderot.
Up until now, the band has released seven albums, a movie soundtrack, one EP and a greatest hits collection. Four albums went Gold, and two went Platinum. Over the years, their singles have received regular radio play, often climbing to the top of the Israeli charts. Teapacks has been named “Band of the Year” numerous times by various Israeli media outlets. Their thousands of live performances have filled concert halls, festivals, and a host of high-profile events in Israel and around the world.
Teapacks is seen to be the key mover behind the legitimization and success of Middle Eastern music in Israel. Ever since Teapacks' explosion on the scene in the early 90s, Middle Eastern styles began to be considered worthy of heavy rotation on Israeli radio.
BBC on Teapacks
Teapacks infamously participated in the last Eurovision Song Contest (kind of an international American Idol for songs) that took place in Helsinki, Finland on May 2007. This unusual experience and the controversial responses to their song, "Push the Button", got them thinking about creating a new album with international songs and performances abroad.
CNN on Teapcks
Teapacks is guaranteed to move your butt, tickle your feet, mess with your mind, and touch your heart.
ten li khatima (gimmie an autograph)

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/13/2007
Band Website: teapacks.com
Band Members:

Kobi Oz-singer & band leader

Biography of the composer and author; Kobi Oz:

The lyrics of most Teapacks songs are written & composed by Kobi Oz, the band’s lead singer.

Kobi Oz was born in 1969 in the town of Sderot, located in the south of Israel. Sderot, where many leading musicians grew up, is considered one of the most important cities in the Israeli music scene. Oz began creating and playing music at the age of 15. He started out playing keyboards for the band Sfatayim, which performed traditional Moroccan music.

He eventually became, among other things, a leading music producer who “discovered” many new artists like Hadag Nachash. Additionally, Oz collaborated with Sarit Hadad as lyricist & melodist on one of her albums. This album was a huge breakthrough on Israeli radio, and included Hadad’s most well-known and talked about hits.

Besides his music career, Kobi is an author who has published two best selling books called “Petty Hoodlum” (2002) and “Moshe Chuato and the Raven” (1996).

Kobi is a social activist who recently organized a big demonstration to raise public awareness of the tragedy of his home town, which is constantly under missile attack from Gaza. About 40,000 people came to Rabin Square to show solidarity with the traumatized children of Sderot.

Gal Peremen-bass & vocals

Rami Yosifov-guitar & vocals

the first performer ever to chew gum in the Eurovision!

BIG M (a.k.a Meir Amar)-soundman

Teapacks - Adventures in Helsinki

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Dani Aberjel-guitar & vocals

Motti Yoseff-drums & percussion

Noam Yankelevich (a.k.a 3KO)-keys & vocals

Influences:
ElectricMayhem
Sounds Like:

new street guerilla folk with an overdose of Jewish chutzpa, Israeli power punk chopped with ethnic elements, rap rhymes & pop choruses, North African beat & East European melodies schizophrenically combined with a dirty disco flavor.

Discography:

1992

1993

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2001

2003

2006

Record Label: anana ltd.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

comic clip

This is kind of a hidden artistic dream about simplifying realism. .   This comic clip made me think that the naughtiness of modern art was later used to cynically commercialize everyt...
Posted by Teapacks on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:25:00 PST

pretext to wear my stylish eye patch:

  Last week I had an eye infection, it blew up and I looked like I was punched in the eye by a boxing wallaby. When The Israeli Music Channel 24 has summoned the Teapacks ensemble of 1995 to co...
Posted by Teapacks on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:25:00 PST

flabbergasted

We came back flabbergasted from our October Mini Tour, and just because we adore you, we meticulously edited some amateurish footage from these jolly occasions. Great audience, ambiance, joie de vivre...
Posted by Teapacks on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:54:00 PST