16/10/07 UPDATE: Radio Appearance:
This week myself and Shaked Furman of ACROPOLIS will be hosted on 106FM Tel Aviv radio Show this Thirsday, I will try to post some more info as the show approaches, Daniel.
07/10/07 UPDATE: BUSY TIMES!!!!!!!!!!
Oh yeah, It's been a very damn long while since the last time I have updated the page... I'm going to have a very big update with new exciting information, the upcoming ACROPOLIS release and lots of pics and fun stuff!
I will also tell you about a revolutionary brand new Online Merchendise trading system that's currently in developement, and it's gonna change the way that band-merch is made and distributed over the web and worldwide!
Interesting? Next update :)
Daniel.
ACROPOLIS 2007 LINEUP:
Shaked Furman - Drums, Elad Manor - Bass guitar,
Yochai Davidoff - Vocals, Daniel Varfolomeyev - Guitars,
Alex Karlinsky - Keyboards & Synths.
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Tour Dates 2007
12/01 - ARAFEL - Koltura club, Tel-Aviv, 19:00
15/02 - ARAFEL - Koltura Club, Tel Aviv.19:00
12/04 - ACROPOLIS - Levontin Club. Tel Aviv, TBA
03/05 - ACROPOLIS - Barbie. Tel Aviv, 22:00
04/07 - ACROPOLIS - Barbie Tel Aviv, 22:00
22/11 - ACROPOLIS - Koltura , Tel Aviv, 21:00
14/12 - ACROPOLIS - Jerusalem, Yellow
Submarine Club, 21:00.
Be sure to check back for updates show schedules
ABOUT ME...
Welcome to my new myspace page!
for those of you who aren't familiar with me,
here's alittle background info:
I'm an Israeli based Rock musician and a sound engineer in occupation.
mainly active in the Israeli Metal-scene, as a guitar player and musical producer.
My biggest musical endeavour is my long-time
dream project:
ACROPOLIS which I find to be the ultimate form of metal music
the way I hear it in my imagination.
From time to time, I make Session appearences in other
special projects, aswell as writting material
for a debut instrumental solo album when I have the time.
The Early years...
I was born in April 6, 1985 in former USSR, and immigrated with my family a few years later to Israel.
Since early childhood i had a big interest in music, especially classical music.
which led to formal piano lessons for a few years.
later on I became interested in rock music, and picked up the electric guitar in the age of 13.
Let The Music Begin!
From early influences like ELO,Megadeth, Metallica and Iron Maiden, I became interested in a more technically and musically accomplished aritsts.
notable influences would include acts like Symphony-X, Cacophony, Racer-X and early Dream Theater.
aswell as solo artists like Marty Friedman, Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert and Ukrainian classical pianist Vitalij Kuprij.
Quickly I got involved in the local music scene, playing and recording with local acts in northern Israel, where I was fortunate enough to gain a good amount of expirience playing live and recording music.
my first two serious studio works were with DAZED (1999-2001) and RADIUS
(2000).
Seeking for further artistic fulfillment, formed with fellow musicians the musical-metal band ACROPOLIS, in 2001.
This was the project that introduced me with the Israeli Metal-scene, following live concerts and my first musical production work.
In the active period of the band (2001-2003), Acropolis recorded 2 singles in 2002, and re-recorded the vocals with vocalist Dror Lukach (STELLA MARIS)for one of them in 2003.
Tel-Aviv
At the time, my musical activities in central Israel have expanded further when Israeli Folk/Black veterans ARAFEL were looking for a new guitar player, and offered me the job.
Following the circumstances, I have relocated to the center in August 2003.
2003 was a busy musical year. Starting from the live performances of Acropolis throught the year, the beginning of work with ARAFEL, aswell as participating in a special project called "G-spot", which showcased the talents of 3 Israeli guitar players, together with guitar masters Gilad Pasternak (Crossfire), and Sion Shalom (Masteriff).
The one-time concert of GSPOT took place at the first METALIST Festival, with ABORTED, KHONKRA and ANCIENT, among other local acts.
Yochai Davidoff & The flame of the ages
By the end of 2003, Acropolis activities were suspended due to professional difficulties with the line-up, and my own preference to concentrate on the new material for the next ARAFEL album.
Following my passion for music recording and production, I went to a professional sound engineering school - "SOUND", and turned my hobby into a full-time profession later on.
Around that time, I have met vocalist Yochai Davidoff.
quicly we have found a common base in our musical tastes, and started working together on a few projects, which took us onstage during 2004, including the second METALIST festival, with polish stormblasters BEHEMOTH.
Despite the busy year, my main musical concentration was still the long work on the upcoming ARAFEL album with musicians FELIUS and LESHII.
Finally, in October 2004, we flew for a month-long recording session in Poland, working in Studio-X with the legendary Szymon Czech,
and vocal parts were recorded by TVANGESTE's frontman MIRON.
2005 was mainly a back-screen working period. Alot of work with preparing ARAFEL for live concerts and finding new musicians to complete the lineup, finding a distrubution contract for the new album, and writting new material with Yochai.
Eventually, "Through the flame of the ages" released in Europe and Japan by Twilight-vetrieb, and the project with Yochai decided to take the name of ACROPOLIS. with the new Acropolis project we wrote a new song, and recruited Shaked Furman, Elad Manor and Divertigo to record it.
That single, "Lead The Wake" has caused, once again, a major hype around ACROPOLIS, And soon the recording lineup turned out to be the permenan lineup for the band.
ACROPOLIS 2007 - The Next Step:
Due to the success of "Lead the Wake", ACROPOLIS seen a big turnaround in August 2006, when we entered the rehersals studio for the first time with a full-lineup to start working on our debut release and live performance.
Learning, Analyzing and constantly improving our working methodics, ACROPOLIS has quickly turned from a side-project into a full-time, professional musical act, which led to my departure from longtime folk-black-metellers ARAFEL.
5 new songs were written, and preproductions stage has been completed after a couple of months.
EP Recordings has officially started January 26th, entering ZAZA Studios (Israel) to lay down the Precussion parts.
The rest of the EP will be produced at my new studio, which is being completed these days.
Release date is scheduled for June 2007.
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Guest Appearances & Collaborations
I never turn down oppurtunities to make good music together with new talanted musicians and artists worldwide!
So if you need to lay down guitar work for your music,
and you think you're worthy, try me.
I enjoy new collaborations, and I can do pretty much anything you throw at me...
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Production work
As I have stated before, in addition to musical creation I offer professional Production/Tracking/Mixing solutions for artists who would like to record material (EP or full length).
Currently working on:
ACROPOLIS - The Aftermath. (EP)
Latest productions:
Immaterial - Tide of the Empire (Single) (Mix+Mastering)
Excessum (The Fading) - Instructions for self Destruction (EP)
