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The Keys to the Sub

3 minute long, hook-laden avant-jazz instrumentals

About Me

Our debut CD "Seriously Now" is out now.
To international audiences, it is available on web shops Jazzis and PsychProg . "...Most warmly recommended to fans of avant-garde and unconventional music." says Jazzis' review of Seriously Now, "It is always a pleasure to hear a new Israeli album, which is both challenging and excellent, as is this one."
The name "The Keys to the Sub" originates from a children's prank: you wake someone up in the middle of the night and ask them (in their sleepy haze) where the keys to the submarine might be, sounding all urgent and panicked, with supposedly entertaining results.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/18/2006
Band Members: The (fairly) regulars:
Daniel Oz - composer. plays some bass (currently on a bulgarian bass tambura) and a little bit of tuba.
Roee Bar-Yehuda - alto saxophonist, can also work a flute. is also a member of Israeli rock band Sickly Energy (energia holanit).
Yiftach Kadan - guitarist. was a member of the Albert Beger 5 and is currently involved in several projects, including Roy Yarkoni 's Panic Ensemble .
Asaf Finkelstein - keyboardist. is currently in Boston, attending Berklee College of Music.
Gil Idan - drummer. plays in Israeli prog bands Sussita (R.I.P?), Eggroll and The White Rabbit (ha'arnav halavan).
Prominent collaborators and ex members:
Maya Bejerano - award winning hebrew poet. the Keys to the Sub frequently accompany her readings with coordinated free improvisation.
Albert Beger - tenor and soprano saxophonist and flutist. a major force in the Israeli free-jazz scene. Beger has recently recorded in trio with Hamid Drake and William Parker. guested on Of All Places and other recordings.
Ori Ben-Zvi - guitar player with several groups, including the excellent and critically acclaimed Israeli avant-prog band Sympozion . Is heared on most of our recordings.
Adam Ben-Ezra - standup bass player. plays in several groups around Tel-Aviv, including fusion band Right On Time and some accoustic pop bands.
Sharon Levi - pianist, founding member and old friend.
Influences: I haven't the slightest clue what my influences are, and I don't really care. But here is some of the music I (Daniel) dig:

Ready...
Set...
Go!
a group, ABBA, Ace of Base, Cannonball Adderley, Eden Ahbez, Tomaso Albinoni, Alice In Chains, Tori Amos, Leona Anderson, Fiona Apple, Louis Armstrong, the Art Bears, Art Zoyd, David Axelrod, Kevin Ayers, Albert Ayler, The B-52's, Babes In Toyland, The Beatles, J.S. Bach, Burt Bacharach, Bela Bartok, Beach Boys, Beastie Boys, Beat Happening, Beck, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Harry Belafonte, Bettie Serveert, Borah Bergman, Bikini Kill, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, Bjork, Black Flag, Cilla Black, Frank Black, Carla Bley, Paul Bley, Blondie, Bluetones, Blur, Boredoms, David Bowie, Charles Brackeen, Billy Bragg, Brand X, Bratmobile, Anthony Braxton, The Breeders, Goran Bregovic, Jacques Brel, Clifford Brown, James Brown, Jeff Buckley, Tim Buckley, Bulgarian Women's Choir, Bustah Rhymes, The Byrds, Cabaret Voltaire, Cab Calloway, Camel, Camper Van Beethoven, Can, Captain Beefheart, The Cardiacs, The Cardigans, Cat Power, The Chameleons UK, Alex Chilton, The Chordettes, The Clash, Club Foot Orchestra, Ornette Coleman, Steve Coleman, John Coltrane, The Contortions, Chick Corea, Cracker, The Cramps, The Cranberries, The Cure, Curlew, Beth Custer, Dick Dale, Miles Davis, De Zurik Sisters, Claude Debussy, Dee-Lite, Depeche Mode, dEUS, Devo, Dire Straits, Doctor Nerve, Eric Dolphy, The Doors, Julie Driscoll/Tippetts, Echo & the Bunnymen, Echolyn, Einstuerzende Neubauten, Danny Elfman, Everly Brothers, Evil Superstars, Faith No More, Family Fodder, Felt, Flat Earth Society, Foo Fighters, Kim Fowley, Aretha Franklin, Free Kitten, Bill Frisell, Fukkeduk, Serge Gainsbourg, Marvin Gaye, Gentle Giant, George Gershwin, Stam Getz, Guy Goode and the Decentones, Benny Goodman, Lesley Gore, Grant Lee Buffalo, Edvard Grieg, Guided By Voices, Trilok Gurtu, Bruce Haack, Half Japanese, Lionell Hampton, Happy Family, Francois Hardy, Coleman Hawkins, Heavy Vegetable, Henry Cow, Robyn Hitchcock, Son House, Howlin' Wolf, Husker Du, Zakir Hussain, Brian Hyland, James Jamerson, Jamiroquai, Jandek, Jane's Addiction, The Jesus Lizard, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Robert Johnson, Scott Joplin, Yoko Kanno, Kids of Widney High, The Kinks, Kiss My Jazz, Emir Kusturica & the No Smoking Orchestra, L7, Mark Lanegan, Steve Lacy, Live, Love, Love Battery, Lydia Lunch, Kirsty MacColl, Madness, Madonna, Magma, The Mamas & Papas, Henry Mancini, John McLaughlin, The Married Monk, The Meat Puppets, Medeski Martin & Wood, Joe Meek, Melt Banana, Merzbow, Metallica, Millionaire, Mission of Burma, Joni Mitchell, Roscoe Mitchell, Meredith Monk, Thelonious Monk, Marilyn Monroe, Lee Morgan, Morphine, Ennio Morricone, Morrissey, The Move, (Merrell Frankhauser's) Mu, Muddy Waters, Mudhoney, Jack Mudurian, Modest Mussorgsky, NRG Ensemble, Naked City, National Health, Natural Milk Hotel, Neu!, Nirvana, Oingo Boingo, Mike Oldfield, One Ring Zero, Os Mutantes, Greg Osby, Johann Pachelbel, Lucia Pamela, Harry Partch, Pavement, Pere Ubu, Pet Shop Boys, Pharaoh Sanders, Eilert Pilarm, Pink Floyd, Pixies, Plastic People of the Universe, The Police, Porno For Pyros, Presidents of the USA, Elvis Presley, Pylon, Queen, REM, Radiohead, The Raincoats, Ariel Ramirez, The Ramones, Rascal Reporters, Maurice Ravel, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Steve Reich, Renaldo & the Loaf, The Residents, Reverend Horton Heat, Marc Ribot, Jonathan Richman, Sam Rivers, Max Roach, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Henry Rollins, Sonny Rollins, Nino Rota, The Rude Staircase, The Ruins, Salad, Samla Mammas Manas, Erik Satie, John Scofield, Screaming Trees, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Sex Pistols, The Shadows, The Shaggs, Shakti, Archie Shepp, Matthew Shipp, Shooby Taylor, Wayne Shorter, Simon & Garfunkel, Siouxie and the Banshees, The Slits, Elliott Smith, Patti Smith, The Smiths, Snakefinger, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, The Sparks, Split Enz, Squeeze, Stone Temple Pilots, Stravinsky, Suede, Sun Ra, Supergrass, Tairikuotoko Vs. Sanmyakuonna, Talking Heads, Cecil Taylor, P.I. Tchaikovsky, Television, Think of One, This Heat, Tiny Tim, Tricky, Tuatara, U2, Ugly Kid Joe, Uz Jsme Doma, Ken Vandermark, Suzanne Vega, Pierre Vervloesem, Violent Femmes, Antonio Vivaldi, Volapuk, Loudon Wainwright III, Martha Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright, Tom Waits, Scott Walker, Dionne Warwick, Jeff Wayne, Whale, White Noise, Wild Man Fischer, William Carlos Williams, Wire, Lyle Workman, Robert Wyatt, X-Legged Sally, XTC, Frank Zappa, Zita Swoon, Zoogz Rift, John Zorn... Indian music, both classical and popular, esp. Bollywood (Rahul Dev Burman!), folk music from anywhere on the globe, outsider music... Israelis: Corrine Al'al, Chava Alberstein, Albert Beger, Yoni Bloch, Matti Caspi, Dr. Kasper's Rabbit Show, Eifo Hayeled, Arik Einstein, Rami Fortis, Gidi Gov, Haneshamot Hatehorot, Hot Fur, Yirmi Kaplan, Kaveret, Mashina, Shy Nobelman, Nosei Hamigba'at, Poliana Frank, Portrait, Amit Poznanski, Yehudit Ravitz, Rockfour, Berry Sakharof, Sanhedrin, Sussita, Sympozion, Tipex, The Witches, Daniel Zamir, Lonny Ziblat, Ziknei Tzfat...

Sounds Like: a hoot
Record Label: still looking for one
Type of Label: None