Artist description Original material words and music. Inventor, performer, composer, graphic artist. Moshe plays many instruments and is a computer music wiz. He also writes stories songs and plays for children. Moshe's repertoire includes a very funny English song evening, which has never been officially recorded. Moshe has Jewish music as well as secular songs. He is known to children as Moshe Mezogli-Petel (which in Hebrew means pour me some rasberry juice). Moshe runs an invention and innovation development company and was an IBM research fellow at the Haifa research lab, working on DSP voice and music projects as well as human friendly computer interface and telephony.

Music Style Mostly unplugged alternative ethnic type music. Also Children's music.

Musical Influences Ethiopian, Native American, Eastern, Arabic, Hassidic, Bolivian

Similar Artists Some people say I sound like Shlomo Bar. In some songs more like Paul Simon.

Artist History Born in 1964. Been making life happy for many people ever since. Married in 1989 to Efrat, and now has 3 daughters who like to pretend they are tone deaf (but sometimes prove otherwise). Efrat and Moshe have established an alternative school called Beair, which is a great and fun place for kids to develop at. Please see http://www.makom.org.il (Hebrew) Moshe is also a nature lover and active environmentalist writing for Be'ofen Tiv'ii (the natural way) monthly. Moshe was CTO and VP R&D at several large companies when hi-tech was at it's high, and is now leading a large scale transportation project called Elionite.

Group Members Moshe has performed with Eitan Ulman, Mordechai Grant, Daniel Yaacobson and Ofer Golan. His brother Danny (Daniel) Flam an accomplished trombonist, performer and computer music maker assisted Moshe in several of the more rythmic songs. Danny Alony is his favorite soundman and Tomer Amar is now recording his Noam Productions is putting out a record of his Jewish music, and his children's book and CD is now being reviewed by publishers.

Instruments Guitar, Recorder, Harmonica, Electric keyboard, Clarinet, Violin, Ethnic

Albums Venitrahaknu; Pihuk Mesukan (children); Hakol bakol; Barch

Press Reviews Maariv - Aug 2002: "...The performer of Jewish type songs" Anglo Music Evenings - June 2002: "People roled over laughing" Lamitnadev (Jewish Agency) "people had to stand up out of their wheelchairs and stomp"- http://www.partner.org.il/beitshemesh/news-0210-sing.html

Additional Info Im en ani li mi li; Barech; Ethiofia

Location Yishii, Israel - Israel

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