About this user
With a rich repertoire behind him of countless shows around Israel, collaborations with the finest local musicians and various releases as a solo artist and also with "Eatliz",
Amit Erez is considered as one of the most respected musicians in Israel - as a writer, singer and a guitar player.
Erez's first nationwide distributed release was an acoustic intimate EP called Black Light (2006, Earsay Records) which won the hearts of many radio editors and listeners and helped him establish himself as the leading figure of the English-singing Israeli singer/songwriters circle.
In 2007 Erez signed with Anova Music, who released his second eponymous album (first full length) in November that year. The album was the result of a fruitful collaboration with a rock band and provided two hit singles - Clever and Strong and Postcard. The latter was released with a music video and won the Vox Populi prize of the Independent Music Awards.
June 2009 saw the release of "Last Night When I Tried To Sleep I Felt The Ocean With My Fingertips" which was produced by Or Bahir, Erez's fellow band member in Eatliz. In February 2010 the album was released also Germany. Shortly afterwards Amit began touring with the classical cellist Yael Shapira under the name "Paper Cuts", offering new arrangements for guitar and cello to songs from all his albums. On January 2010 a "Paper Cuts" EP was released, consisting of 5 songs from those shows.
Hometown
Ramat Hasharon
Country
Israel