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Dressed in traditional garb and armed with a beat machine, and sounds of the semitic underground, Diwon (ne Erez Safar) is taking Yemenite culture to the masses. As a multicultural maestro, he produces a mix of Yemenite and Sephardic music
blended with electro hip hop beats. Influenced heavily by his family that migrated from Yemen to Ethiopia and finally settled in Israel, his music reflects the multicultural tapestry that is Israel. His live set brings together textural fusions of live and recorded sound and often are accompanied by singers from various backgrounds.
diwon's music, style, and presence
get famous US clubs to resemble
the craziest festivals abroad.
Diwon has performed with Lou Reed, Anthony Coleman, DJ Spooky, Matisyahu, Steinski, and Idan Raichel, and countless others. London Radio's 104.4 FM called him, "one of New York's hottest Jewish musicians;" URB MAGAZINE listed him amongst their NEXT 1000, The Village Voice stated that his work "as producer and DJ is among the most adventurous and banging on the new Jewish music scene;" the Jerusalem Post dubbed him, "Jewish music's multimedia mogul; " Forward listed him as one of the Top 50 "most influential Jews of 2007;" and Heeb Magazine listed him in their "Heeb Hundred."
* Erez Safar (Diwon) is the founder and director of Shemspeed (largest, most diverse Jewish music site), Modular Mood Records (an independent record label), Hip Hop Sulha, and The Sephardic Music Festival. Erez resides and maintains his many companies, within the auditory heart of Brooklyn.
"Diwon is something else …in a profound kind of way. The New Yorker gets crafty when it comes to beats by extracting world music—mainly traditional Yemenite music-- and fusing it with electro hip hop; creating a titillating sound that’s juicy and for the ears." - URB Magazine
click here for the "That Yemenite Kid" exhibit press release.
click here for hi resolution poster.
click here for hi resolution diwon image.
JPost Cover (click to read)
LIVE PHOTOS
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Selected PRESS:
* Urb.com (read)
* Jewish Week feature (read)
* Jewcy feature (read)
* Jerusalem Billboard cover story (read)
* Forward Top 50 (read)
* Washington City Paper review of Diwon's Shemspeed launch (read)
(for more press, click here)
QUOTES:
"Diwon is something else …in a profound kind of way. The New Yorker gets crafty when it comes to beats by extracting world music—mainly traditional Yemenite music-- and fusing it with electro hip hop; creating a titillating sound that’s juicy and for the ears. - URB Magazine
"one of New York's hottest Jewish musicians;" - London Radio's 104.4 FM
"as producer and DJ is among the most adventurous and banging on the new Jewish music scene;" - The Village Voice
"Jewish music's multimedia mogul;" - the Jerusalem Post
"Top 50 most influential Jews" - Forward, 2007
Hi-Res Press Photos
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HI-RESOLUTION PRESS PHOTOS
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