Coolooloosh is a leading musical force in the Israeli hip hop / funk scene. In 2003, five extremely talented musicians from Jerusalem, Israel, and around the world, found each other and came together to form one of the most unique and dynamic forces in the music world as we know it today.
Suitability named “Coolooloosh”, a Jerusalemite word for celebration and joy, this is precisely what the band exhumes with each and every exciting performance. Its like the experience of confetti being thrown.
Wooing fans around the world with their intelligent blend of genres, Coolooloosh. Combining Hip Hop, Rap, Jazz, Middle eastern and Funk, Coolooloosh, one of Israel’s most popular groups, is one of the very few well known emerging acts that can pull it off. Consistently, pushing the envelope, the band is destined to break internationally. A diverse group of individuals, from varied musical backgrounds the band consists of Yuval Gerstein (Guitar and Vocal), Rebel Sun (MC), Ori Winokur (Bass and vocal), Arik Levy (Saxophone), and Yogev Shitrit on Drums.
Combining both English and Hebrew text into their songs and unique blend of genres only further enhances their distinctive style. Following an extremely zealous show at the renown Sodra Theatre in Stockholm Sweden in May of this year, Coolooloosh forged on in August and September to continue an extremely successful and productive tour of Europe performing in the UK, Germany, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, and Hungary, including the well known festival “Spancirfest” in Croatia, gaining major attention and vast amounts of new fans at every show.
At the invitation of Grammy® nominated engineer/producer David Ivory (The Roots, Patti Labelle, Erykah Badu) the band will travel to the US in January of 2008 to begin pre-production and the tracking of their new full length album with Ivory at the helm. “These guys are really something special and unique. When my associate brought them to my attention, it was a no-brainer that I had to work with them” stated Ivory. In conjunction with recording the exciting new album, Coolooloosh will tour the US, including a show at the prestigious Kennedy Center in Washington DC. The band is in the process of setting up a May 2008 tour in the US for Israel’s 60th Independence Day celebrations.
Rapper/poet Rebel Sun was the subject of broad media attention for his fight to remain in Israel. He and his family recently were granted a permit to stay by the government, but during that struggle, the top artists of the Israeli hip hop world joined forces with the band to record a protest song entitled “Fight Rebel Sun” that detailed the story. The band’s music is a jazzier cousin to that of fellow Jerusalemites Hadag Nahash and in a style comparable to American counterparts Liquid Soul (Chicago) and Yo Flaco! (Denver).
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Conception
Coolooloosh
Just Wont Stop
Road Stone
Music Business
Until the Day
