Aviv Geffen
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Aviv Geffen
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| Background information | |
| Native name | אביב גפן |
| Birth name | Aviv Geffen |
| Born |
May 10, 1973 Ramat Gan, Israel |
| Genres | Alternative rock, post-punk, glam rock, pop rock, piano rock, new prog, experimental rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, keyboards, guitar, piano, mellotron, xylophone, drums |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Hed Artzi, Helicon Records |
| Associated acts | Blackfield |
| Notable instruments | |
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Fender Toronado Fender Lead Series Disklavier Yamaha PSR-185 Rhodes piano |
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Aviv Geffen (Hebrew: אביב גפן, born May 10, 1973) is an Israeli rock musician, singer, songwriter, producer, keyboardist, and guitarist and the son of writer and poet Yehonatan Geffen and Nurit Makover, brother of actress Shira Geffen, and an alumnus of Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music. In addition to his solo career, Geffen is a founding member of the band Blackfield.
Geffen was and is extremely popular among Israeli youth who were known during the 1990s as the "Moon Children" (ילדי הירח). Politically, he associates with the Israeli left. His music deals with subjects such as love, peace, death, suicide, politics, and the army (in particular, the IDF). He is often criticized for singing about the IDF while not having served, though he was discharged for medical reasons.
Geffen was born and raised in Ramat Gan. His first public performance was in 1984, in the Israeli youth program "Shminiyot BaAvir" ["somersaults"] on the Israeli Channel 1, in which he sang the song "You're Only 40 Years Old" which his sister wrote and which he composed by himself. In 1987 Geffen participated in the amateur film "Hamitpahat" (The Handkerchief), for which he wrote and sang the song "Ima" ["Mom"].
In 1990, Geffen recorded his first song, "Friend" ["chaver"], together with the band "Cats in the Piping". In 1992, he released his first album, "Ze Rak Or Hayareach" [It's Only the Moonlight], all of whose tracks were written and the music composed by Geffen himself.
Also in 1992, he played a part in the teenage television series A Matter of Time. That year, he also wrote a song for the Israeli movie The Beach Boys. Geffen performed in clubs with his band HaTauyót ["The Mistakes"] (the Hebrew name is purposefully misspelled in two places).
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