Yitzhak Attias
| Yitzhak Attias | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 10, 1958 Gibraltar |
| Origin | Jerusalem, Israel |
| Genres | Jewish rock, world music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, percussionist |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Associated acts | Reva L'Sheva, Shlomo Carlebach |
| Website | yitzhakattias |
Yitzhak Attias (born September 9, 1958) is a Gibraltar-born Israeli Jewish musician. He was the percussionist for Reva L'Sheva for several years and has released two solo albums.
Attias was born on September 9, 1958 in Gibraltar, a British colony in the south of Spain. He attended Jewish day school until age 11.
Attias initially planned to become a drummer like his friend Joe Levy, but was inspired to percussion by watching Steve Peregrin Took of the band T. Rex. He was also influenced by Santana and Osibisa, as well as flamenco and African music. As a child, he attended Carmel College boarding school in Oxfordshire, England. Musician David Broza was an older student there, and the young Attias would often play percussion alongside him and his friends.
He left school at age 16 to pursue a music career and came to Israel, where he lived on Kibbutz Be'erot Yitzhak after being invited by a cousin. Feeling unsatisfied, he left the kibbutz and moved to Netanya.
After moving to Israel, Attias worked with musicians like Yehuda Glantz and Eli Massias (later of Heedoosh). Both contributed to his debut album, Gather the Sparks, released in 1987. Many of the songs had been written with Attias' previous band, Ladino, and were inspired by the teachings of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov.
Attias was a percussionist with the pioneering Jewish rock band Reva L'Sheva from 1999 until their breakup in 2006. He performed on four of their albums, including their final album, V'Sham Nashir. In 2014, he participated in a Reva L'Sheva reunion concert at Zappa Jerusalem alongside Yehudah Katz, Lazer Lloyd, Nitzan Chen Razel, and Chanan Elias.
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