Yonatan Gat
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Member of | Medicine Singers |
Formerly of | Monotonix |
Website | yonatangat |
Yonatan Gat is an Israeli American
His performances were so controversial in his home country that his first band,
After variously relocating to
Career
Monotonix (2000s)
Gat first came to prominence as the guitarist and founder of the punk band
During the band's five-year existence, they played 1,000 concerts, collaborated with musicians such as
Solo career
After Monotonix's final world tour in 2011, Gat went on to earn a bachelor of arts in anthropology from Columbia University.[20] Soon after, Gat settled in New York City and began recording and performing as a bandleader and solo artist, engaging Gal Lazer (drums) and Sergio Sayeg (bass) as his core studio collaborators, while expanding his projects into collaborations with musicians such as Medicine Singers, Lee Ranaldo, Laraaji, Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Jaimie Branch, Ikue Mori and Thor Harris (Swans).[21][22]
Gat began touring the United States and Europe both as headliner and sharing the stage with artists such as
Gat's second album,
Discography
As producer/collaborator
- Medicine Singers (2022)[34]
- Maalem & Gat (2022)[35][36]
- Mamady Kouyaté – Proclamation (2022)[35][36]
- Medicine Singers, Lee Ranaldo & Yonatan Gat – "Honor Song" (single) (2023)[35][36]
with Monotonix
- Body Language EP (2008)
- Where Were You When It Happened? (2009)
- Not Yet (2011)
Solo
Studio albums
- Director (2015)
- Universalists (2018)
- American Quartet (2022)[37][38][39]
EPs
- Iberian Passage (2014)
- Physical Copy (2015)
References
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- ^ Margolin, Madison. "Shunned at home, an Israeli expat musician makes it in New York". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ Weiss, Dan (21 May 2014). "Ex-Monotonix Guitarist Yonatan Gat Gets Psychedelic on 'Iberian Passage' EP". SPIN.com. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ "Stone Tapes, Yonatan Gat, Medicine Singers, Lee Ranaldo, Laraaji Pioneer Works". pioneerworks.org. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ "Yonatan Gat readies new LP (stream a song), playing NYC release show, touring w/ Of Montreal & other dates". Brooklynvegan.com. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
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- ^ "Yonatan Gat - Physical Copy | Joyful Noise Recordings". www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Yonatan Gat | Universalists | Joyful Noise Recordings". www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ Os Mutantes / Yonatan Gat – Esos Ojos Verdes / Porto Exilio, retrieved 17 September 2022
- ^ "Medicine (with Eastern Medicine Singers), by Yonatan Gat". Yonatan Gat. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
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