Zohara
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{{Short description|Israeli musician (born 1988)}}
{{Notability|Music|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Zohara
| image = Credit Yotam Mahler.jpg
| caption =
| native_name = זוהרה
| landscape = yes
| origin = Tel Aviv, Israel
| native_name_lang = he
| birth_name = Zohara Niddam
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1988}}
| genre = {{flatlist|
}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = Independent
| current_member_of = Oi Va Voi
| website = {{url|https://www.zoharamusic.net/}}
}}
Zohara ({{Langx|he|זוהרה}}) is an Israeli singer-songwriter, musician, producer and composer based in Tel Aviv. Her production is drawn from many influences; electronic music and pop as well as classical music and jazz.{{Cite web|title = Introducing: ZOHARA|url = http://www.mentionedreviews.co.uk/introducing-zohara/|website = Mentioned Reviews|access-date = 7 February 2016|language = en-US}}
Career
Between 2012 and 2014, in her room in Tel Aviv, Zohara produced her first album Growing up Anyways, released in 2016. The album is made of 12 original songs that mostly deal with the doubts of people in their early twenties.
{{blockquote|...Anyway give it listen (and watch) yourself and make up your own mind. We reckon Zohara deserves to be up there in the charts and in the public consciousness. Whether she will though depends on the odd machinations of the music industry but she deserves it.|FLUX Magazine{{Cite web|title = Zohara releases video for her spellbinding track Lost – Flux Magazine|url = http://www.fluxmagazine.com/zohara-releases/|website = Flux Magazine|access-date = 2016-02-07|language = en-US}}}}
In 2013 Zohara performed in Israel and London and made music videos. The videos were released in 2014–2015. One song, ‘Drum & Bass’, broadcast on MTV World,{{Cite web|title = New Music Videos, Reality TV Shows, Celebrity News, Pop Culture |url = http://www.mtviggy.com/videos/zohara-bass-and-drum/|website = MTV|access-date = 7 February 2016}} and her song ‘Lost’ premiered on British magazine Konbini.{{Cite web|title = Premiere: Tel Aviv's multi-instrumentalist Zohara shows us 'Lost'|url = http://www.konbini.com/en/entertainment-2/premiere-tel-aviv-zohara/|website = Konbini United Kingdom|access-date = 7 February 2016|language = en-US|first = Lydia|last = Morrish}}{{blockquote|..Reminiscent of Bjork, say, but with a gritty, DIY sensibility, it's early days for Zohara – but these are promising signs.|Clash Music{{Cite web|title = Introducing... Zohara|url = http://www.clashmusic.com/news/introducing-zohara|website = Clash Magazine|access-date = 2016-02-07}}}}
In 2017 Zohara became the lead singer of the British band ‘Oi Va Voi’. Their album Memory Drop was released by V2 in 2018, to critical acclaim, and was featured in The Guardian, Evening Standard and Songlines. The band appeared on The Tom Robinson Show (BBC 6 Music), Clive Anderson (BBC 4), the Dutch TV show Nijverheid, and sold out both of their London shows at Omeara and Islington Assembly Hall. They finished 2018 touring in Germany, Holland, Russia, Turkey, and Israel. In 2019, Zohara performed at The Royal Academy of Arts as part of Anthony Gormley's exhibition, headlined The Shacklewell Arms, supported Audiobooks at Electrowerkz and Paper Dress Vintage, and continued touring Europe as the lead singer of Oi Va Voi. In 2020, Zohara signed to Studio Bruxo, established by sound artist David Wrench who worked with artists such as Frank Ocean, Caribou, Glass Animals, Arlo Parks, Manics, Goldfrapp, David Byrne, Erasure, XX, FKA Twigs, Sampha, and Jungle.
Discography
=Singles=
=Albums=
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| Date
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| 2016-11-13
|Growing Up Anyways{{cite web|url=https://zoharamusic.bandcamp.com/album/growing-up-anyways |title=Growing Up Anyways on Bandcamp |access-date=2019-02-21 }} |
References
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External links
- [http://www.zoharamusic.net Zohara]'s official website
- [https://www.facebook.com/zoharamusic ZOHARA] on Facebook
- [https://www.youtube.com/user/ZOHARAMusicVideos Zohara] on YouTube
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Category:21st-century Israeli women singers
Category:Israeli electronic musicians
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)