Kylie remixes Roni Superstar

December 29, 2008 - 4:57 PM by · Leave a Comment
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Roni SuperstarAussie dance-pop pixie Kylie Minogue is set to celebrate her 2009 Grammy nomination with the release of a remix compilation called Boombox in early January. Named after a previously unreleased Kylie track that features prominently on the disc, the album sports 15 remixes from the past nine years of the international superstar’s canon.

Among the DJs and producers who have contributed to the collection is LA Riots, a West Coast duo that has in recent years earned a reputation thanks to its bouncing sets at club and warehouse parties. LA Riots has also created some landmark remixes for mainstream rock acts including Weezer, Chris Cornell, The Cure and The Verve.

The LA Riots addition to Boombox is actually an Israeli endeavor, which confirms what we’ve al known for some time: that the road to Israeli superstardom (with a reach as far as Oceania) leads through California. LA Riots’ “Boombox” remix features Roni “Superstar” Duani, the bubblegum songstress who has served as a soldier in the IDF, as a TV host, as a star of the stage and as a fashion spokesmodel. With a teen temptress persona and a wardrobe that favors plaid miniskirts, many have compared Superstar to Britney Spears, but the Israeli performer has understandably distanced herself from those comparisons in recent years. While rebranding, Superstar has hunkered down in the studio, hard at work on her third full-length effort, scheduled to hit stores later in 2009.

As the latest Roni “Superstar” Duani singles trickle out towards radio outlets, it’s nice to know that people with profiles as formidable as Kylie Minogue’s are paying attention to our hit parade. Audio for the Kylie-LA Riots-Superstar “Boombox” remix streams here.

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Karpal and Lobel snag a Nevada Lulu

November 17, 2008 - 2:40 PM by · 1 Comment
Filed under: Israeliness, Movies, Music, Pop Culture 

Emily KarpalPart Canadian, part Tel Avivian, pop singer-songwriter Emilly Karpal released her debut studio full-length album this past August. A collaboration with Tomer Adam Lenzinger, whom she met while working together on an Air remix, Nemashim (Freckles) has served Karpal’s career well, earning her considerable local airplay. One of the album’s key singles, the title track reached number 14 on the Reshet Gimmel radio station’s charts for Israeli music.

Now the cheeky, 80s-style bubblegum-electro retro-fest video clip for that single, below, has earned the performer some accolades from an unlikely source. Held in the low-key Nevada town of Pahrump, probably best known for being home to the Sheri’s Ranch brothel, the third annual High Desert Shorts International Film Festival has awarded $100 in cash prize money to Ofir Lobel for his work on the “Nemashim” video. The music video category’s competition was as stiff as can be expected from a community film festival, but Lobel’s slick work deserves kudos no matter what the scale of the context.

In addition to his music video work, Lobel, who has also spent lots of time in North America over the years, has served as a web-based news reporter and as a TV actor. He also has his own budding career as a musician.

In comments to the Israeli music video TV channel 24, Lobel has indicated that he hopes this award, nicknamed the Lulu, will open up career opportunities for him overseas. Karpal, on the other hand, said, “It’s fun that we’ve reached all the way to Nevada, since I’ve never even been there.”

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