Biography
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Born
9 June 1980 (age 43)
Amit Erez (born 9 June 1980 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli indie-folk musician now living in Portland, OR, USA, who emerged from the Israeli indie scene of the early 2000s. In 2011, Erez founded the band The Secret Sea.
With countless shows around Israel, collaborations with the finest local musicians, and a string of albums, Erez is respected in Israel as a writer, singer and a guitar player.
Erez's first recordings were made at home and compiled in an album called Wish I Could Make It A Story, which was self-released by him. Shortly after, Erez went to spend a year in Rotterdam for studies, and upon his return he joined the indie-rock band Eatliz as a guitar player.
Erez's first, nationwide distributed release, was an acoustic, intimate EP called Black Light (2006; Earsay Records) which helped establish him as an English-singing Israeli singer/songwriter.
In 2007 Erez signed with Anova Music, who released his second, eponymous album (his first full length) in November that year. The album was the result of a fruitful collaboration with a rock band, and provided two hit singles - Clever and Strong and Postcard. The latter, released with an accompanied videoclip, won the Vox Populi prize of the Independent Music Awards.
In 2008, Erez played a full band show at the Livorno Lovewave Festival in Italy, on a stage headlined by The Chemical Brothers, and later on that year he was chosen to play at the Popkomm conference.
April 2009 saw his first international release – Summer Conquered by Rain. The album is a compilation of songs from his two previous albums, and was only available digitally.
Erez's album "Last Night When I Tried to Sleep I Felt The Ocean With My Fingertips" was released on June 1st, 2009 in Israel only.
In 2011, Erez founded the band The Secret Sea.
In 2015, Erez moved to live in Portland, OR, USA.
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