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    9 Urban Artists From Tel-Aviv That You Don't Want To Miss

    It's about time to get to know the trendiest sounds from the Middle East. It's hot, stylish and fresh. So don't keep calm and get on your dancing shoes!

    1. A-WA

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    A-WA's brings all the boys to the desert. With a refreshing and authentic breeze, A-WA is an up and coming Israeli group formed by three sisters who combine Yemenite folk singing with electronic dance music. Their urban sound will take you on an exciting journey. Ya Habibi

    2. Riff Cohen

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    If you have ever dreamed of having an awesome friend, Riff Cohen is the real thing. With a rare combination of beauty, talent and joy,Cohen is probably the hottest thing in the global music industry. Her style is a mix of oriental urban tunes with the new cosmopolitan culture. It is the perfect soundtrack for daydreaming of open, borderless spaces

    3. Echo & Tito

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    The next best thing after Die Antwoord. Duo Echo & Tito are music producers, creating together a mad mix of ethnic backgrounds with electronic bass music, dub and hip-hop. Their new album "The Bastard" is a hybrid masterpiece born in the desert with sounds of Darbukas and educated in the big city with electronic dirty global base sounds. Yummy!

    4. Yemen Blues

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    Meet Ravid Kahalani with his Yemen Blues music with Yemen and West African influences mixed with contemporary grooves from funk to mambo and the deep soul. Yemen Blues has toured extensively over the past several years, performing for enraptured audiences across the globe. If the top musicians from around the world are taking notice, you should too.

    5. Ester Rada

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    The local diva is undoubtedly the fashionable Lady Rada. The talented actress-singer-model combines her Ethiopian roots with influences of funk, jazz, R&B and more. If that is not enough, she is the only one who can cover Nina Simone in such a refreshing and stylish way. We just love her!

    6. Balkan Beat Box

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    Balkan Beat Box (BBB) is likely one of the most successful bands which have emerged out of Israel. They have been doing cool and strange things with Mediterranean styles and electronic sounds for over a decade and have reached a new level of unacknowledged ubiquity when Jason Derulo's grabbed the saxophone riff from their 2007 "Hermetico" song.

    7. Karolina

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    The indisputable groove diva of Israel and platinum-selling artist. Karolina's strong unique voice will make you feel the earth move under your feet. Her fresh new collaboration is a soulful duet with Adrian Young (along with co-Producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad from "A Tribe Called Quest"). Be careful because you may fall in love. We sure did.

    8. Soulico

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    This is what happens when Israeli grooves and Jewish melodies Blends with American hip-hop tracks. Soulico is a 4 member DJ Crew from Tel Aviv, the first DJ's in the Middle East to master the trifecta of production, turntablism, and party-rocking skills.

    9. Kutiman

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    The Peter-Pan-wonder-boy of music. Kutiman is a musician, composer, producer, and a video artist. His work has been deemed "the future of music" and "internet's new frontier”. Kutiman's most famous projects are probably "Thru You" and "Thru You Too" which he mixed dozens of unrelated YouTube videos to create an online album. He has been praised by esteemed publications such as The New York Times, Time Magazine, Slate, and Billboard. What more can we say?