Years active 2005–Present Associated acts Efrat Gosh Past members Efrat Gosh Albums The Spiral, Metropolin | Labels Helicon Website Metropolin.net Origin Tel Aviv, Israel (2005) | |
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Genres Alternative rock, Synth-pop Members Dana Adini, Efrat Gosh, Roni Alter, Emily Karpel, Tomer Z | ||
Metropolin are an Israeli alternative pop/synthpop band.
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The band was assembled in 2005 by Ofer Meiri, an Israeli musician and music producer. He gathered several renowned Israeli musicians – namely Efrat Gosh and Dana Berger – as guest vocalists. Efrat Gosh, although not officially a member of Metropolin, is the main singer on several of its more popular tracks, and continues to frequently appear with the band in gigs.
The band has become immensely successful in Israel, riding on the popularity of tracks from the self-titled album: "Angels", "Without Saying A Word" (Shalom Hanoch cover), "Doesn't Say Anything" and "Sleeping Without Dreams". These tracks also received high amounts of airtime in Israel Defense Forces Radio and Galgalatz.
Metropolin reached Gold status and won the 2006 Israel Album of the Year contest.
Musical style
The Metropolin sound features heavy use of synthesis, with more traditional rock instruments on top. Of the band's highly successful songs, most – such as "Without A Word", "Angels" and "Dreamless Sleeping" – open with a synthesizer solo.
Lyrics are dark and urban. Singing is often warm and feminine, but rather dynamic.
Members
The line up consists, as of 2008, of:
Studio albums
Singles
Songs
Bli Lomar MilaMetropolin · 2005
Sleeping Without DreamingMetropolin · 2005
Close Your EyesMetropolin · 2005