Rona Geffen
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Rona Geffen

Berlin, Berlin, Germany | SELF

Berlin, Berlin, Germany | SELF
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"It Began With 1 Pissed Chika - Interview"

"This EP (The Emancipation of Mitzy) is different and heavier then her previous album "BILONO"...If you are ready to take a few steps aside from your self stipulations, there is a pretty good chance you'll get to expand your everyday concept of the word "art" and its relations to your brain and crutch while kicking them both rhythmically." - Ofek Kaplan, The Blind Janitor, February 2011


"It Began With 1 Pissed Chika - Interview"

"This EP (The Emancipation of Mitzy) is different and heavier then her previous album "BILONO"...If you are ready to take a few steps aside from your self stipulations, there is a pretty good chance you'll get to expand your everyday concept of the word "art" and its relations to your brain and crutch while kicking them both rhythmically." - Ofek Kaplan, The Blind Janitor, February 2011


"Bilono Album Review"

"Bilono is an addictive album... Geffen chose a hard electronic style, accompanied by harsh and unified beats... Bilono is a provocative album, loaded with sex... In this age of preening and apathy this whispering cold shower is truly refreshing."
- Ofek Kaplan, The Blind Janitor, January 2010


"Interview"

An interview following the release of my new EP "The Emancipation of Mitzy". - Blind janitor


"5 Things I Love about Israel"

"Rona Geffen is an Israeli musician who recently released a fantastic album called Bilono... She's a unique vocalist, blessed with a great voice and a creative mind allowing her to use it in wonderful ways."
- Omri Grin, 5 things I love about Israel, January 2009


"5 Things I Love about Israel"

"Rona Geffen is an Israeli musician who recently released a fantastic album called Bilono... She's a unique vocalist, blessed with a great voice and a creative mind allowing her to use it in wonderful ways."
- Omri Grin, 5 things I love about Israel, January 2009


Discography

Albums:
2013 - "Blood of My Blood" (TBA)
2010 - "The Emancipation of Mitzy" (EP, RG)
2008 - "Bilono" (Album, RG)

Releases:
2012 - "Look @ the Thing" (RG)
2012 - "Shir le Erev Hag" (RG)
2011 - "Ode to the Patat" (RG)
2011 - "Profit & Loss" Feat. Mad Professor & André Marmot (RG)
2011 - "Ha kise" (RG)
2011 - "The Regime" (Geffen VE Streichman)

Compilation Albums:
2012 - "Shir le Erev Hag", "Take Me", "All Eternity" - Yonatan Naim Project (Various Artists, RG)
2011 - "Patat" - Selected Works #8 (Various Artists, Muzik)
2011 - "South Bitches" (Davidance)
2010 - "Bitches" - Selected Works #7 (Various Artists, Muzik)
2009 - "Pentagram" - Eyfo Ha Humous (Various Artists, 106FM Har Hatzofim)
2008 - "Kelev", "Pentagram", "Nigun" - Rakevet Luna Park (Various Artists, HaTav HaShmini)
2007 - "Just Fuck me" - Selected Works #5 (Various Artists, Muzik)
2006 - "Hol BaEynaim"Selected Works #4 (Various Artists, Muzik)

Music Production:
2012 - Yonatan Naim Project (Double Album, RG)

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Bio

Sexy & pounding electronic music, an inimitable mixture of Techno, Downtempo and Pop.
Driven by an uncompromising approach towards music & sound, Rona Geffen is an all DIY musician & artist inspired by everyday city life. Her mastery over the production work as well as her warm & thick voice juxtaposed with an explicit sensual attitude, creates a booming lush rhythmic and musical world, where everything is allowed & probably distorted.
Geffen's debut album "Bilono" (2008) is a blend of extremes, surfing between hard electronica, sexy vocals &  pulling strings, creating a unique and pulsating tone. Her 2nd EP "The Emancipation of Mitzy" (2010) gathers 6 tracks, 5 of which are heavy dance floor oriented reminiscent of techno circa the early 2000's. Geffen states, matter-of-factly, "its all about heavy tribal beats, massive bass-drums and hectic percussion." This EP is more unified by its genre representing hard & pumping Techno for the chaotic crowd. Drugs, alcohol, politics and sex (as always) are the issues driving the music. Distortions, amplifiers & rhythm are really the means to make it come to life.
The pursuit for massive hypnotic sound scapes continues on stage where this one woman show comes alive - tweaking her machines, manipulating vocal & music in diverse and edgy ways, combining a whole lot of rhythm n' bass, singing & live sampling. This 100% Bionic show cruises the fine line between a Dj set and a live set, keeping the crowd pumped and ready to explode. Down beats, hard dance, hypnotic melodies and an overall lush vibe are mixed into an hour of pure drawn musical experience.
While today Rona Geffen is collaborating with international artists including;  Mad Professor & Yasmeen Goder, her beginning has been compared to so many classic films, as she moved to the sin city of Tel Aviv at the age of 17 and discovered the epic rave scene back in '98. Her years of playing piano, guitar & clarinet resolved to the moment where heavy repetitive drums were revealed to her ears and the idea of anything else than producing and performing became the only thing that mattered.
Geffen has performed regularly around the world, but mostly in New York, Berlin, Amsterdam, and of course London. She is currently releasing forthcoming album, 'Blood of My Blood' independently in summer 2013, and producing a Dance-Opera by the name STRIKE! based on the classical play Lysistrata by Aristophanes.