Hey folx

Hey fellas and fellanettes
Just got back from the Burning Man festival out in the Nevada desert and i thought I would post something about it.I have been wanting to go for years and finally was able to make it happen and it way exceeded my expectations.
If you don't know about it,basically, a city of population 50 000 is built in a remote part of the desert in about a week and after the festival no trace is left of it.There is no cellphone reception,no internet and no money.Everything is a gift,so you walk or ride around on a bicycle  and people give you food,water,show you crazy art installations and futuristic inventions.The day is tough to survive-there are all sorts of events going on in the day,but the heat and dust storms are fierce.The nighttime really comes alive with about fifty different parties situated all around the desert camp,performance art,remote controlled giant robot spiders (seriously),crazy post apocalyptic watering holes,moving parties as well:I was on a bus decked out to look like a luminous pirate ship,with a dj on the deck.There is far too much to do and see.

The people are wonderful-there is no aggression and everyone is there to help everyone else,and to create.A little example of what a utopian society would be like.
I met so many creative inspiring eccentric people,i feel pretty good about   the human race right now.I had to leave a day early to get back to the studio in time,but next year i hope to do the whole thing.
Anyhow,I am off to write the last tune for my new record now...wish me luck.
Much love
y.

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Greetings once again,friends.
A very quick update:I am just about halfway through the new record and having an absolute blast making it in California with my esteemed colleague Joey Waronker (Beck,Air,REM etc etc).Thus far,I am absolutely delighted with the sounds we are making and I think you will be too.Got some running back and forth to Europe in the next few weeks for festivals,but if we continue at this cracking pace,we will have a record ready faster than I ever dreamed,some time in the fall (or autumn as I used to say).
The next scary thing is going to be figuring out the new songs live.I will have to find some new toys for my guitar and voice perhaps,maybe some other players...not quite sure yet.
Anyway-I hope this finds you well.
Much love to you all
y.

Hi Everyone

While Yoav is locked away in a studio working hard on his new album (more news on that soon....) we have booked him a handful of gigs around Europe this summer so he can roadtest his fantastic new material.

You can see him at the following shows, but don't worry if he's not playing near you this time round - he'll be back later in the year to play an extensive tour across the US, Canada, the UK & Europe : 

Sunday 24 May - Chill Out Festival, ISTANBUL, Turkey

Saturday 30 May - Gagarin 205 Live Space, ATHENS, Greece

Friday 12 June - Club Alte Boerse, ZURICH, Switzerland

Saturday 13 June - Caribana Festival, nr NYON, Switzerland

Saturday 11 July - Les Ardentes Electro Rock Festival, LIEGE, Belgium

Saturday 8 August - Skanderborg Festival, SKANDERBORG, Denmark

Check the Upcoming Shows section for more information, and keep an eye out here for more dates as we add them.

Thank You - The Managament

Greetings friends...guys and girls
I realize I haven't connected with you as much as I should have this past year and one of my resolutions is to let you know more of what's up,where I am in the world and my slightly weird view of things more often.
This last year has been the most testing and bizarre year of my life so far.I am quite surprised that I survived it.I find myself now ,after hundreds of performances,zero sleep,scores of flights,untold pressures,joys,frustrations...back in Cape Town under the mountain in the African sunshine,just a few tunes away from finishing writing my next record.
I gave up my London apartment a few months back,so I have been homeless on the road for the past while.
I have learned a shitload that I thought I already knew-it was a real kick in the pants to see how this little record that I made for no money with my guitar,my voice and my words,got twisted into corporate interests -and if not for a great deal of good fortune in several countries and for a wonderful word of mouth buzz from all of you ,it would never have seen the light of day.
But anyways,onwards now...So many new realizations and a fair bunch of personal heartbreak this last year,which truly sucked,but has inspired some new songs which I can't wait to show you (soon,soon-I will start recording in early '09) and the live show is going to be kicking up a few levels too.
All my thanks and love to all of you for your love and support and for spreading the word across the planet and for being so much fun to play to.If I didn't get to your part of the world,or didn't get there enough,I will do my best to fix that next time round.Let me know and I will keep nagging my labels about it.
You're giving me an amazing inspiring life that has seen me slamming Beautiful Lie with Underworld at the Roundhouse in London,jamming at Coachella in the California desert,dodging Russian mafia in St Petersburg, checking out potent visionary drugs with a shaman from the deepest Amazon...and so on and so forth...
Happy New Year and see you in '09
Yoav

I am not the father of 2.3
And I am still burning to be free
No more days no longer drug my way
Through the numbered hours at the end of the day
What's become of you,What's become of me
Swore we'd never belong to not be alone
What's become of me,What's become of you
Our faces set as our hearts start turning to stone

One by one by one
Each like the other

And I do not dream of drifting away
On the boat that we made with our hard-earned pain
And I do not need a leash or a tie
To lead me astray in the land where dreams die
Workaday in,Workaday out
It's been this way for as long as we can recall
Workaday out,Workaday in
Gone are the days when we'd wonder what we've come here for

One by one by one
We come
One by one by one
We go each like the other one

Become each like the other
Become each like the other
Become each like the other one

One by one by one
We come
One by one by one
We go each like the other one
One by one by one
We have come
One by one by one
We go each like the otherne

Yoav's headline gigs in Germany in December (at the Luxor, Knust, Quasimodo, 59:1 etc.), have reluctantly had to be cancelled due to reasons beyond our control. A few gigs have been replaced with a joint show with Liam Finn. Ticketholders for all other shows should seek a refund from the point of purchase. We sincerely apologise at this inconvenience, but Yoav will be back in 2009 for a proper tour of the country, and in the meantime keep your eyes open for some new mixes of Beautiful Lie that will be coming out.

Here are the replacement show specifics:

25 Nov 2008, 20:00 - Blue Shell
Luxemburger Str. 32
Köln, 50674
DE
Cost:N/A
Description:tel : +49 221 231248 www : www.blue-shell.de This show is with Liam Finn. **TICKETS VALID FROM CANCELLED LUXOR GIG ON DECEMBER 12 **

26 Nov 2008, 20:00 - Roter Salon
Linienstrasse 227
Berlin, 0178
DE
Cost:N/A
Description:tel : +49 30 24065806 www : www.roter-salon.de This show is with LIAM FINN **TICKETS VALID FROM CANCELLED QUASIMODO GIG ON DECEMBER 18 **

27 Nov 2008, 20:00 - Uebel+Gefaehrlich
Feldstraße 66
Hamburg, 20359
DE
Cost:N/A
Description:*** TICKETS VALID FROM THE CANCELLED KNUST GIG ON DEC 17 *** This show is with Liam Finn

 

Yoav has put a second gig in Copenhagen in December on sale now because the first night sold out !

The extra gig is on Monday 22 December & is also at the Copenhagen Jazzhouse (www.jazzhouse.dk) Tickets are available NOW from the following links :

Danish : http://www.billetlugen.dk/redirector.php?id= 12444&i=1

English : http://www.billetlugen.dk/redirector.php?id=12444&i=1&lng=2

Better buy your tickets fast before these sell out too !

Clear your dinner plans, as Yoav's doing a live radio session with Diesel: U Music tonight at 9pm (GMT).

You can listen to the session from anywhere in the world on the Diesel U Music Radio website, and you can also watch the session on the U Music Webcam.

First up though, Yoav will be hijacking the airwaves and playing you some of his favourite records and telling you a little bit about why he loves them. If you want to text the show as it's happening with a question or a comment, text "diesel", then your message to 80010. Alternatively, you can send an email to: studio@dieselumusicradio.com or try phoning into the show on +44 7 123 123 123.

So make sure you're listening at Diesel U Music Radio from 9pm tonight, Tuesday 23rd September.

Glaswegians can also tune in on 106.6FM on terrestrial radio