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Early next month, Tel-Aviv-based singer/songwriter and producer iogi is set to return with his forthcoming album, we can be friends. The record follows up on the playful blend of psych pop, dream pop, and indie rock iogi carved out with his 2018 debut, the ceiling, and his 2021 follow-up, everything’s worth it. His upcoming record occupies a similarly warm and dreamy space, full of lush sonics and a gentle, early-morning beauty.

Their latest opening, a jazz kissa (Japanese for “cafe”), opened this past summer, with live jazz shows a few nights of the week and DJs playing records until the early hours.

Photo credit: Michael Topyol *** “There was nothing before, and now there is everything,” Yuvi Havkin, the synthesizer mastermind best known as Rejoicer,

SPIN Staff | April 15, 2021 - 10:09 pm Share this article: Iogi had a musical calling from a very young age that has evolved to become an ambitious and successful coming of age story. Born and raised in Israel, his musical perspective was very much rooted in discovering identity through sound and community. Being part of a small musical scene could easily be perceived as a limitation to most, but it made iogi dream bigger and commit to his craft with laser focus. This Daybreaker first appeared on SPIN’s radar after releasing hit, “everything’s worth it,” which sho...

Patch Notes: Apifera Patch Notes: Apifera An ambient-inspired electronic jazz session from the Tel Aviv quartet. Apifera are a jazz group from Israel, whose organic musical structures, harmonies and arrangements reflect the bee-attracting orchid that lends the quartet its name. The group consists of Nitai Hershkovits (keys), Amir Bresler (drums), Yonatan Albalak (bass) and Yuval Havkin aka Rejoicer, whose Raw Tapes label has become a focal point for beat scene artists of Tel Aviv and beyond. In this episode of Patch Notes, filmed to celebrate the release of their debut album Overstand, rele...