Ze'ev Nehama returns to acquaintance with Eyal Golan: "We knew it was a minefield"

Ze'ev Nehama, lead singer of Ethnix, is interviewed on N12's podcast 'Ra'iti Shamati' and talks about his childhood, the blend of East and West that made Mediterranean music the most successful genre in Israel, the conflict with Tamir Kaliski, and the surprising reconciliation. He shares the works that influenced him, foremost 'Sgt. Pepper' by the Beatles.

Ze'ev Nehama, lead singer and founder of the band Ethnix, is interviewed on N12's new podcast 'Ra'iti Shamati' and shares his personal and musical life story. Nehama talks about his childhood in Holon, his Belgian mother who hid in a convent during the Holocaust, and the blend of Greek, Spanish, and Jerusalemite roots that influenced the band's music. He recalls radio editors who refused to play Ethnix, an industry executive who claimed the hit would be 'a nail in the coffin', and the collaboration with Eyal Golan for whom they produced the album 'Biladayich' which sold 400,000 copies. Nehama describes the severe conflict with Tamir Kaliski that went to court, and the reconciliation about four years ago. He emphasizes that the quarrel was 'stupid' and that today they work together in the studio and earn more money thanks to positive karma. Nehama notes the Beatles' album 'Sgt. Pepper' as the most influential on him, and compares the chemistry between him and Kaliski to that between Lennon and McCartney.