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"....and that talented Hyim!! It is my pleasure to have a
little part in spreading his positive music...may you be
well and successful!! L'Hyim!! Wishing you all good things!"
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www.danielpearlmusicdays.org
FODfest - Friends of Danny - Celebrating the Life of Daniel Pearl
www.fodfest.org
Hyim begins the show with a toast to Daniel Pearl on the FODfest (Friends of Danny) ’08 Tour, followed by “Sunny Day” on the double CD compilation,
Hyim and the West Coast FODfest Tour Video
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Reviews:
Hyim is a formidable talent...spellbinding. - San Francisco Chronicle
An emerging talent worthy of the designation of world musician. (Check 'em out if you like Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, Manu Chao.) - Village Voice Media NYC
Hyim's music holds a rare gravity...and it is clear that he possesses a grand vision. - Relix
This multi-talented singer-songwriter is a natural: original, honest, timeless. - Owl Magazine
Pretty as hell, thoroughly uplifting. - East Bay Express
Hyim's soulful vocals and warm positivity in his songs left a deep, lasting impression. Hyim is certainly a masterful keys player. - High Sierra Music Festival
Hyim sounded like nothing heard before. Hyim's enthusiasm and passion for the music is performed with ease and grace as he and the audience boogies down. - U of OR
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Check out Hyim Radio @ www.pandora.com - www.pandora.com/music/artist/hyim
From a fan on Facebook: “Heard your song "Contact" on my Pandora The Constellations page and loved it!”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xYEbx-SODg
From a fan via face book: "I licensed your song Change a Come through www.friendlymusic.com and used it in my video about Egyptians celebrating in Queens NY. I hope you like it. Love the track.”
San Francisco Ocean Film Festival, March 2011 www.oceanfilmfest.org Loretanos: Diseñando el Futuro del Mar (Designing the Ocean’s Future) – film score by HYIM (Mexico), Ana Salceda, 19 mins
2010-12
Hi Hyim and Linda, thanks for supporting our new radio station with your outstanding songs! Keep your eyes on our home page - featured bands wall, as you will see yourself up there within the next few weeks..congrats! Have a wonderful upcoming week! Make sure your fans know you are a Featured Band on IMRadio. Have them Rate/Review your Songs here on IMRadio! www.IMRadio.com
peace, Paddy Noonan, IMRadio, Founder and Musician
Check out Hyim on the newly launched PLAZA NOIR www.plazanoir.com/hyim
“Transforms the Way Your Message Meets the Market” PLAZA NOIR is a way to promote, market and deliver your media message and assets to your specific audience and the vastly ever growing internet audience in general. PLAZA NOIR is a network of creative and business professionals who have recognized the advantages of communicating. www.plazanoir.com
Check out Hyim’s music on the new Jelli Radio – 100% User-Controlled Radio
Join now - www.jelliradio.com and www.jelli.net/landing.html
Jelli is radio democracy, putting the airwaves in the hands of the listeners.
Hyim's music is featured on a new site www.onverse.com Onverse is an online virtual universe full of people who like to hang out with their friends and play games. Come on in, your avatar is waiting.
The demo of the upcoming documentary feature, "HEIST," music composed by Hyim, is now available....please go to www.heist-themovie.com HEIST explores the political and economic causes of the Wall Street meltdown….
United Nations Foundation, Friends of World Heritage promotional tourism video - score composed by Hyim - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdFP30WJrCc
Download the Caltopia Live Album from the UC Berkeley iTunes site http://www.caltopialive.com/ (click on free concerts and downloads)- produces zero waste and is very eco-friendly. Hyim’s “Change A Come” is #1 on the album! Hyim’s artist video, Sunny Day, is available to view on the Cal Recreational Sports YouTube channel! Check it out http://www.youtube.com/user/CalRecSports Click on Caltopia Live Artists & Videos
Hyim’s ‘Let Out A Little Peace” can be heard on Neil Young’s Living With War Today site
http://www.neilyoung.com/lwwtoday/lwwsongspage.html
Hyim’s “Ni Una Bomba Mas” is being played on www.radiosefarad.com in Spain.
Hyim is the producer, arranger, engineer and featured artist on the "Zum Gali Gali" CD by Elana Jagoda, released summer of 2007. Check it out - myspace.com/elanajagoda.
As part of the San Francisco International Latino Film Festival 2006, a very funny film that Hyim had scored, debuted at the famous Grand Lake Theater in Oakland on November 8. The film is called "Two Birds" and is directed by Juan Jose Rivera. "TWO BIRDS" won the jury award in the category of Best Emerging Latino Filmmaker! click here for web site
“Hyim's Happy Birthday!” originated in a San Francisco Bay Area elementary school classroom. Hyim was invited by the Bill Graham Foundation to create a song with children who wanted a song with some hip hop, Spanish & English. Hyim rewrote the song a bit for his album.... have a listen
Hyim and his band, The Fat Foakland Orchestra, performed at the 2004 San Francisco Weekly Music Awards. Hyim's title track from his debut album, "Let Out A Little Peace," was track #3 on the SF Weekly Music Awards compilation CD.
Title track, "Let Out A Little Peace," and "Here in Babylon" are featured in the documentary film, "Bloodletting," by director Lorna Green www.lornagreen.org
“Evolution” (click above) was played during the 2-day PricewaterhouseCoopers Conference on Evolution in Hong Kong, 2007 and in the UK in November, 2005. “We think Hyim's music is fantastic!”
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HYIM
HYIM’s music is pop/rock world fusion with a twist of urban flavor - sounds like Coldplay, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Manu Chao and Dave Matthews - music influences include Bob Marley, Peter Gabriel, Chopin, Bob Dylan, Chris Martin and his Dad.
Born in San Francisco and raised in Oakland, California, HYIM is an acclaimed singer, songwriter, producer, pianist, performer, poet and activist. He is the next generation’s music “fusionisto.” The San Francisco Chronicle called HYIM “a formidable talent… spellbinding.” HYIM’s current album is “Sex In The Morning” – an international exploration of the sacred erotic, available on iTunes, hyimvibe.com, Best Buy stores in CA and bestbuy.com. A Hollywood Music In Media Awards Nominee and a California Music Awards Nominee, HYIM is also recognized as a Yamaha Sponsored Artist and once again as a KFOG Radio Local Scene Artist. HYIM’s “Elation” track from his current album, played on KFOG, is featured on the Local Scene CD, raising money for Music In Schools Today.
HYIM began playing piano at age three and studied sitar in India, clave in Cuba and classical guitar in New Zealand. He also studied Turkish rhythms, Persian poetry and the Torah and blends the rhythms of the world as chariots for his songs. HYIM provided the score for the short film, "Two Birds," directed by Juan Jose Rivera and winner of the San Francisco Latino Film Festival jury award for Best Emerging Latino Filmmaker 2006. That same year, he held a Five-Day Fast and Chain Vigil for Peace and Education, calling into question the economic sense of investing in war as opposed to our children. In 2007, HYIM performed in Poland for the historic Memory and Tolerance event, and upon his return, he and his band played on the world-famous Stern Grove Festival Stage in San Francisco. In 2008, HYIM scored a film for the United Nations about the World Heritage Sites and performed at a large charity event for children in Cali, Colombia. “Sex In the Morning” was released at Yoshi’s San Francisco in 2009, and its “Elation” track continues to be a pop hit.
HYIM’s international style appeals to both American pop enthusiasts and global audiences alike. “Music is a sensual way I can touch people without actually being there,” HYIM explains. HYIM’s breathy, mellifluous vocals have drawn comparisons to Sting, Peter Gabriel, Beck, The Fray and Dave Matthews.
The power of HYIM’s ability to command the stage as an intimate solo performer, singing and telling stories sitting at the piano or accompanying himself with live percussion loops and keyboard sequencing, is equaled to his exuberant live full band shows. Whether bringing a trio, quartet, or full band with horns and dynamite percussionists, HYIM’s band is an intoxicating mix of uplifting unifying energy and a downright party vibe. HYIM’s ability to shine in both intimate solo venues and large dance arenas with his band further illustrates his sheer stage presence, versatility, and showmanship.
Performing locally, nationally, and internationally, HYIM’s music and spirit know no bounds, and as the sounds spread and take flight, as he touches hearts and the world watches, bodies are moved, and audiences applaud, wanting more and more. HYIM is currently living in So. California and working on a number of production projects, film scores, and his own Ballads album due out in summer/fall 2011, as well as performing live solo and band shows.
hyimvibe.com .. myspace.com/hyim .. facebook.com/HYIMvibe
Reviews - “Sex In The Morning” CD
HYIM Spreads His Wings
by DJ Ken
I expected big things from Hyim after hearing (and seeing) the video for "Elation". The positive vibe that runs through "Elation" permeates the entire album. Hyim doesn't take himself too seriously; the "... enough about me, what do you think of me" line offers ample proof. There's a breezy familiarity to the music... you've heard music like it, but you're not sure where. To me, that's a good thing. Lyrically, the songs are unique; with a song like "Contact", with its talk of texting and constantly being online, the knee-jerk reaction is to assume that Hyim is merely trying to reach a younger demographic. Instead, "Contact" is a lament against the lack of human interaction; it's my favorite track on the album, and it's the song that challenges Hyim vocally. He's up to the challenge.
This is a diverse mix of tunes, what you'd imagine John Lennon might put out after a year of listening to world beat, ska, and smoking a healthy amount of plant life. In a world where every popular song is over-produced and completely computer generated, "Sex In The Morning" provides a welcome alternative.
This is a polished release with hints of samba, reggae, and funk, and witty lyrics (self-released) - East Bay Express
Accomplishments/Accolades
- Produced, composed, mixed, engineered and released three albums to date:
Let Out A Little Peace
Hyim and The Fat Foakland Orchestra
Sex In The Morning
- KFOG Radio Local Scene Artist
- Hollywood Music In Media Awards Nominee
- Scored short film for the United Nations Foundation
- Produced children’s album
- Performed with band, Hyim and The Fat Foakland Orchestra, for the 60th Annual Stern Grove Festival, San Francisco
- Invited to perform in Poland for Memory and Tolerance Weekend
- Volunteer Performer for Bread and Roses
- Change A Come selected for UC Berkeley Caltopia compilation CD
- Selected for the San Francisco Chronicle Local Bands Channel
- Invited to perform in Poland for Memory and Tolerance Weekend
- Volunteer Performer for Bread and Roses
- Yamaha Sponsored Artist
- California Music Awards Nominee
- HeadCount Emerging Artist
- Annual Daniel Pearl Music Days Show
- Scored Two Birds, a short film for International Latino Film Festival 2006
- Oakland Indie Awards Nominee
- Scored La Cita, short film
- Evolution licensed by PricewaterhouseCoopers UK
- Performed at the San Francisco Weekly Music Awards
- Let Out A Little Peace featured on the SF Weekly Music Awards CD
- Composed song with school children for the Bill Graham Foundation’s Literacy Through Music Program (Hyim’s Happy Birthday!)
- Let Out A Little Peace in the Top Ten for vocal, songwriting and production in The Recording Academy’s Demo Derby
- 2-page Spotlight feature in Phish Issue of Relix magazine
- Hyim and The Fat Foakland Orchestra listed in New Times Publications across the country for Top 10 Best Albums of 2005
- Member ASCAP
- Member West Coast Songwriters
- Member The Recording Academy
hyimvibe.com .. myspace.com/hyim .. facebook.com/HYIMvibe
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Hyim (Hebrew for life) named his second self-produced album after his band: Hyim and The Fat Foakland Orchestra (aka HATFFO). On the album, released in April 2005, hip-hop beats meet live string arrangements, and orchestrated horn sections compliment pulsating reggaeton piano montunos. The critics rave, the fans move, and Hyim’s label, Family Productions, has been pushing Hyim and the album through every speaker and into every ear drum it can get its musical wings into. Of significance, the band was nominated for a California Music Award in 2004 based solely on their jaw-dropping live show. The amount of buzz in the Bay Area and throughout California around this new sound suggested that HATFFO was the “take off” album for Hyim’s lifelong career. Dubbed “the ever-evolving eclectic maestro” (The Forward, New York), Hyim, a Yamaha sponsored artist, calls his music Urban World Beat. Born and raised on a commune in San Francisco in the late '70s, Hyim still holds the flower child's lantern for peace and unabashed positive vibrations. His b-boy dancing skills combined w/his Sting-esque voice are sweetly bound by his uncanny charm, obvious sex appeal and poetic lyricism. Hyim has been compared to everyone from Wyclef Jean to Dave Matthews, Jamiroquai to Manu Chao, Eddie Palmieri to Peter Gabriel. Refusing to be boxed in, Hyim continues to be an independent artist, producing, DJing, performing, teaching, living, loving and evolving.
Hyim and his band, the Fat Foakland Orchestra, bring to life Urban World Beat. Infectious grooves draw upon an international palette: Brazilian, hip hop, reggae, rock, folk, Latin, and middle eastern/Mediterranean. Hyim has traveled the world and has blended these rhythms of the globe to form a vehicle for his poetic song writing abilities. The Hyim Trio recently toured Europe with shows in Poland, The Czech Republic and The Netherlands, and HATFFO played the 60th annual Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco to a crowd of over 6,000. The band’s percussion, heavy energy and Hyim’s ability to bring out the best in any audience has created a marriage of Urban World Beat and the dance floor (High Sierra Music Festival, Slim’s, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Sleeptrain Pavilion..). The Fat Foakland Orchestra, features percussionists Ajayi Jackson and Pablo Soto (Omar Sosa, John Santos), guitarist Adam (Santanaito) Lasher (Carlos Santana's nephew), drummer Derek Taylor, bassist Josh Lippi and keyboardist Ben Schwier (The Park and Bucho). The band’s performance brings the audience on a soaring sonic journey that is exuberant, joyous, and addictively danceable. Eyes light up and smiles grace faces as Hyim dances out into the audience to sing face to face with the inspired fans. www.myspace.com/hyim
“Hyim—Hebrew for “life”— [creates] a pendulum of styles and feelings, swinging between sunny mento rhythms, spiraling Cuban son, urgent hip-hop manifestos, and pensive balladry—quite a sweeping achievement! Though the album sports several ecstatic party-starters, its most striking aspect is its profound emotional depth. Hyim's music holds a rare gravity...and it is clear that he possesses a grand vision.”
— Relix Magazine
Hyim is a formidable talent...a hippie child who grew up hip-hop, his music smoothly assimilates such disparate sources as Jamaican reggae, Cuban son, Brazilian rhythms, Mediterranean beats and urban DJ techniques. Spellbinding.
— Joel Selvin, SF Chronicle
"San Francisco singer/keyboardist/guitarist Hyim and band (percussion and horn section) generate good-vibe energy to suggest that they are an act to be experienced in a live setting, where they truly connect with an audience."
— Music Connection
“His ability to speak to the human experience is powerful. His music is full of passion and depth and makes us all feel our own joy, humor, love, and sadness. In the process, Hyim refreshingly reminds us what music is about – he moves us and connects us with each other! He is a luminous talent who I want to grow with in this album and whatever is next.”
— Elan Masliyah, Rainmaker Media
“Hyim & his band, The Fat Foakland Orchestra, will be getting crunk...”
— UC Davis' California Aggie
hyimvibe.com .. myspace.com/hyim .. facebook.com/HYIMvibe
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