The band The Apples is an Israeli Funk nine piece - including a drummer, bassist, 4 brass, 2 DJs and a sound console operator. The Apples play funk, jazz and groove.
The Apples started out in 2002, when a friend assembled the members of RadioTrip (Ofer Tal, aka SchoolMaster, and Uri Wertheim, aka MixMonster), drummer Yoni Halevy and bassist Shai Ran. The idea was to create a funky base combined with samples, scratching, and a dominant brass division. Their first impressions were actually spontaneous improvisations, which formed the basis of The Apple's first album, Mitz (Hebrew for "juice"), published on 2003, which was recorded in one recording session.
Their second album, Attention! was released in October 2005. The album launch was accompanied by a tour culminating in New Year's Eve at the Comfort Club in Tel Aviv in front of an audience of about 700 people. The UK edition of Attention! was released in 2006 and contains the bonus track Strip Ahskrac 'first Hebrew'.
In October 2006, The Apples released a single through London-based company Freestyle Records; in January 2007, The Apples toured for three weeks in Britain, primarily playing at the Jazz Cafe for extended periods.
In June 2007, the band released an EP single on 7" vinyl with a cover of Rage Against the Machine's Killing in the Name Of . It gained massive popularity, and sold out in the shops within a few days, becoming a hit dance radio stations in Europe and Australia.
In May 2008, The Apples released their third album Buzzin' About, on vinyl and CD, through Freestyle Records.
In 2010, they released their fourth album, Kings. The band collaborated with Fred Wesley, the trombonist musical director of James Brown, and Shlomo Bar, lead singer Natural Selection.
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