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Daskal
OD
Life and Death
- Cat No: LAD096
- updated:2026-04-07
From DJ TENNIS’s label, *Life and Death*, comes the debut release by Yonatan Daskal under the name Daskal, who has spent over 15 years bridging the gap between Tel Aviv’s contemporary dance, classical, and jazz scenes and the worlds of electronic and club music. Following in the footsteps of the REJOICER scene, this is another example of Israel’s electronic, jazz, and psychedelic music—elegant, experimental, and fascinating. While the situation in the Middle East remains deeply turbulent, wonderful music and culture continue to emerge from the region.
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Daskal debuts on DJ Tennis’s Life and Death label today with the release of “Changes,” the first single from his forthcoming album OD, out March 6. The release marks a defining moment for the producer and composer, whose work moves fluidly between contemporary dance, film, and electronic music, and represents his first full-length statement reconnecting his compositional practice with the dancefloor.
“Changes” arrives alongside a striking accompanying video directed by award-winning filmmaker Tamir Faingold, featuring dancers from the world-renowned Batsheva Dance Company. Rather than functioning as a traditional music video, the piece uses contemporary dance as its primary language, translating the emotional charge and magnetism of nightlife into movement. Together, the single and visual introduction frame OD as a bridge between club culture and the expressive traditions of modern dance and composition.
A classically trained composer with deep ties to the world of choreography, Daskal has spent recent years creating original scores for institutions including Los Angeles Dance Project and the Royal Danish Ballet, while simultaneously developing a parallel body of work across ambient and experimental electronic music. OD emerges as a convergence of those paths: a ten-track album shaped as much by physical movement and spatial awareness as by club tradition, positioning Daskal between concert hall, black box theater, and late-night club environments.
Recorded and mixed primarily using vintage hardware — including a rare 1980s German mixer in a high-end Tel Aviv jazz studio — OD reflects a deliberate shift away from purely atmospheric writing toward rhythm, repetition, and physicality, while retaining the precision and restraint of his compositional background.
“Changes” arrives alongside a striking accompanying video directed by award-winning filmmaker Tamir Faingold, featuring dancers from the world-renowned Batsheva Dance Company. Rather than functioning as a traditional music video, the piece uses contemporary dance as its primary language, translating the emotional charge and magnetism of nightlife into movement. Together, the single and visual introduction frame OD as a bridge between club culture and the expressive traditions of modern dance and composition.
A classically trained composer with deep ties to the world of choreography, Daskal has spent recent years creating original scores for institutions including Los Angeles Dance Project and the Royal Danish Ballet, while simultaneously developing a parallel body of work across ambient and experimental electronic music. OD emerges as a convergence of those paths: a ten-track album shaped as much by physical movement and spatial awareness as by club tradition, positioning Daskal between concert hall, black box theater, and late-night club environments.
Recorded and mixed primarily using vintage hardware — including a rare 1980s German mixer in a high-end Tel Aviv jazz studio — OD reflects a deliberate shift away from purely atmospheric writing toward rhythm, repetition, and physicality, while retaining the precision and restraint of his compositional background.
Produced by Dori Sadovnik of Red Axes. The album “OD” features dancers from the Batsheva Dance Company, an Israeli contemporary dance company that has garnered international attention, and includes the lead music video “Changes,” directed by filmmaker Tamir Faingold. An analog release from *Life and Death*. The album utilizes vintage synthesizers and equipment ranging from the Mellotron, Wurlitzer, and Minimoog to the Juno-106 and Jupiter-8. It includes drum-and-bass tracks incorporating *Gymnopédie* and a song featuring Shaman Shaman. (Original Japanese text by Saito)