Yuval Ron, electric guitar
Aviram Gottfried, keyboards, laptop
Yaniv Shalev, bass
Yatziv Caspi, drums
 
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Yuval Ron and Residents Of The Future perform original tunes written and arranged mostly by guitarist and band former Yuval Ron. The music reveals influences of modern jazz greats, and a mixture of many other contemporary artists of the progressive rock, fusion and metal genres. The music holds a constant emphasis on harmonic richness, rhythmical sophistication, dialogues between players and extensive use of synthesizers, laptops and other electronic instruments. The material played blends between fascinating compositions and spectacular solo improvisations and leads to a musically electrifying experience. The band has performed on a variety of venues worldwide - from Europe to New Zealand, and gained extremely supportive feedbacks and recognition from audiences, the media and fellow musicians. It has also released their first EP on May 2004 named “Futuristic Worlds Under Construction”, and the latest release “Live at Klaipeda International Jazz Festival“, a free online video which can be entirely viewed at the Music page. In the coming year Yuval Ron and Residents Of The Future are planning some further touring in the world, and will soon release their first full-length album through Electromantic Music - “Residence Of The Future!” Stay tuned on the website's Tour and Music pages for more information.
YUVAL RON
Born in Haifa, Israel 1980, Yuval started to play the guitar at the age of 11. Soon he became active as a player, songwriter, leader and sideman in local bands which played a variety of styles in Metal music and Hardcore.
After being exposed to bands such as Cynic, Mr. Bungle and Meshuggah alongside Chick Corea, Allan Holdsworth, Dave Liebman, ECM artists and many other contemporary Jazz and progressive musical icons, he decided to take jazz and improvisation lessons and have studied since with some of the top music teachers in Israel. Yuval is also working in the field of software engineering.
AVIRAM GOTTFRIED
Aviram Gottfried was born in 1983 into a musical family including Pianist Dan Gottfried and Maestro Yaron Gottfried. Started playing the piano at the age of 15, Aviram has progressed at a rapid pace, writing a good deal of music and developing a unique style, leading his own "Aviram Gottfried Quartet" on to play at various renowned venues, including the International Red Sea Jazz Festival. The influences absorbed at home, alongside his major inspiration from the music of Allan Holdsworth and Esbjorn Svensson Trio, have led him to develop a fluid, spectacular piano/keyboards technique and a progressive, harmonically intriguing musical approach. Aviram has joined Residents Of The Future early in 2009, replacing Ofir Shwartz on keyboards and synths.
YANIV SHALEV
Yaniv was born at October 1981, in Beer Sheva, Israel. He started playing the piano at the age of 7, and writing songs at the age of 11 – and soon found out that music is his true love. In high school he was exposed to the music of Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, and some other 70's rock bands, which were his main influences at that period. At the age of 15 he decided to take guitar lessons, but quickly moved to his main instrument- the bass guitar. In 1997 he formed a band called “October”with a fellow drummer. The band combined influences from 70's hard rock bands, psychedelics, and classical music. After a long research, Yaniv found out that this style is called “Progressive Rock”. Increasingly, Yaniv also added jazz and avant-garde influences to the dish. A couple of years later, Yaniv joined “Yuval Ron and Residents Of The Future” and is currently working both with the band and on other various musical projects. Yaniv is also studying jazz performance and composition at the Rimon School of Music.
YATZIV CASPI
Yatziv is a professional active performer and takes part in various local and international ensembles as a drummer, percussionist and tabla player, among which are: Orphaned Land, the well-known oriental-metal band, Ahvak; progressive rock/avant-garde band; various ethnic music ensembles such as Ujat, and many others. Yatziv is mainly influenced by ethno music, jazz, fusion and progressive rock.
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