1. bring the sunshine
2. on my own
3. maybe you're gold
4. when your crew has sunk your boat
5. all your rivers
6. all i ever do
7. once again
8. there for you
9. here in my arms
10. time to move on
songs by ayal nistor
also contributed- marc capelle: cornet (8) flugelhorn (2), joel behrman: trumpet, trombone (1), darren johnston: trumpet (1), danny grewen: trombone (2,8,9), eric crystal: alto saxophone (10), shimon regev: horns arrangement (8), lewis patzner: cello (5,7), anton patzner: violin (5,7)
mixed by craig schumacher at wavelab studios, tucson
mastered by j.j golden at golden mastering
art by gregg gordon ( gigart.com )
nistor is sort of a king in the genre..
yoav barel, maariv nrg.co.il (hebrew)
nistor should be compared to the
leading indie bands in the world
roy regev, mouse.co.il (hebrew)
contains some of the best
melancholic songs of this year
ofer Regev, 106fm.co.il (hebrew)
one of 6 best Israeli albums of the year
mouse.co.il (hebrew)
solid musicianship and strong songwriting
keane li, performer magazine (english)
1. juries
2. meeting's over
3. dance around
4. perfect cure
5. i might find
6. if this ain't love (groovejet)
7. the moon & the soil
8. eyes on me
9. stay the same
10. stop!
11. on the radio
12. i.m.f orchestra
13. rainbow
14. different juries
written by ayal nistor
except: 3,10,11 (lyrics: ayal nistor, music: ayal nistor, shimon regev), 9 (lyrics: ayal nistor, music: ayal nistor, shimon regev, gal hermoni, 6 (Cristiano Spiller, Sophie Ellis Bextor, R Davis, Ron Walker, Vincent Montana)
produced by ayal nistor, shimon regev and lenny benbasat
home-recorded by lenny benbasat except 2 (recorded by ayal nistor, shimon regev, gidi raz and ziv matushka, additional recordings at bialik 4 studios and indi studio
mixed by lenny benbasat and ofer eckerling at indi studio
mastered by tali cuts at s.d.l
cover design by dodo design - miri nistor and ayal nistor, illustrations by ofra amit
talent bomb... don't miss out
gal uchovsky, timeout magazine tel aviv
a band of demon-like talent
sharon arieli, zman tel aviv
one of the most beautiful recent albums
guy levy, nana.co.il
one of the best albums released this year
ofer seker, shoken communications
one of 5 best israeli albums of the year
time out magazine tel aviv
'My Second Surprise' is Israeli-born Ayal Nistor's outfit.
After recording debut album 'Avoidance As A Way Of Life', Ayal moved to Brighton UK and released it (2005) under his own 'StagFrenzy Recordings' imprint. The album was signed to EMI Music Publishing and debut music video 'perfect cure' won the Israeli Grammy and played on MTV Europe. It was time to move on, this time to the States, where he spent part of his childhood.
After playing SXSW 2007 he settled in San Francisco and started recording his second album, on which he's doing pretty much everything (except for strings & horns). This sophomore effort, titled 'Time To Move On', was mixed in Tucson AZ by Craig Schumacher (Calexico, Iron & Wine) and self-released in 2009.
M2S SF: Andrew Laubacher, Jimmy Dewald, Danny Cao, Burton Li
M2S TLV: Shiko Sinai, Avichay Tuchman, Itai Zangi
M2S Alumni/Survivors: Shimon Regev, Lenny Ben Basat, Gal Hermoni, Dan Weinstein, Giory Politi, Adam Scheflan, Roy Hadas, Yoav Lahav, Hagai Fershtman
interview ynet.co.il (hebrew)
interview mako.co.il (hebrew)
interview nrg.co.il (hebrew)
i nterview walla.co.il (hebrew)
cover story yediot USA (hebrew)
