Selected Works
Hypothetical Moon
Some planets remain unseen, but scientists believe they exist. A hypothetical moon is one believed to exist in the solar system, though it has not been directly observed.
Inspired by this possibility, this album was created using synthesizers, shortwave radio, field recordings, sounds from underwater and outer space, and more. The realm of the planet, which could hypothetically exist, is meant to be built in every individual mind, based upon their experience with the sounds - cinema for the ears.
Released on 19/03/2025 with Maadim Tapes
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Press reviews:
- Plastic Magazine - "Hypothetical Moon creates abstract yet thoroughly engaging soundscapes, each one acting as a portal into a world of possibility."
- Fringes of Sound - "Categorizing what this album is exactly is difficult, but the textures and movements present are pretty captivating from the start."
- Iggy Magazine "À travers Hypothetical Moon, Hagai Izenberg crée une œuvre fascinante qui repousse les frontières de la musique expérimentale."
- Frequency State - "The result is a listening experience that invites immersion, reflection, and curiosity—reaching toward the uncharted corners of both outer space and inner space."
- We Rave You - "Using field recordings, experimental textures, and electronic layering, he creates an immersive world where traditional structure gives way to something far more evocative and abstract."
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Sound Installation
Hypothetical Moon started as a sound installation at Meteor Festival, where short compositions were played through hidden speakers placed in trees; you can experience it here:
Con.Text
New piece commissioned by Tzlil Meudcan Festival, July 2023 Tel-Aviv.
Con Text is a sound artwork that delves into the hidden potential of text and sound, as well as the musical qualities of language. It explores how they can be manipulated, distorted, and misplaced.
The work makes use of news editions, advertisements and other everyday sounds collected during the last few years - and explores how text can con itself into our ears and minds, trying to set a certain discourse.
Using live looping and cut-up techniques, amplified objects and radio streaming the work's challenge is to focus on the timbres, textures and context of the sounds rather than the content itself.
Hamburgirlz
Hamburgirls is a vibrant theater pop show that delves into the lives of two women who find solace, comfort, and adventure in their burger-shaped beds. Within this whimsical setting, they embark on a journey through their dreams, fears, visions, fantasies, and the mysteries of life.
Mirroring each other's experiences, they navigate the complexities of their close friendship, discovering that they are all they have in a world filled with chaos and shadows of human nature.
Press review by Haaretz.
Created by Maya Landsmann and Hila Gluskinos.
Music production and sound design by Hagai Izenberg.
Otherscapes
Otherscapes is a live collaboration between Dani Wiliamson and Hagai Izenberg. Light itself is a powerful tool, which when combined with sound, can transform and create new spaces.
Projected images of various environments and live video mix with fresh raw sound materials including field recordings of our everyday routine, samples and loops from tv & radio, news editions and advertisements, to create new sonic and visual landscapes.
Live from From Malenkey International Theater Festival:Burning Snare
Burning Snare is a live audiovisual project by Hagai Izenberg and Maya Landsman, combining pulsating techno with real-time AI-generated video art.
Instead of correcting AI’s visual errors, the project embraces glitches—distorted movements, unstable bodies, and surreal transitions - as expressive elements in their own right. Hagai performs the visuals live using a custom-programmed video chain of effects, manipulating the AI-generated footage in real time to create a constantly shifting visual experience.
Architecture is Frozen Music
Collaboration with video artist Laure Catugier during her residency in Liebling House, Tel-Aviv.
An ongoing project which examines the functionality of modernist architecture in the city and researches on the global standardization of construction.
Chronicles
Chronicles is a weekly format of works that traces the sounds and happenings on a weekly basis and compress them to 4-5 minutes of sonic experience. It comprises of 6 episodes and was created specifically for the radio program Radio-Art by Meira Asher in Kol-Hacampus 106fm (complete episodes).
24 Hours
24 Hours is a piece that encapsulates the radio news editions that are broadcasted here in Israel every hour all day long. It takes 24 consecutive news editions of one specific day where an extreme event called the "Hebron shooting incident" occurred and attempts to show how the story evolves during that day on the news and to explore the contradiction between the violence and other daily events that were reported during that day.
Radio Concrete
Radio Concrete is a monthly radio show and an ongoing experimental project which deals with sounds that we are exposed to every day in the public and domestic spheres, often in passing or involuntarily. Listen to Radio Concrete.
Fresh raw materials including field recordings of our everyday routine, samples and loops from tv & radio, news editions and advertisements are all gathered on a regular basis and then mixed together on live radio broadcasting.
It has been played live in all kinds of venues and also got a regular spot on Resonance Extra (UK), Radio Manobras (ITA), WGXC (US) and on Halas.am (ISR).
About
Hagai is a sound artist, composer and musician and a founder member of the electronic band Rendezvous. Born in 1978, he's based in Israel.
His experimental work focuses on sounds we are exposed to every day in the public and domestic spheres, often in passing or involuntary.
He makes use of field recordings, amplifed objects, custom made vinyls and synthesizers to create live Musique concrète soundscapes in different art and musical projects.
He performs regularly in Israel and in Europe, playing live in festivals, art and music events and doing sound installations. His pieces are played in radio shows such as Late Junction (BBC 3), Framework radio, Radiophrenia etc. More info and CV.
He also produces a radio art show called Radio Concrete broadcasted monthly on Resonance Extra (UK), , Radio Manobras (PT), WGXC (NY), and Halas (ISR).
He received early musical education studying organ and piano and later after finishing B.Sc in computer science at The Open University he decided to enroll to study music at Rimon - School of Jazz and Contemporary music which has led him to explore and play synthesizers with Rendezvous.
Further interest in art and sound has led him to study painting, photography and participate in Musrara's Experimental music studies, which set out his journey to create art, explore sound and define his own unique moodscapes.
Videos
Videos from selected projects and live concerts:
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Rendezvous
Electronic music duo Hagai Izenberg and Itai Simon released a few singles and albums vis Rough Trade and Moot Records as Rendezvous.
Rendezvous nods its hat to a wide range of influences – the early electro pioneers, classic progressive rock and chillwave; it also brings to mind the likes of Kraftwerk, Underworld and Air.
It's major release to date is Another Round Please where it's most noticable single The Murf had major exposure in the UK and US: