עברתי רק כדי לראות - Music

Astar Shamir Born 1955 Is A Composer A Writer And An Israeli Rock Singer. Shamir Is Considered One Of The Pioneers Of Israeli Rock. Shamir Was Born In Jerusalem Under The Name Astar Hirschberg Daughter Of A Father Who Is Considered As A Definer Of The Israeli Film Industry Asher Hirschberg And Journalist Poet Painter Feminist Radio Broadcaster Tehia Bat-Oren. She Started Her Career In The Nahal Troupe Where She Met Her First Husband And Artistic Partner Efraim Shamir. In The Middle Of 1975 They Married. Astar Began Writing Songs At An Early Age And In November 1975 Recorded The First Song Composed By Efraim "Avarti Rak Kedey Lirot". At The End Of 1976 After The Kaveret Band Dismantled The Shamir Couple Achieved Major Exposure Taking Part In Arik Einstein’s Show “Anashim Ohavim Lashir”. At The End Of 1977 They Released The Mutual Album "Efraim And Astar Shamir" Through CBS Company. Efraim Composed All The Songs In The Album Except For "Bo Venesachek Machboim" Composed By Astar. Among The Album Hits Were "Nachon At Yafa" "Bli Levakesh Reshut" "Erev Shel Yom Bahir" And "Hashchena Haktana" Describing The Status Of Women In Israeli Rock. After The Album Release They Toured On Their Own Without A Band But As A Pair With Two Guitars. At The End Of 1978 Astar Recorded Two Songs Written By Her "Mesibot Yom Shishi" And "Hatishma Arafel” Both Composed By Sasha Argov. At The Time Astar And Efraim Recorded A Cover To The Nahal Troupe Song "Chapes Oti" Written By Naomi Shemer. Shortly After Their Marriage Ended But They Continued To Collaborate Musically. In 1981 Shamir Performed On The First Festigal With Her Song "Jinji-Ju” And With Efraim Shamir And Kobi Recht She Sang "Yalkut Kaved" Written By Ehud Manor And Composed By Efraim Shamir. In 1982 Her First Solo Album "Bamakom Haci Namuch BeTel-Aviv" Which Represented A Breakthrough In The Female Rock Scene In Israel Came Out. The Biggest Hit From The Album Was The Theme Song “Bamakom Haci Namuch BeTel-Aviv”. That Same Year Shamir Performed A Duet With Shlomo Artzi To A Song Written By Her “Brit Lo Muteret" Which Appeared In Artzi’s Album “Makom”. In 1984 Came Her Second Album "Klaf Chazak" In Which She Wrote And Composed Most Of The Songs. The Record Was Produced By Ex-Husband Efraim Shamir Except For The Theme Song Composed By Izhar Ashdot. This Record’s Singles Were "Ketzev Hajungle" "Rega Shel Shivuy Mishkal" And The Theme Song Which Became A Hit. In 1987 Her Third Album "Ad Hasof" Came Out Under The Production And Adaptation Of Adi Degan. The Songs "Harakevet Kvar Avra Batachana" A Reggae Rhythm Song And The Theme Song Became Hits. In 1988 Her Fourth Album Came Out "Du Kiyum Beahava" Produced By Moshe Levy Which Didn’t Succeed As Her Precedent Works. Besides Performing Shamir Also Wrote Many Songs For Singers Such As Gali Atari "Tza’ad Echad Lifney Hanahar" "Chazaka Meharuach" "Pa’amon Metzaltzel" "Bimkom Itcha" "Emtza September" Yehudit Ravitz "Ad Ktze Hamaslul” "Ase Sheyihiye Li Kal" "Brandi Vejitan” "Tzipiya Leosher" Rita "Zman" “Tachana Shel Zman" Dorit Reuveni "Natati Lecha Lalechet" "Ata Shehaita Iti" "Lo Hivtichu Li Gan Vradim” "Ad Sha’ar Hachalom" And Many Others. After The Failure Of The "Du Kiyum Beahava" Album Shamir Took A Break From Her Music Career. At The Time She Remarried To Journalist And Writer Ronnie Shir. She Went On Writing To Other Singers And In 1996 Recorded The Protest Song "Sof September" After The Violent Events At The Western Wall That Year. She Began To Engage In Natural Therapy And Developed A Healing Method Combining Voice And Transcendental Work. The Published Method Was Called "Kol Haruach" In English "The Voice Of Light" And Since Then She Has Trained Many Therapists With This Method. In 1999 Hed Artzi Company Published A “Greatest Hits” Album Of Shamir's Hits From The 80’. In 2003 15 Years After Her Previous Album Following The September 11 Attacks Shamir Released Her Fifth Album "Biglal Ha’anashim Sheani Ohevet". “Gachliliyot” Was Released As A Single. In 2011 She Released A Sixth And Spiritual Album Called "Ze Beincha Uven Elohim" Produced By Yonathan Levy. Singles From The Album Are “Boi Elai” And The Theme Song. read less