Offer Nissim

Offer Nissim was born in 1963 in Tel Aviv

Offer Nissim was born in Tel Aviv, the eldest of 3 children of parents of Iraqi Jewish descent. He was drawn to music from a young age.

His DJ career began in 1979, when he replaced a missing DJ at the Theater Club in Tel Aviv. There he played mainly at parties of the gay community and met Dana International.

In 1993 he produced her first single, "Saida Sultana", and her debut album, followed by Umpatampa in 1994. In 1998 her song "Diva", which he produced, won the Eurovision Song Contest for Israel. The two later parted over artistic differences.

In the 2000s he worked with singer Maya Simantov and DJ Peter Rauhofer, and made official remixes for artists such as Madonna, Cher and Pet Shop Boys. He was named Israel's DJ of the year from 2005 to 2007 and appeared 4 times on DJ Magazine's annual list of 100 DJs.

In November 2006 he launched his own gay party line, Forever Tel Aviv, at the TLV club, and left it in 2015. Since then he plays only on Israeli holidays and at the closing party of Tel Aviv Pride.