Tamir Muskat

Tamir Muskat was born in 1972 in Israel

Tamir Muskat was born in 1972 and grew up in Petah Tikva, the son of an immigrant from Romania. His father managed a music conservatory in the city. As a teenager he played drums in rock bands and produced early Israeli thrash metal records in his basement studio.

From age 16 he drummed in the band Izabo, and in 1995 he came with it to New York. He stayed there, joined the band Firewater as drummer and producer in 1996, and founded Vibromonk Records with Dan Shatzky. He also played in Stephen Ulrich's trio Big Lazy.

In 2002 he started the project J.U.F. with saxophonist Ori Kaplan. With Kaplan he then founded Balkan Beat Box, where he handled percussion and computers. The band released 6 albums between 2005 and 2012.

In 2007 he returned to Israel and opened Vibromonk East in Tel Aviv. He produced albums for Chava Alberstein, Asaf Avidan, Shlomi Shaban, Efrat Gosh and Eviatar Banai, among others. In 2014 he released the album Lo Kohot with Gilad Kahana and won the ACUM award for arranger of the year.