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Israeli rock band formed in 1983 by Yuval Banai and Shlomi Bracha, with the same five members since the mid-1980s.

Next show

Thursday, 15 October

Ra'anana Park Amphitheatre, Ra'anana

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Dates checked 13 October, 02:29 Israel time

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Shows coming up: 1
Towns: 1
On stage since: 1983

Mashina has one show coming up

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Mashina began as two soldiers writing songs on an army base

Mashina started on an army base, where Yuval Banai and Shlomi Bracha wrote their first songs during their service. Their first album, released in 1985 with Rakevet Layla LeKahir (Night Train to Cairo), went platinum within a year.

The band split in 1995 after seven studio albums, reunited in 2003, and has toured and recorded ever since, including several tours of North America.

For their 40th anniversary in 2024 they toured the country again, back at venues like the Caesarea amphitheatre and the Sultan's Pool. In June 2026 they released a new single, Kim'at VeK'ilu.

Formed
1983 Wikidata
Genre
Rock, with ska and new wave Wikidata
First album
Mashina, 1985, platinum in August 1986 Wikipedia
Label
NMC Wikidata

Yuval BanaiLead vocals
Shlomi BrachaGuitar
Michael BensonBass
Iggy DayanDrums
Avner HodorovKeyboards

The five members of Mashina at the front of the stage, October 2021 — Photo: Little Savage, CC BY-SA 4.0

A full arena in Tel Aviv during a Mashina show, 2013 — Photo: Little Savage, CC BY-SA 3.0

Forty years of Mashina include a breakup and a comeback

1983
Yuval Banai and Shlomi Bracha form the band after their army service. Wikipedia
1985
The first album, Mashina, comes out with Night Train to Cairo. Wikipedia
1986
Named band of the year on Reshet Gimel's annual chart. Wikipedia
1995
The band breaks up; its farewell concert at Yarkon Park is dedicated to the three fans who died in the crush before the Arad show. Wikipedia
2003
Mashina reunites and goes back on the road. Wikipedia
2018
Metim Sharim Holchim, their first studio album in eight years, all written by Banai and Bracha together. Hebrew Wikipedia
2024
A 40th-anniversary tour of Israel, back at Caesarea and the Sultan's Pool. Wikipedia
2025
Shirim Shel Acherim, a live album of Israeli songs from the 1970s. Hebrew Wikipedia

These are Mashina's best-known albums and songs

Metim Sharim Holchim
Album · 2018 · Hebrew Wikipedia
Yahalomim BaShamayim (Diamonds in the Sky)
Album · 2010 · Hebrew Wikipedia
Romantika Atidanit (Futuristic Romance)
Album · 2005 · Hebrew Wikipedia
Mashehu Katan VeTov
Song · 2003 · Hebrew Wikipedia
Lehitraot Ne'urim Shalom Ahava (Goodbye Youth, Hello Love)
Album · 1995 · Hebrew Wikipedia
Si HaRegesh (Peak of Emotion)
Album · 1993 · Hebrew Wikipedia
HaAmuta LeHeker HaTmuta (The Association for the Study of Mortality)
Album · 1990 · Hebrew Wikipedia
Rikud HaMechona (The Machine's Dance)
Song · 1989 · Hebrew Wikipedia
Ahuvati
Song · 1988 · Hebrew Wikipedia
Mashina
Album · 1985 · Hebrew Wikipedia

These are the questions people ask about Mashina

When is Mashina's next show?+

Mashina's next show is on 15 October at Ra'anana Park Amphitheatre in Ra'anana. It is the only date announced so far.

Where can I buy tickets for Mashina?+

Each date on this page has a Tickets button that opens the seller's page for that show. Tickets are bought from the seller, not from Israel.com.

Where can I listen to Mashina's songs?+

Mashina's songs are on Spotify, on the official artist pages linked here.

Who are the members of Mashina?+

Yuval Banai (vocals), Shlomi Bracha (guitar), Michael Benson (bass), Iggy Dayan (drums) and Avner Hodorov (keyboards). Banai, Bracha, Benson and Dayan made the first album in 1985, and Hodorov joined in 1986.

Where does the name Mashina come from?+

From Russian. On their army base, Yuval Banai and Shlomi Bracha asked a roommate who had come from the Soviet Union how to say "table of despair", the chart soldiers use to count down to their release, in Russian, and he answered "Mashina Vremeni", which means time machine.

What is Mashina's biggest hit?+

Ahuvati (1988) came first when ynet readers and Radio Tel Aviv ranked the band's 25 best-loved songs in 2015. The instrumental Rikud HaMechona was Reshet Gimel's song of the year in 1989, the only instrumental ever to win that title.

Who writes Mashina's songs?+

Mostly Yuval Banai and Shlomi Bracha. Bracha wrote most of the first album, Banai wrote every song on Lehitraot Ne'urim Shalom Ahava (1995), and since the 2003 reunion the two have mostly written together.

How many studio albums has Mashina released?+

Ten: seven up to the 1995 breakup, and three since the reunion, Romantika Atidanit (2005), Yahalomim BaShamayim (2010) and Metim Sharim Holchim (2018).