Eyal Barkan Explained

Eyal Barkan (Hebrew: אייל ברקן) is an Israeli trance/nitzhonot producer. He has collaborated with Yahel. In 2003 he was reported to be Israel's top-selling trance DJ, with sales of over 150,000 albums.^[1] His albums have reached gold status in Israel. His 1998 hit Good Morning Israel was the first trance song to achieve platinum status in Israel.^[2] ^[3]

His 2003 album V.I.P. was released by Tiësto's Black Hole Records.^[4] In 2003 it was reported that cell phone ringtones based on Barkan's music achieved 200,000 downloads in Europe.^[5]

Barkan has also released music with his brother Oren as the duo Reverse Psychology. In 2006 the brothers started Startcut, a video distribution company.^[6]

Discography

Albums

Good Morning Israel (1998), Eyal Barkan Music
Crazy Summer (1999), Hed Arzi Music - album credited to Eyal Barkan, but all tracks credited to Reverse Psychology
Mr. Club Trance (2000), Eyal Barkan Records/Hed Arzi Music - most tracks credited to Reverse Psychology
On-Line (2002), Hed Arzi Music
V.I.P. (2003), Black Hole/In Trance We Trust

Singles

"Crazy Summer" (radio edit) (1999), Eyal Barkan Records/Good Morning Israel/Hed Arzi Music
"Viagra" (radio edit) (2000), Eyal Barkan Records/Good Morning Israel
"Voyage" (2000), In Trance We Trust - Yahel & Eyal Barkan
"Revolution" (2002), In Trance We Trust - Eyal Barkan & A-Force
Album Sampler (2003), In Trance We Trust

Notes and References

Cohen, Adam Karni (2003) "Honor at the turntables", The Jerusalem Post, 28 October 2003, p. 24
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Web site: 2018-08-31 . אייל ברקן: מלך הטראנס הישראלי שנעלם מתחת לרדאר . 2024-01-23 . mako.
News: אבידב . ליאור . 2003-11-05 . אייל ברקן בטראנס . 2024-01-23 . Ynet . he.
Web site: גלעד . אסף . 2009-07-24 . אינפקטד יוטיוב: הסטארט-אפ של הדי-ג'יי . 2024-01-23 . כלכליסט - www.calcalist.co.il.