`Nanuchka is a New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 based group composed of bassist Yula Be’eri (formerly of The World/Inferno Friendship Society

The World/Inferno Friendship Society

The World/Inferno Friendship Society is a band from Brooklyn, New York. Its style merges punk, soul, klezmer and jazz, while its collective membership features horns, piano and guitar. The ensemble has over 30 members, including a former member of Dexys Midnight Runners. About nine or ten members...

), guitarist Roy Gurel, and drummer Shlomi Lavie

Shlomi Lavie

Shlomi Lavie is an American drummer, most widely known as the drummer of Marcy Playground. He has also been a part of lesser-known acts such as Nanuchka, Electro Morocco, and the Magical Mystery Tour band, a Beatles tribute/lookalike band.-Marcy Playground:...

. Their ever-changing sound is greatly eclectic. Yula’s voice, compared to that of an “angry Kate Bush

Kate Bush

Kate Bush is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic vocal style have made her one of the United Kingdom's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years.In 1978, at the age of 19, Bush topped the UK Singles Chart...

,” soars over both surf-rock guitars and soothing mandola melodies alike. Their latest EP, “Mediterranean,” features such songs as “Slut Rebound” co-written by Emilyn Brodsky, “Waiting for Satie,” with lyrics in both French and English, and the title track, an homage to the band’s homeland in Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

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Members

• Yula Beeri
  Yula Beeri
  Yula Beeri, born Yuli Yael Be'eri, is an Israeli composer, musician, and performer. She has been performing music in New York City for the past ten years....
  
   - Bass, vocals, keyboards & organs
• Roy Gurel - Guitars, mandolin, back-up vocals
• Shlomi Lavie
  Shlomi Lavie
  Shlomi Lavie is an American drummer, most widely known as the drummer of Marcy Playground. He has also been a part of lesser-known acts such as Nanuchka, Electro Morocco, and the Magical Mystery Tour band, a Beatles tribute/lookalike band.-Marcy Playground:...
  
   - Drums, percussion

Releases

• Drink the Best Wine First (split with Guignol) - (2005)
• A Carefully Planned Accident
  A Carefully Planned Accident
  -Personnel:*John Bollinger – Drums, Perc & Voc*Roy Gurel – Guitars, Perc, Mandolins & Back Voc*Yula – Bass, Vocals, Keys and Organs-Guest musicians:*Franz Nicolay – Organ on Red...
  
  - (2006)
• Mediterannean (Single) - (2007)
• MEDITERRANEAN EP (6 songs) - (2008)