Forever Tel Aviv
Offer Nissim
Here and now, I am nominating Offer Nissim’s Forever Tel Aviv for Best Compilation Ever. Ever. Offer Nissim is one of the most visionary DJ/producers to come along in the last decade. Combining Middle Eastern musical influences and an intense flare for editing and manipulating vocals, Nissim’s sound envelopes listeners in a reality as separate and extreme as what Junior Vasquez first presented to clubgoers in the 1980s. Nissim strives far beyond playing music you can dance to and produces such a concentrated alternate sonic atmosphere that sitting and listening almost seems more appropriate.
This two-disc set was released only in Israel but special arrangements have allowed a limited number to be imported into America and made available to select retailers. The set combines Nissim’s own tracks and remixes with works by a number of others, and includes private Offer Nissim remixes of Beyonce’s “One Night Only” and “Deja Vu,” Kristine W’s “Be Alright,” Donna Summer’s “Power of Love,” Christina Aguilera’s “Hurt,” and Angie Stone’s “Wish I Didn’t Miss You.”
