Dropkin is an avant-rock band with music by Roy Yarkoni. The lyrics are Hebrew translations of poems by the Yiddish modernist Celia Dropkin (1887-1956). Her work is intensely personal, rich with violent sexuality, intense longing, and strange explorations of family dynamics. The music, like her poetry, is ambitious, sensual, and a bit scary.

ISHAY SOMMER
A bass player from a young age, Ishay has participated since birth in rock and metal bands. With Roy, he cofounded the avant-progressive group Ahvak, as well as Thin Lips, Panic,
Love Soup, and Dropkin. He relates very much to alternating and varying musical styles, mostly complex, eclectic and esoteric. He is a recording engineer and producer, easy to work with, graced with infinite patience and faith. Recent work includes producing Maya Elron’s first solo album, an alternative trip-hop piece.

YIFTAH KADAN

“I play with free sax player Albert Berger, Bobbe Maises klezmer Band, Panic Ensemble and more. Big influences on me are Eric Dolphy, Led Zeppelin, Tim Berne, Beatles, Derek Bailey, Bill Frisell, Ornette Coleman, Yonatan Avishai, Elliott Sharp, Marc Ribot, Neil Young…. and the list goes on. I teach guitar for a living. Since August I am the director of Ha-Gada Ha-Smalit - a non profit culture club.” We love Ha-Gada and we love Khadash.

ROY YARKONI
Roy is the composer and keyboard player for bands Dropkin, Panic Ensemble, Ahvak, and Thin Lips. He is a well-established theater and dance composer, writing scores heard at the Israel Festival, Akko Festival, Beit Lessin and the T’muna Theater. He also writes for film and television, often with Avi Belleli from Nikmat Ha-Traktor. When he married Michal, he was given a book of poetry, which he has returned to repeatedly for inspiration–he found the Dropkin poems there. Roy is known to rock the badminton court, he’s sick of josh music, he thinks the term “baa-li” is juvenile, and he likes Shoko.

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