Elation, the first single and video from HYIM's "Sex In The Morning" album, is a beautifully shot story of a man moving between sensual dreams of Elation and the every day--until those dreams are realized. It features HYIM and dancer Kristina Canizares.
Elation Description:
It’s like Coldplay on ecstasy. Elation, the first single from HYIM’s album, Sex In The Morning (an exploration of the sacred erotic), brings the listener an infectious groove, superlative piano playing, and a superb vocal delivery that carries you into a euphoric dreamscape. The song personifies elation-- tells a story of our human relationship with the ecstatic experience, leading the listener on a journey of crescendos and peaks of exuberance.
Elation’s lyrics are ripe with irony “enough about me, what do you think of me?” and pure poetry “She moves in, she knows, she seduces then she goes, she’s elation. It comes again, it soars, it’s no shoulder to cry on.” You must see the gorgeous and sexy video (on HYIM’s website and other online stores to further appreciate the song. The song Elation is a flawless feather in the cap of HYIM’s catalogue of joyful, moving, meaningful, celebratory, beautiful, and captivating songs. --The boogie and the beautiful--he says.
Album Description:
Musically, Sex In The Morning is an unparalleled achievement illustrating an exceptional ability to fuse multiple and diverse popular music forms with a sensual theme, and catchy, dynamic, universal song-writing.
Lyrically, Sex In The Morning is a profound masterpiece in its cutting edge, sensual and playful poetic exploration of the universal and personal sacred erotic. HYIM, dubbed the eclectic maestro, may just be carving out an evolutionary new pop/rock genre all his own with Sex In The Morning’s alchemy of musical styles and its amorous and evocative lyrical themes.
The album, Sex In The Morning, as a whole is upping the ante of popular music by a landslide through its lush, celebratory, sensual, and contortionistic genre-bending sonic experience that is truly unprecedented; not in musical scope nor lyrical mastery.
Hyim is an Indie Pop Fusion singer-songwriter, composer, teacher and activist, and has been dubbed the next generation's music "fusionist” and "eclectic maestro". He is also is a highly-praised producer and pianist. Following in the footsteps of Dave Matthews, Coldplay, Manu Chao, Peter Gabriel, Ozomatli, Ben Harper and Norah Jones, Hyim’s international style blends eclectic rhythms of the world as chariots for his brilliant songs.
"Growing up on a commune was an amazing and unusual childhood experience," says Hyim (Hebrew for life), the "hippie child who grew up on hip-hop." Born in San Francisco and raised in Oakland, Hyim has been a musical soul from the age of three when he began playing piano. Hyim has studied sitar in India, clave in Cuba, classical guitar in New Zealand, and Western classical composition in the United States.
This San Francisco native attended Oakland public schools and graduated with honors from UC Santa Cruz. He came back to his hometown and produced two hip hop albums. During this time he worked as a homeless youth outreach worker for Alameda County, bringing music as well as counseling and life skills to youth on the street. Through his work with teenagers in East Bay synagogues Hyim teaches peace, meditation, yoga, prayer, and positive communication skills to consistently full and over-enrolled classes.
Making his voice heard in more that one way, in February 2006, Hyim held a Five Day Fast and Chain Vigil for Peace and Education, calling into question the economic sense of investing in war as opposed to our children. Hyim had been interviewed with his music students in Richmond on NBC’s “Moving Pictures” as an example of spreading peace through music.
In 2007, Hyim toured Europe with shows in Poland, The Czech Republic and The Netherlands. In the States, he played The Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco to a crowd of over 6,000.
In 2008, he enjoyed having “Change A Come” as the number one slot on UC Berkeley’s iTunes, completed his masters degree, and began working on his upcoming album, “Sex in the Morning,” for a 2009 release.
Performing locally, nationally, and internationally, Hyim's music and spirit know no bounds, and as the sounds spread and take flight, the world watches, bodies are moved, and audiences applaud.
California Music Awards Nominee
KFOG Local Scene Artist ("Sunny Day" was track #1 on a KFOG Local Scene CD)
HeadCount Emerging Artist
Bread and Roses volunteer performer
Yamaha Corporation’s Spotlight Artist March 2005
Performed for an Annual Recording Academy (NARAS) Holiday Celebration and
Grammy Career Day
Provided musical score for the short film, "Two Birds," directed by Juan Jose Rivera and winner of the San Francisco Latino Film Festival jury award for Best Emerging Latino Filmmaker 2006.
Composer of music for soon to be released short film for the UN
Notable performances:
60th Annual Stern Grove Festival, San Francisco, to a crowd of over 6,000
West Coast Tour of FOD Fest - Friends of Danny - Celebrating the Life of Daniel Pearl
20th Annual Berkeley Jewish Music Festival
Side stage for Steely Day at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View CA
Side stage performance for Santana at Sleeptrain Pavilion, Concord CA
Memory and Tolerance Weekend in Poland
Hyim has opened for Tim Reynolds, and was on the bill with Tommy Castro as well as the Salvador Santana Band.
"Hyim is a spell-binding and formidable talent." - San Francisco Chronicle
“With a soulful delivery that sometimes recalls Sting from the days fronting The Police, the vocalist and gifted keyboard player shifts easily from confessional introspection to funk drenched exhortation.” - KTVU Channel 2
"Hyim's music holds a rare gravity, and it is clear that he possesses a grand vision." - Relix Magazine
“HYIM – Bay Area Treasure” - Sunset Promotions
“The ever-evolving eclectic maestro” - The Forward
"They swayed and shook, enraptured, until he stopped." - San Francisco Bay Guardian
“Pretty as hell, thoroughly uplifting….” - East Bay Express
"....and that talented Hyim!! It is my pleasure to have a little part in spreading his positive music... may you be well and successful!! L'Hyim!! Wishing you all good things!" - Annalisa KFOG Midday Host
“Oakland's Hyim & The Fat Foakland Orchestra continued their ascent to the major leagues….a brilliant, emotional mix of calypso, jazz hip-hop, Latin, and funk all bound by Hyim's soulful vocals and warm positivity” - Jambase.com - High Sierra Music Festival performance
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