Kutiman

Kutiman (Born Ophir Kutiel, 1982) is a multi-talented artist from Tel Aviv. Kutiman is a musician, composer, producer, and an acclaimed video artist. Kutiman burst onto the international music scene in 2007 with the worldwide release of his critically acclaimed and self-titled debut album, which gained him the title of "psychedelic funk architect" by the UK based magazine Straight No Chaser. In 2009 Kutiman released his groundbreaking YouTube video mash-up project, ‘Thru-You’. In this project Kutiman mixed dozens of unrelated YouTube videos to create an online album which has received more than 11 million views to date. Internationally lauded, ‘Thru-You’ has received hailing reviews from newspapers, magazines, blogs, and media outlets from all over the globe. His work has been deemed "the future of music" and "internet's new frontier". Time Magazine included ‘Thru-You’ in their 50 best inventions of 2009. In 2014, Kutiman was nominated for a Webby Award in the Video Remix/Mashup category for his ‘Thru Tokyo’ project, in which he created an intimate musical landscape for the city of Tokyo. He has since been commissioned by various cities such as Tel Aviv, Riga, New York, Krakow, and Jerusalem to create audio/visual portraits of each city’s uniqueness. Following the success of ‘Thru You,’ Kutiman released ‘Thru You Too’ in October 2014, an online music album composed of unrelated YouTube videos. He was awarded a 2015 Webby Honoree for his work on ‘Thru You Too’. This project led to interesting international collaborations with some of the world’s most prominent producers, DJs, and musicians, birthing the creation of the ‘Thru You Remixes’. Kutiman’s two-track Deep Jazz Funk vinyl release titled Space Cassava was released in July 2015 to raving reviews ad support from world renowned DJs. In the coming months, Kutiman is set to release his highly anticipated sophomore full-length album 6AM, the first release off his new record label Siyal Music. kutiman.bandcamp.com