Yair Nitzani (Hebrew: יָאִיר נִיצָּנִי; born August 22, 1958) is an Israeli musician, songwriter, TV host and comedian. Born in the Israeli city of Beersheba in 1958 and of Italian-Jewish descent, Yair served in the Israel Defense Forces as a broadcaster on Galei Zahal in the 1980s and joined the rock group T-Slam as a keyboardist and songwriter. After T-Slam disbanded, Nitzani joined Erez Tal and Avri Gilad on the show Ma Yesh (What's Up) on Israeli Army Radio, and joined HaOlam HaErev (The World Tonight) on Israeli Channel 2. As CEO of the Hed Artzi recording company, he discovered new musical talent in Israel, such as the band Ha-Chaverim shel Natasha and the singer Adam. It was Nitzani's idea to mix Ofra Haza's Yemenite songs with a modern beat. He persuaded Izhar Ashdot to produce Galbi and Im Ninalu. As a soloist, he gained fame with his comic song "Hashem Tamid" and a parody version of James Brown's Sex Machine, as well as Brother Louie by Modern Talking called "Shir Hamangal" (The Barbecue Song) with the actress "Gani Tamir".
Links to Peel[]
Peel played Yair's Hebrew language parody version of James Brown's Sex Machine under his alto-ego of Ha'ashem Tamid (The Always Guilty One). On his 16 August 1988 (Radio Bremen) show, Peel didn't play the full version of the song, as he thought it was wearing a bit thin, with the beat being too repetitive.
Shows Played[]
John Peel's Ha'ashem Tamid (The Always Guilty One) - Sex Mashmin
- 1988
- 03 August 1988: Sex Mashmin (7" - Monitin (Reputation)) Lyntone
- 16 August 1988 (Radio Bremen): Sex Mashmin (7" - Monitin (Reputation)) Lyntone