shulman, comprised of yaniv shulman and later joined by omri harpaz, is considered one of the leading groups in the psybient scene. shulman's music is filled with evolving organic layers backed by rich harmonies. The duo’s debut album, "soundscapes and modern tales", released in february 2002 by the leading label shaffel records, received excellent reviews and world-wide acclaim.

in the past year, yaniv and omri have performed live in large festivals around the world, including mt. fuji spring trance festival and the gathering festival in japan, as well as other leading festivals in bulgaria, mexico, portugal, kenya, and israel. the duo has recently released their highly anticipated second album entitled, “in search of a meaningful moment”, which is available now and can be purchased here.

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More Information about Shulman

yaniv shulman is a 28 year old from israel. he recently finished his computer science degree (b.sc.) and hopes to continue studying music theory next year. yaniv has produced music for the last 7 years. he is focused mainly on psybient music, but has also worked on electronic music such as dance floor oriented music and trip hop projects. yaniv grew up surrounded by music and started out by playing the organ when he was a child and then later played different musical instruments. when he was a teenager, he played the guitar in a couple of hardcore and death metal bands. after that, he delved into drumming. in the last couple of years, he’s been learning to play the piano and plans to study side flute next.

in his early days of electronic music composition and production, he released various tracks under the name mental orange. these were full-on dance floor oriented tracks. yaniv has collaborated with many trance artists including: california sunshine’s dj miko, amir dvir (illumination), inon yahel (opus magnum), dj paul (zmachine) dj b-bass, and others.

yaniv is inspired by a varied array of music, from the modern composers such as rahmaninov and ravel through rock, ethnic, and all kinds of electronic music. some of his favorite artists include: fsol, pink floyd, tip, hallucinogen, bjork, anti pop consortium, messhuggah, and many more. music with strong atmosphere, endless space, and emotional harmonies is what yaniv likes best and he works to incorporate these elements into his music and production.

omri harpaz (omi), a 26 year old from israel, studied computer programming and his goal is to one day rule the universe. omi started djing when he was 17 and has since played all over the world (japan, mexico, kenya, holland, germany, portugal, and in the usa).

in the last few years, omi started producing music. he started off with his project "digital manta" which was more progressive oriented, but after a while he decided to transition to the more full on side of trance and began his new project called "omi". omi's music is dance floor oriented and aims to get the crowds up and dancing. for the past two years, omi has joined "shulman" producing psybiant music and performing all over the world.

in addition, omi is working with exaile on a project called "40%". their aim is to make full on morning tunes that set the dance floor on fire. omi has collaborated with many other artists as well including: skazi, beat on phobia, blt, and dj b-bass.

omi is influenced by many types of music from hardcore heavy metal through punk, modern rock, gothic, industrial, hip-hop, and trip hop. his favorite artists are: pantera, metallica, linkin park, system of a down, eminem, my dying bride, marilyn manson, nine inch nails, rob zombie, dr. dre, and many more.