OUT MAY 7
New Album by
Produced by Amit Hai Cohen
"Just before the fall. Not here, not there, a temporary break between past and future, a vacuum. I found refuge in the transit camp "Arénas" in Marseille. The archival recordings from the 60s, the hums and mutterings of immigrant women, and melodies interrupted by a baby's cry, an embarrassed laugh, the clatter of pots... a trembling sentence and the voice of a woman continued to echo in my head, creating an avalanche of new words... This is how the Arénas music project was born."
Lyrics by Neta Elkayam
Music by Amit Hai Cohen and Neta Elkayam
Inspired by Jewish women’s voices at the Arénas camp, Marseille
Musicians
Tal Avraham • Trumpet, Ada Ragimov • Harp, Dan Oestreicher • Bass Saxophone, Elad Levi • Violin, Hillel Amsalem • Percussion, Eilon Elikam • Percussion, Michael Roessler • Bassoon, Idit Mintzer • French Horn, Yosef Abehsera, Avi Cohen • Backing Vocals,
Amit Hai Cohen • Programming, Keyboards, Guitars
HAWA HAWA
First single and music video from the album *Arénas* IS OUT !
A dark, haunting visual work , moving between reincarnation, the cycle of life, and echoes of the Atlas Mountains. It comes from feminine memory, where women carry generations and voices don’t disappear.
Directed by Amit Hai Cohen and Neta Elkayam.
Recorded by Amit Hai Cohen at Estwanat Hai Studio, Jerusalem
Additional recordings and mixing by Amit Hai Cohen in New Orleans
Mastered by Joe Causey at Voyager Mastering, New Orleans,
April 2026