'The Pressure' played at the Portland Trailblazers game!

November 15, 2016  /  Gil Assayas

Sometimes, you get exciting news when you least expect it.

My song The Pressure was played during halftime at the Portland Trail Blazers game last night, thanks to the NBA team's Director of Game Operations Todd Bosma. He tweeted this yesterday morning:

I couldn't go to the game on such short notice unfortunately, but my friend Veronica Bisesti shot a video that you can watch here (Facebook) or here (Instagram). 

Here's a photo taken by Maxwell Cope:

It was a great way to start the week for sure! :)

Friends & Friends of Friends 9 release show photos

November 06, 2016  /  Gil Assayas

I had a great time performing at local record label Tender Loving Empire's compilation release show last Thursday! The TLE staff is amazing and it was fun sharing the stage with 5 fantastic local acts.

I played a brand new challenging song for the first time, you can check out a short video from the performance HERE. The full version of the song will be featured in an upcoming episode of PDX Spotlight featuring GLASYS and The Secret Sea!

I was also lucky to have the amazing Coco Columbia join me on stage to perform our Björk cover for the second time. Check out some photos:

Photos by Natalie Shaki Assayas

The compilation album Friends & Friends of Friends 9 features 39 tracks by local acts, including my single The Pressure. You can pick up a copy HERE.

Tender Loving Empire compilation release show and more!

November 01, 2016  /  Gil Assayas

I'm really excited to be included in the lineup for Tender Loving Empire's upcoming compilation (Friends & Friends of Friends Volume 9) release show with some great local acts (Cat Hoch, Astro Tan, No Aloha, Slow Corpse and Mo Troper) this Thursday at Holocene! 
The compilation itself features tracks from 39 local Portland acts (including my single The Pressure), and all sales at the show will go towards the non-profit crisis line Call To Safety.

Tour Worthy recommended the show and wrote an awesome little writeup about me, click the image for the full article:

You can also click the following poster design for the show's Facebook event page and order tickets HERE.


Other great stuff that's coming up this week - A live taping for an episode of PDX Spotlight featuring me and The Secret Sea, and a feature + interview on KBOO's 'Artists Rising'!

KSPU podcast and Northwest Music Scene feature!

October 11, 2016  /  Gil Assayas

Two new exciting features to share with you all today:

1. Northwest Music Scene has featured me in 100 Bands in 100 Days Presented by Verity Credit Union! Big thanks to their staff for the in-depth feature and kind words. Check out the article HERE.

2. My live session and interview on KPSU's Live Friday with DJ Rachelle is now streamable in podcast format, check it out HERE! I had such a great time on the show last Friday, the KPSU crew is amazing.

Photo by DJ Rachelle

Photo by DJ Rachelle

That's pretty much it for now - Oh, and I'm really looking forward to my upcoming shows this week, hope to see you there Portland people!

The Deli Portland!

October 02, 2016  /  Gil Assayas

Came home to a nice surprise last night  - The Deli Portland featured the two singles from my debut EP for 'Saturday Night Sounds!' Click here for the article. Looking forward to my two guest appearances this week, and my full show next week on October 11th at Kelly's Olympian!

"A master at the keys, Isreal instrumentalist Gil Assayas shares animated vocals with faultless keyboard and synth playing to make jazzy electronic you can't help but dance to." - The Deli Portland.

EP Out, Upcoming Fall Shows!

September 24, 2016  /  Gil Assayas

It's been a week since my EP release show, and even though I wrote about the experience on social media I didn't get the chance to share it on my website until now. So here goes:

The show was incredibly fun and I couldn't have asked for a better turnout or a more supportive crowd! I'm really grateful for everyone who came out and packed the place.
The other two acts who performed, Rare Diagram and Coco Columbia both played killer sets and it was a real pleasure to share the stage with them. Coco joined me on stage for a Björk cover and her band's incredible drummer Micah Hummel played a couple of tunes with me too, it so much fun collaborating with these guys!

Here's a photo (shot by Hunter Paye):

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I'm now gearing myself up for my upcoming shows which I'm really excited about! I'll be a musical guest on the local PDX comedy talk show Who's The Ross, share the stage with Seattle act General Mojos, play a live session on KPSU and perform at Southern Oregon Coast Pride! Plus more... here's a list (photo is also by Hunter Paye, taken at my release show):

Oh, and my EP The Pressure is officially out of course! It's available on most online digital music stores or streaming websites. Here are links to Bandcamp, CDBaby, iTunes and Spotify. Cassettes were released on Dazzleship Records and are available at shows.

2 podcasts - The Portland Playlist and Puck Fortland

September 12, 2016  /  Gil Assayas

I was lucky to be a guest on two fantastic local shows recently. Podcasts for both shows are now up!

The Portland Playlist, hosted by Teri Briggs and Veronica Bisesti on Portland Radio Project 99.1 FM was so much fun. I got to chat with the two wonderful hosts, air my EP tracks, share influences and perform live! Check it out HERE:

I was also on the Puck Fortland podcast hosted by the awesome and funny Edward Rogers, where I got to noodle on his synth, drink whiskey and have tons of laughs, here's a link:

These shows are very different from each other, yet both were extremely enjoyable in their own ways and I'm so glad I got to be on both! I'm really loving the local Portland music scene.