The critically acclaimed EP was welcomed by critics and fans alike with a warm response including articles in NOISY, SPIN, Gorilla Vs Bear and others, as well as a remix by Zammuto. During that year, Totemo gained many followers, and started writing the songs that would get her through this difficult time and would become her 2nd EP: "Desire Path" (2016). "Heavy as My Dreams" was released while Totemo underwent a year of treatments. Just before releasing "Heavy as My Dreams" (2014) - her first EP as Totemo - she was confronted with a terrifying and life-threatening challenge: she was diagnosed with stage II breast cancer. Since her early teens she's been creating a unique mixture of new Electro-Indie-Dream Pop fused with East-Asian soundscapes. Influences of East Asia amalgamate with wistful synths, creating futuristic music that sound familiar at the same time.Totemo (Rotem Or) is a producer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Tel Aviv. Gentle organic sounds and vocals intertwine with smooth electronic precision. Stylish inventive pop is mixed with untreated and exposed lyrics. “Everything Happens Only Once” is a journey with stark contrasts, it where the chalk and the cheese juxtapose. She admits to always having a stock of lyrics, but at times may feel the music more powerfully and start singing some gibberish as holder before everything begins to integrate into one whole piece. She feels there is so much going on every night, it’s a sense of constant activity and she loves it.Ībout her songwriting process, Totemo said that it’s not constant and keeps changing. She feels the best thing about Tel-Aviv is its emerging music scene. Totemo said that you may find yourself feeling completely at home or you could immerse in its alienation.
She finds the city amazing and says that it can be like a village and a city at the same time. In an interview to a web based magazine Totemo spoke about her myriad influences, trip-hop’s hypnotic effect as a genre and the inspiration derives living in Tel Aviv. Together, Totemo and Avital create personal songs which are not restricted, but are expansive and seductively charming. After the critically acclaimed EP’s “Heavy as My Dreams” and “Desire Path”, “Everything Happens Only Once” is Totemo’s third collaboration with music producer Roey Avital. Soon, things started looking up for the musician and she was back in the midst of things. Her life had turned upside down, but she resolved to overcome breast cancer and resurrect her home, life and music career. Life took an unprecedented gory turn when Totemo got diagnosed with cancer. She was just 18, when she released her first EP titled “Lightly Easily.” The album had seven songs and was released by Under The Basement, a Jerusalem based label, and a sub label of the Jerusalem label Fact Records. Apart from Israel, she has toured Israel and many other countries like Poland, Germany, South Korea, Uganda and Austria. While performing, Totemo plays the electric guitar and keyboard. She is a native of Tel Aviv and is signed under “I Am You Music Group,” a German based management company. Her real name is Rotem Or, but professionally she is known as Totemo.
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