Eyal Barkan

Eyal Barkan (Hebrew: אייל ברקן) is an Israeli trance/nitzhonot producer. He has collaborated with Yahel. In 2003 he was reported to be Israel's top-selling trance DJ, with sales of over 150,000 albums.^[1] His albums have reached gold status in Israel. His 1998 hit Good Morning Israel was the first trance song to achieve platinum status in Israel.^[2][3]

His 2003 album V.I.P. was released by Tiësto's Black Hole Records.^[1][4] In 2003 it was reported that cell phone ringtones based on Barkan's music achieved 200,000 downloads in Europe.^[5]

Barkan has also released music with his brother Oren as the duo Reverse Psychology. In 2006 the brothers started Startcut, a video distribution company.^[6]

Discography

Albums

• Good Morning Israel (1998), Eyal Barkan Music
• Crazy Summer (1999), Hed Arzi Music - album credited to Eyal Barkan, but all tracks credited to Reverse Psychology
• Mr. Club Trance (2000), Eyal Barkan Records/Hed Arzi Music - most tracks credited to Reverse Psychology
• On-Line (2002), Hed Arzi Music
• V.I.P. (2003), Black Hole/In Trance We Trust

Singles

• "Crazy Summer" (radio edit) (1999), Eyal Barkan Records/Good Morning Israel/Hed Arzi Music
• "Viagra" (radio edit) (2000), Eyal Barkan Records/Good Morning Israel
• "Voyage" (2000), In Trance We Trust - Yahel & Eyal Barkan
• "Revolution" (2002), In Trance We Trust - Eyal Barkan & A-Force
• Album Sampler (2003), In Trance We Trust