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Eytan and the Embassy
12+ albums
indieindie poppoppower popNYC
about
His reputation for crafting sticky hooks in any genre has made Eytan Oren a secret weapon in the entertainment industry. His compositions can be heard on everything from a pair of 2011 MasterCard spots to the jazzy soundtrack for the 2005 Chinese hit drama Beauty Remains to a trio of parody videos to virally promote the 2010 MTV Movie Awards. Of the latter, he says, “I wrote four songs in a day and a half for that.” While paying the rent with these jobs, the prodigious musician nurtured his most fertile creative outlet since 2009: Eytan & the Embassy. Joined by a four-piece live band, Oren has earned comparisons to Ben Folds for his dexterous use of the piano, and Mark Ronson for his love of brass. Word of mouth about his buoyant live shows has also won him slots on the Summerfest and Isle of Wight lineups, plus gigs opening for the Old 97s and the Hold Steady. And in October 2010, Eytan & the Embassy embarked on its first-ever tour, opening for OK Go. Never one to slack, Oren subsequently created the Musician’s Energy Conservation Alliance (joinmeca.org), a charity that helps facilitate green touring practices. A gifted student, Oren was reared by his journalist dad and landscape-architect mom on an aural diet of Bob Dylan and The Beatles. He started taking piano lessons at age 6 and spent his formative years in Westchester, NY, before heading to Columbia University. There, he majored in music. “My parents have always been almost too supportive,” he says. “My grandmother w
