New Audio: Michael Berman Shares Giorgio Moroder-like “A Masquerade Called Life”

Michael Berman is a Moscow-born, Israeli-based poet, novelist, songwriter and musician. Berman’s creative career began in earnest back in 1998 when he started to get stories, poems and plays in his native Russian published in different newspapers, literary and humor magazines, as well as humor sites.

Between 2005 and 2006, Berman published two books Masquerade of Missing Jokes and a collection of poems, Poems on the Wall — both in his native Russian.

By 2010, Berman had shifted to music and over the course of the next two years, he wrote and recoded somewhere been 25-30 albums across different genres and styles, including instrumentals. electronic music and experiential music.

In 2020, Berman published two collections of English language stories Sad Eyes and Drunk Happiness, a collection of plays 8 plays and a collection of obscene poetry, which he has dubbed literary punk.

By 2023, Berman returned to music, this time dabbling in jazz, bossa nova and electronica.

The Russian-Israeli artist’s latest single “A Masquerade Called Life” is a sleek, slickly produced, seamless synthesis of Europop, Quiet Storm R&B and sophisitipop that showcases Berman’s ability to craft an incredible catchy hook paired with a sultry female vocal. Dueling boy-girl vocals appear for the song’s hook. Channeling Giorgio Moroder, “A Masquerade Called Life,” Berman’s new single strikes a balance between slick production and thoughtful craftsmanship, club friendliness and grown and sexy lounge friendliness.

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