Haklik; AKA: The Click/HaClick) were an Israeli new wave band, founded in 1980 by Dani Dothan (lyrics and vocals) and Eli Abramov (music, guitar and production), with Jean-Jacques Goldberg (drums) and Oved Efrat (Bass) joining later in the year but forming the essential core.
A promoter by the name of Lopez Suaso managed their activity, so let the duo use his rehearsal room to play and sing their songs, but also covers of Jimi Hendrix and The Doors.
He organised performances for Polhan Dionisos and his other bands, who all travelled on a road bus, and though they lacked the necessary experience so didn't garner success, it left its impression on the two.
A year later they decided to travel to London, England and, under the influence of drugs, wrote more songs, whilst also attending English gigs.
At the beginning of 1980 these tracks were pressed as radio DJ promo 12" singles and though this was also not a major success, they did receive limited airplay.
They came up with their new band's name while on a three day acid trip when reading a newspaper article about the humour and social stigmatism within European "cliques", calling themselves HaClique.
Goldberg did not at that time possess a drum kit, though he displayed his percussive prowess on Avramov's guitar case which also attracted the pair.
The disc was pressed by CBS and released in August 1980, with handmade covers using inverted commercial stock to which photocopied hand-drawn sheets had been taped on.
Star Ways), a compilation of independent music, later that month,[2] and entered the Israeli Hit Parade charts on the 26th of August 1980, at number 34.
Efrat, who did not want to be recognised by his army ex-colleagues, wore hats and sunglasses to obscure his appearance; he also went by the moniker of "Obi Pepper" in press and on record.
For this reason it is a common misconception that Oved Efrat and Uzi Binder played on the first version of the track, though they are not credited anywhere on the record sleeve.
This was released on a single-sided 12" record for use by radio stations and their DJs, with professionally produced artwork, and logo by Yael Pardes, Dothan's partner at the time.
All the songs written for the album had been arranged for two guitars, lead and rhythm, so they had to be quickly reworked by Avramov and Efrat for their current lineup.
During June and July 1980 the band recorded the remaining eleven songs at Triton, a process which took one hundred hours of studio time.
In 1983, their second album, Olam Tzafuf, was released which included the songs: "Kol Haemet", "Mondina", "Hey Yaldon", "Yalda Mefuneket", "Ani Avud", "Al Tadliku Li Ner" and "Bear Hug".
[11] Three promo CD singles were also released to promote the box-set; "Incubator", "Al Tadliku Li Ner" and "Eretz Israel 2000".