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The Young Professionals (also known as TYP), are an Israeli "alternative pop" band consisting of the composers, Ivri Lider and Yonathan Goldshtein. The band released its debut album, 9:00 to 17:00, 17:00 to Whenever, in 2011.

History
The group consists of two music composers: Ivri Lider and Yonathan Goldshtein who met in a recording studio in 2010, began writing songs together and later formed The Young Professionals band. The duo modeled their band name after the first song they wrote together.

Lider, who hails from Tel Aviv is an established "Israeli pop star" and one of its "most successful recording artists". He has won the 2005 Israel Artist of the Year award, been nominated for Best European Act at MTV's 2011 European Music Awards and released six platinum and gold albums. Lidri also composed music for the films: Yossi and Jager, Walk on Water and The Bubble.

The other member of the band, Goldshtein, is a music producer who has worked with Hadag Nahash, Avishay Cohen and Dana Adini.

The duo released their 14 track debut album 9:00 to 17:00, 17:00 to Whenever in 2011 which a reviewer for Tablet Magazine described as a mix of "often-raunchy lyrics with a melancholy take on intimacy" and referred to the song "Blood Makes Noise", as "one of the best pop songs ever [written] about AIDS".

The Young Professionals released their "hit" song "D.I.S.C.O" in July 2011 (a "techno-pop remake" of the 1979 song by the French duo Ottawan) which received airplay on MTV.

Their follow up single was called, "20 Seconds" and was described as a "hypnotizing mashup of cool western electro and middle eastern heat".

The band mixes electronic sounds, guitars and acoustic percussion to create a musical sound which has been described as "alternative" or "smart dance" pop.