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HaClique is an Israeli rock band founded in 1980.

History
The first two songs attributed to the band were by Danny Dotan and Eli Avramov: "One With Experience" and "Get Out to the World".

Danny Dotan and Eli Avramov joined Jean-Jacques Goldberg and Ovad Efrat to establish the band HaClique in order to be different from the main stream music of the time. In 1979, the four of them recorded the songs "Tzaleket Ktana" and "Makom Belibech", which were released as a 7" record.

In 1981, their first record, Ima Ani Lo Rotze Lehigamel, was released. It included the songs: "Yeled Mavchena", "Ima Ani Lo Rotze Lehigamel", "Golem" and "Incubator". These songs describe the test tube birth of a child to his death. The record wasn't a great success but with a thousand copies sold it made the charts in Israel.

In 1982 HaClique joined with Rami Fortis and Ronen Ben Tal, calling the group 4 - flying and friends. The purpose of the group was to play at the connection festival in Eilat. They continued to appear together at a club in Tel Aviv for three months.

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". This record mentioned relations between homosexuals, which had been unseen before in Israeli music. At the same time, a single from the album, "Al Tadliku Li Ner" was released, about the Lebanon War.

That same year, the band played mainly in Tel Aviv at the club, Dan cinema but also appeared a few times in Jerusalem and Haifa. They found success but some members thought that they would not get the exposure they deserved without compromise. Due to this disagreement, HaClique broke up.

In 1988 the band reunited and recorded a live album, Live in Tel-Aviv, at 'Real Time', releasing it as a limited edition vinyl record. In 1995, Danny Dotan recorded a solo album under the record label 'The Third Ear'. Ovad Efrat and Eli Avramov played on the record.

In 2002, the band released a box set containing their two previous studio albums Ima Ani Lo Rotze Lehigamel, Olam Tzafuf and a new album, Hakol Mushlam, including the songs: "Eretz Israel 2000" and "Hakol Mushlam". On 28 December 2006, band member Jean-Jacques Goldberg died after a two year struggle with cancer.

Members

 * Danny Dotan (poetry)
 * Ovad Efrat (Bass)
 * Eli Avramov (guitar)

Former members

 * Jean-Jacques Goldberg (drums) (died 28th December 2006)

Discography

 * Ima Ani Lo Rotze Lehigamel (1981)
 * Olam Tzafuf (1983)
 * Live In Tel-Aviv (1988)
 * Hakol Mushlam (2002) - appeared only in the Box set
 * Hakufsa (Box Set collecting and re-mastering their first two albums) (2002)