When most people return to a creative pursuit after years away, they ease back in. Maybe they stick to what they know, play it safe, test the waters. Matan Hamish? He came back swinging with everything from country ballads to dark house beats, vulnerable piano pieces to rock anthems. After stepping away from music for medical school and his career as a pediatrician in Tel-Aviv, his return wasn’t tentative—it was explosive.
The range is genuinely staggering. His track “Homeland” delivers distinct guitars and vulnerable vocals with a touch of Nashville, while “Hallucinating” hits hard with EDM production and a suspenseful build that wouldn’t feel out of place in a Berlin nightclub. One minute you’re listening to what could be a country radio hit, the next you’re in the middle of a dark electronic journey.
What’s striking about Matan Hamish’s catalog isn’t just the genre diversity—it’s the emotional weight behind each track. “Oxygen,” built on a beautiful piano arrangement with ethereal backing, explores the aftermath of lost love. “Tunnel Vision” goes darker, using drowning imagery to capture that moment when you finally stop fighting and let go. These aren’t surface-level pop songs; they’re confessionals set to music.
His path to songwriting started where it does for many teenage metalheads—as a way to channel emotions that had nowhere else to go. “I started getting into music and writing back when I was a teenager listening to metal bands, as a way to express myself,” Hamish explains. Over time, his musical tastes expanded, and now he writes in whatever genre fits the mood and message of each song.
After years away from music while completing medical school and working as a doctor, a personal crisis brought him back to songwriting. “Music helped me rise up from the darkest of places in my life,” he shares. That return to creating—composing, writing, producing—became his lifeline through difficult months.
The result? Songs like “Mono to Stereo,” which channels relationship frustration through a house/EDM framework, comparing emotional imbalance to trying to turn flat mono sound into full stereo. It’s clever songwriting wrapped in a club-ready package.
While Matan Hamish handles the writing, composition, arrangement, and production himself, he brings in various vocalists to perform his songs. “Singing was never one of my strong suits,” he admits with the kind of self-awareness that probably serves him well in both his careers.
Right now, he’s collaborating with producers to rework some of his existing material—”Great things to come!” he promises.
What Matan Hamish really wants, though, is simpler: a publisher or manager who sees the potential in his songs and can help get them recorded by artists worldwide.
The thing is, when you’ve already taken the biggest risk—returning to music after years away, sharing your darkest moments through song, refusing to stick to one safe genre—everything else feels possible. For someone who’s already proven he won’t play it safe, the only question is which boundary he’ll push next.
Check out Matan Hamish’s music on SoundCloud, explore his curated playlist, and follow his journey on Instagram @matanhamish.
