Noga Erez
Erez in 2017
Erez in 2017
Background information
Born26 December 1989
Israel
OriginTel Aviv, Israel
GenresElectro-pop, EDM, alternative pop
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, producer
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2011–present
LabelsCity Slang
Websitenogaerez.com

Noga Erez (/ˈɛrɛz/; Hebrew: נֹגַהּ אֶרֶז) is an Israeli singer, songwriter and producer.[1] In 2017, her song "Dance While You Shoot" was used by Apple in an advertising campaign for its music streaming service.[2] In the same year she released her debut album, Off the Radar, to critical acclaim. Her second album, Kids, was released in 2021.

Early life

Erez grew up in Caesarea, Israel, from the age of six and was raised Jewish.[3] She studied composition at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance.[4][5] Through her childhood and while growing up she explored different instruments and studied different styles of music. Erez was a part of different groups and ensembles as a vocalist, keyboardist and percussionist.

She served as a soldier in an Israel Defence Forces's military band.[5]

Career

In 2011 Erez worked on a jazz album, which she almost finished and decided to scrap and move to writing and producing electronic music.

On stage, Erez performs as a three-piece-band with herself on vocals, Ori Rousso (sampler, synthesizer) and Ran Jacobovitz (electronic drums, percussion).[4]

In 2017, Erez was included in Forbes Israel’s “Under 30” list.[6]

Erez’s first single, “Toy”, received a rave review from The New York Times: “the Israeli singer and electronic-music producer Noga Erez gives ‘Toy’ a beat that jitters and heaves, ratchets across the stereo field, speeds up fitfully and stops for a moment of dead silence halfway through the song; the melodies are brief modal phrases hinting at Middle Eastern origins… It’s a sparse, thorny, unstable track — and haunting, too.”[7]

Erez produced her first record “Off the Radar“, which was released 2 June 2017 via City Slang, with her partner Ori Rousso.[8][9] This release was followed by festival shows at Primavera, SXSW, Pitchfork Paris, Roskilde, MELT! Visions Festival, Convergence and Great Escape in 2017. She also toured the UK and Europe in 2017.[10]

On January 13, 2021, Erez announced her second studio album, ‘’Kids‘’.[11] It was released on March 26, 2021.

On August 31, 2022, Erez collaborated with the rock band Weezer on a remix of the band’s song “Records“.

On September 16, 2022 Erez collaborated with the american rapper Missy Elliott on a remix of Erez’s song “NAILS”.

On the 16th and 17th of September 2022, Erez was the opening act for the British band Florence and the Machine at Madison Square Garden.

Influences

Erez's musical style draws influences from alternative, electronic music, and sample-based hip hop, but is also strongly influenced by political circumstances both in her country and globally, though she has been reticent to describe her work as political.[12] In an interview with The Guardian, Erez describes her songs as her way to “process the issues that bother me about the world”.[5] Her music also references her musical influences such as Flying Lotus, Björk, Frank Ocean or Kendrick Lamar.[8] With a mix of drum computers, synthesizers, and vocals she describes the chaos in the environment she grew up with, through bass-heavy and danceable tunes.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Music videos

Title Year Director(s) Ref.
"Dance While You Shoot" 2016 Zhang + Knight [13]
"Pity" 2017 [14]
"Toy" Hen Makhluf [15]
"Off the Radar" Eden Kalif, Daniella Meroz [16]
"Balkada" Noga Erez, Ori Rousso, Omri Ben Shalom [17]
"Bad Habits" 2018 Shlomy Reuven, Morch Landsberg, Noga Erez, Ori Rousso [18]
"Cash Out"
featuring Sammus 		Hen Makhluf [19]
"Chin Chin"
with Echo 		2019 Shlomy x Morchi [20]
"Views"
featuring Reo Cragun & Rousso 		2020 Indy Hait [21]
"No News on TV"
featuring Rousso 		FISHnCHIPS [22]
"You So Done" Indy Hait [23]
"End of the Road" 2021 [24]
"Story"
featuring Rousso 		[25]
"The "A" in Amazing" Roy Raz [26]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Artist/work Category Result Ref.
2018 VIA Awards Noga Erez Best Newcomer Won [27]
2021 Pop Awards "Views" Music Video of the Year Nominated [28][29]

References

  1. ^ "Noga Erez". Discogs. Archived from the original on 15 July 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  2. ^ Apple's Weakness for Israeli Singers and What It Says About Selling Digital Music Archived 19 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine Haaretz. 7 November 2017
  3. ^ Flying above the radar: an interview with Noga Erez Archived 1 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine TimeOut. 3 August 2017
  4. ^ a b "Apple Music ad features electronic sound of Israeli musician Noga Erez". Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b c Hutchinson, Kate (14 May 2017). "Noga Erez: 'I get told by people not to talk about what is happening in Israel'". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  6. ^ Lerner, Rebecca. "Under 30 Musician Noga Erez Is A Rising Star In Israel's EDM Scene". Forbes. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  7. ^ Just Off The Radar Archived 27 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine The Jerusalem Post. 28 March 2017
  8. ^ a b "Tel Aviv's Fearless Noga Erez and Her New Song "Off the Radar"". Noisey. 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Noga Erez Imagines A Dystopia Where The Hand-People Judge Us All". NPR.org. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Noga Erez shares a new video for 'Balkada'". DIY. 17 October 2017. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Noga Erez Announces New Album 'KIDS' Out March 26 Via City Slang". Guitar Girl Magazine. 13 January 2021. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Noga Erez is making music with a vision out of Tel Aviv, and she doesn't have a Plan B - Loud And Quiet". Loud And Quiet. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Noga Erez - Dance While You Shoot (Official Video)". YouTube. 2 November 2016. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Noga Erez - Pity (Official Video)". YouTube. 31 January 2017. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  15. ^ "Noga Erez - Toy". YouTube. 8 March 2017. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  16. ^ "Noga Erez - Off The Radar (Official Video)". YouTube. 15 May 2017. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  17. ^ "Noga Erez - BALKADA (Official Video)". YouTube. 17 October 2017. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  18. ^ "Noga Erez - Bad Habits (Official Video)". YouTube. 5 June 2018. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  19. ^ "Noga Erez - 'CASH OUT (feat. SAMMUS)' (Official Music Video)". YouTube. 12 September 2018. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  20. ^ "Noga Erez & ECHO - Chin Chin (Official Video)". YouTube. 15 July 2019. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  21. ^ "Noga Erez - VIEWS (feat. Reo Cragun & ROUSSO) (Official Video)". YouTube. 24 February 2020. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  22. ^ "Noga Erez - NO news on TV". YouTube. 23 June 2020. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  23. ^ "Noga Erez - YOU SO DONE (Official Video)". YouTube. 26 August 2020. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  24. ^ "Noga Erez - End of the Road (Official Video)". YouTube. 13 January 2021. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  25. ^ "Noga Erez - Story (feat. ROUSSO) (Official Video)". YouTube. 9 March 2021. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  26. ^ "The "A" in amazing – Noga Erez". YouTube. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  27. ^ "Beste_r Newcomer_in 2018: Noga Erez". VUT. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  28. ^ Mackle, Jenna (17 January 2021). "Welcome to the POP AWARDS 2021, the fourth annual Pop Awards". Pop Magazine. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  29. ^ "Pop Awards 2021, the 4th annual Pop Awards". Pop Awards. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.

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