2011–2016: Career beginnings Early in her career, she was in an
indie-
folk band, The Secret Sea, before she gravitated towards
jazz. 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).
2017–2020: Off the Radar Her debut album,
Off the Radar, was released in 2017. 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." Erez produced her first record "
Off the Radar", which was released 2 June 2017 via
City Slang, with her partner Ori Rousso. 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. In 2019, Erez released the single "Chin Chin" in collaboration with rapper Echo. The song was featured on
me & dad radio,
Billie Eilish's podcast with her father, where she praised the song.
2021–present: Kids and The Vandalist On 13 January 2021, Erez announced her second studio album,
Kids. It was released on 26 March 2021. On 12 April 2021, she appeared on
Jimmy Kimmel Live, performing the album's first single, "Views". In June 2022 it was reported that Erez had signed a new record deal with
Neon Gold Records/
Atlantic Records. On 31 August 2022, Erez collaborated with the rock band
Weezer on a remix of the band's song "
Records". On 16 September 2022, Erez collaborated with the American rapper
Missy Elliott on a remix of Erez's song "Nails". On 16 and 17 September 2022, Erez was the opening act for the British band
Florence and the Machine at
Madison Square Garden. In June 2023, she performed with British artist,
Robbie Williams at his
Tel Aviv concert. They performed his 2000 song, "
Kids", which he previously recorded with
Kylie Minogue. In September 2024, she released her third studio album,
The Vandalist. The album features collaborations with
Robbie Williams,
Eden Ben Zaken,
Dillom and
Flyana Boss. It is her first album release with
Neon Gold Records/
Atlantic Records. The Robbie Williams collaboration, "Danny", was released as a single on18 September 2024. In November 2024, Erez joined the
Summer Carnival tour of
Pink for two concerts in
Tulsa and
Arlington in the United States. In April 2026, Erez became the first Israeli singer to perform at the
Coachella festival. In the same month, it was accounced that the documentary
Noga, exploring Erez's struggles linked to the production of
The Vandalist against the backdrop of the offset of the
2023 Israel–Hamas war would premiere at the 25th
Tribeca Festival. The documentary is a joint American, Austrian, German and Israeli production and was directed by Benji and Jono Bergmann. ==Influences==