Tel Aviv rapper and producer Noga Erez has just signed to City Slang and to celebrate, she’s released her debut single ‘Dance While You Shoot.’ Driven by percussive elements and gradually building up tension and menace, it’s a politically charged track that straddles different genres. Erez says: “You can’t live without the government that ensures your basic needs, but at the same time takes your money, keeps you in the dark about the real, important matters that affect your life directly, while drowning you in manipulative media, ignorance and bureaucracy.”
The track is accompanied by a dystopian video shot in Kiev by Zhang + Knight. Much like her music, there’s a distinctive juxtaposition between hard and soft elements, creating a surreal and also slightly disturbing backdrop to implied violence. Erez says of the video: “We wanted to make a video that showed everything associated with violence and corruption coupled with a soft, sweet visualisation. The idea of using the color pink to soften the disturbing images was inspired by photography works from Richard Mosse’s ‘Infra’ series, and images from the 2011 Kampala riots in Uganda where protestors were sprayed with pink paint.” Watch below.
Noga Erez is also playing her first dates in the UK later this month. Details below.
23rd November – XOYO, London (supporting Roosevelt)
24th November – Paper Dress Vintage, London
Photo credit: Tonje Thilesen
