Noga Erez  

Noga Erez at Transbordeur

From the vantage point of our stage at Transbordeur, few live acts feel as tailor-made for our room as Noga Erez. Her collision of razor-edged pop, hip-hop cadence, and tactile electronic production thrives in a space built for clarity, power, and movement. As we prepare to welcome her show, we are curating an environment where sub-bass is physical but controlled, vocals remain crystalline, and the kinetic interplay of drums, synths, and sampler hits lands with precision. Erez’s catalogue bridges urgent and intimate, meaning setlist pivots—between “You So Done,” “End of the Road,” “VIEWS,” and “NO news on TV,” to name a few of her recent essentials—translate into fluid changes of mood that our lighting rig and sightlines accentuate. Audiences at Transbordeur know to expect an immersive, communal floor; with Erez at the helm, that energy becomes call-and-response, handclaps on the off-beat, and a crowd that breathes alongside each drop and whispered line.

Artistically, Noga Erez continues to refine the bold signature introduced on Off the Radar and sharpened on KIDS, bringing new arrangements and a performer’s instinct for risk. The partnership with Ori Rousso remains a heartbeat behind the production—lean, percussive, and daring—while her live band folds in elastic grooves that give familiar songs new muscle. We’ve tuned our room to spotlight that evolution: kick drums that punch without haze, agile low end for rubbery bass lines, and vocal presence that rides above densely woven textures. On our stage, the metallic snap and playful syncopations within “VIEWS” and the focused, breathless phrasing of “You So Done” become dramatic focal points, while “NO news on TV” blooms with an intimacy that rewards attentive listening. Fans who discovered Erez through KIDS will recognize the confidence of those singles alongside the bite that first turned heads with “Dance While You Shoot,” all reframed through the high-definition lens of a Transbordeur mix.

Inside the show

What happens in the room is a living conversation between artist and audience, and this concert at Transbordeur is designed to let that dialogue travel to every corner. Expect an unbroken arc that moves from skeletal, voice-forward passages to body-shaking crescendos, with our lighting design tracking the narrative beat by beat—strobe flares to punctuate percussive stabs, saturated washes to deepen a chorus, silhouette moments to center Erez’s presence. The physicality of the performance, from precision choreography to the way rhythmic hooks are teased and subverted, lands especially well on our open floor and tiered vantage points. When the chorus of “End of the Road” swells, the room becomes a single instrument; when the groove flips in “VIEWS,” the crowd follows with instinctive motion. For those attuned to detail, the show also spotlights Erez’s recent reimagined arrangements—stripped, “Against The Machine”-style dynamics that reveal the bones of her songwriting before snapping back into full-spectrum force—an approach we relish amplifying with the depth and headroom of Transbordeur.