1) noa (乃紫) is a soloist who debuted in 2022. She is fully self-produced, doing her own songwriting and arrangement, as well as music videos and cover art. Her most popular song is Any angle which currently has over 12 million streams on Spotify.
2) When he was 12 years old he visited Korea and got scouted at an hair salon and later auditioned at the major Korean company YG Entertainment and passed. After living in Korea for 7 years as a trainee he returned to Japan in 2018 and signed a contract with the Japanese company AMUSE the same year.
He is fluently in Japanese, English, Korean and aspires to be an active artist all over the world. He is multi-talented and he can not only write and compose songs, but also dance choreographies.
Noa made his debut on January 10th, 2020 with the song "LIGHTS UP" wich has a Japanese and a Korean version. He released his second single "TAXI" featured with Tofu Beats on June 26th, 2020. On January 19th, 2021 he released his first EP called "Too Young" with the same named title track, which is in Korean.
His fandom name is called "NOANA" wich means "You and I" in Korean.
3) Known in Israel by her given name Achinoam Nini (Hebrew, אֲחִינֹעַם נִינִי), , Noa is Israel's leading international concert and recording artist. Born in Tel Aviv in 1969 Noa lived in New York City from age 2 until her return to Israel alone at the age of 17. Her family is originally from Yemen. After serving the mandatory two years in the Israeli Army in a military entertainment unit, Noa studied music at the Rimon School where she met her long-time partner and collaborator Gil Dor.
Noa's strongest influences come from the singer-songwriters of the 60s, like Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. These musical and lyrical sensibilities, combined with Noa's Yemenite roots and Gil Dor's strong background in jazz, classical and rock, have created Noa and Gil's unique sound, manifested in hundreds of songs written and performed together. Noa plays percussion, guitar and piano. She is married to Dr. Asher Barak, they have two children, Ayehli and Enea, and live in Israel.
Over the span of their 15 year career together, Gil and Noa have written and produced 4 hugely successful Israeli albums: "Achinoam Nini and Gil Dor Live", "Achinoam Nini and Gil Dor" (also known as "Rachel and Leah"), and "Achinoam Nini". Their four international albums are, "Noa" (produced by Pat Metheny) and "Calling" (produced by Rupert Hine) for Geffen records, "Blue Touches Blue" (produced by Mike Hedges) for Mercury records and "Now" (produced by Gil Dor & Yoad Nevo) for Universal Music. In addition, Noa has recorded a live album with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and a live cd and dvd with The Solis String Quartet. Their latest release in Israel is a collection of Neapolitan songs translated into Hebrew, and performed together with the Solis string quartet, named Napoli-Tel Aviv. There are also various compilations available. The songwriting duo have sold over a million and a half copies of their current catalogue.
On Nov. 4th, 1995, Noa was on stage performing for an audience of 50,000 at the historic peace rally in Tel-Aviv just minutes before the late Yitchak Rabin was assassinated. She was the first and only major Israeli artist who agreed to have her name posted on the billboards calling for participation in this fateful rally.
In March 1999 Noa sang for President Clinton at the White House in the event held by the "Yitzhak Rabin Foundation" honoring the late Rabin's 77th birthday . She was also invited to sing in Oslo for the anniversary of the Peace accord signed there, before an audience that included President Clinton, Ehud Barak, Yasser Arafat and the King of Norway. Noa was awarded the "dove of peace" by Nobel-peace prize laureate Shimon Peres, and has performed and collaborated on numerous occasions with the "Peres Center for Peace".
In 2000, the Mayor of Melpignano awarded Noa and Nabil Salameh, Lebanese singer songwriter of the group "RadioDervish", honorary citizenship for their activity for peace. Two years later year, Nabil dedicated one of the group's albums to Noa's son, Ayehli.
In May 2002, Noa took part in the first-ever concert at the "Rome Colloseum", under the banner of "Time for Life- A Tribute for Peace". The event featured Ray Charles, Mercedes Sousa, Khaled, Nicola Piovani, and various artists from Aghanistan, Sarajevo, Belgrade, Africa and Ireland. Thousands watched the concert on giant video screens.
On October16, 2003, Noa was nominated "good will ambassador" for FAO (the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). In a ceremony which took place in Rome she joined ambassador-celebrities like Roberto Baggio, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Debbie Ferguson, Gilberto Gil, Gina Lollobrigida, Yousou N'Dour, Khaled and Dionne Warwick.
In May 2004 Noa performed in "We Are the Future": a globally telecast fund raising concert for children in conflict areas. The event, which was produced by Quincy Jones and hosted by the mayor of Rome Walter Veltroni, featured an international line-up of stars and performers such as Oprah Winfrey, Angelina Jolie, Chris Tucker, Naomi Campbell and Serena Williams, Patti Austin, Carlos Santana, Alicia Keys, Andrea Bocelli, Carmen Consoli, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Stomp, Take 6, Angelique Kidjo and others. The concert was performed live in front of an audience of 350,000 in Rome's "Circo Massimo", and broadcast on MTV, VH1 and various other channels to millions more around the world. (this performance was held during Noa's 6th month of pregnancy!)
On April 3rd, 2005 Noa became the first woman to receive the "Galileo Galilei" order medal from the "Grand Orient", the Italian arm of the Free Masons Oranization.
On July 2nd Noa performed in Bono and Sir Bob Geldof's "Live 8" concert in front of hundreds of thousands of people that filled Rome's Circo Massimo and millions of TV viewers across the world. The concert's aim was to put pressure on the world's leading nations to erase third world debts. The Rome line up included: Duran Duran, Faith Hill, Lorenzo (Jovanotti), Nek, Pino Daniele, Antonello Venditti, Claudio Baglioni, Tim McGraw, Velvet and many others
On August 7th Noa received the prestigious "Gemona Seminar" prize for artistic excellence and her contribution to peace and understanding. In September, she performed at the "Ambrosetti Forum" which took place in Villa d'Este, Como, Italy, before distinguished participants such as Shimon Peres, Saeb Arekat and Amer Mussa. She took advantage of this stage, as she has many times before, to express her belief in the importance of dialogue and the need for vision-driven, self-less leadership.
In June 2006, the Italian Ambassador to Israel notified Noa that the President of the Italian Republic, President Neapolitano, has decided to award her the prestigious "Stella de la Republica " ( the "Star of the Republic) with the status of "Cavalliere" (knight). This is the highest honor Italy has to give. The formal ceremony is pending.
Website: https://www.noasmusic.com/
4) Noa was a zeuhl-flavoured jazz-rock band that released their only album in 1981, which was self-titled. They shared no members with Magma but took heavy influence from their first era.
5) Noa is an active Japanese singer from the Sendai region. She was so inspired by her mother, who always sung to herself during Noa's youth, that she studied piano for about ten years. After her high school graduation in 2007, she successfully passed an audition with the entertainment office "No Doubt Tracks". Her selling points are her adult and carefree voice, as well as her "Gal" type fashion and "Rogue" image.
She has since released four albums, the first titled "Lucy Love" on December 3rd, 2008. It went on to sell approximately 37,000 copies. Her second album "Lucy Love -Season Two-", produced by the hip-hop unit LGYANKEES (who's albums and live shows Noa participates in) was released on August 5, 2009. Her third album "Noaism" contained the theme song for the theatrical version of the anime Metal Fight Beyblades, Spinning the World, and was released on August 18, 2010. It achieved 14th place on the weekly Oricon charts. Her fourth album, "N", was released December 7, 2011 and debuted at 17th place on the daily Oricon charts.
6) Noa is a Bulgarian Drum and Bass DJ producer.
7) NOA is a pop punk/emo band that hails from Osaka. The band is particularly notable for its diverse sound. Vocalist and guitarist Tsumoto Aki is influenced by Japanese rock music, while vocalist/bassist Nishiura Shunsuke brings in a more Western pop punk sound. Since the two singers compose separately and have very different voices, NOA's music encompasses a variety of genres and moods. NOA started out singing only in English, but Aki later began to write primarily in Japanese. Nishiura continues to write only in English. They have been signed to indie label THE NINTH APOLLO for the majority of their career.
NOA went on hiatus in December 2014, and the members are currently occupied with new projects.
Members:
Tsumoto Aki (vocals, guitar)
Nishiura Shunsuke (vocals, bass) - goes by his nickname "Pocky" on older releases
Ishizaka Yuu (drums)
Website: http://noaosaka.com/
Nocturno
NOA Lyrics
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Et kol hakochavim taman,
Et hasahar ataf bishchor,
Mitsafon ve′ad teyman,
Ein keren or.
Veha boker alman neeman,
Mitsafon ve'ad teyman,
Ein keren or.
Hadlikah-na ner lavan,
Be′ohel-libi hashachor,
Mitsafon ve'ad teyman,
Izrach ha'or.
Translation:
All the stars hidden away
And the moon in a pitch black night
From the north
And south to Yemen
Not a ray of light
Morning, loyal widower
Clutch your grey sack tight
From the north
And south to Yemen
Not a ray of light
No light, not a ray of light
Light a small white candle
In this darkened tent,
This heart of mine
From the north
And south to Yemen
Then a brilliant light will shine!
The light, the light will shine
The lyrics of NOA's song "Nocturno" evoke a sense of darkness and solitude, contrasting with the longing for light and brightness. The song opens with the image of stars hidden away and the moon in a pitch black night, emphasizing the absence of light. The singer describes a vast expanse from the north to the south, all the way to Yemen, where no ray of light can be found. This imagery intensifies the feeling of darkness and the absence of hope or illumination.
The second stanza introduces the concept of a faithful widower in the morning. The word choice of "widower" adds a sense of loss and loneliness. The widower clutches a gray sack tightly, perhaps symbolizing his sorrow or his burden. The repetition of the previous stanza's imagery of the north, south, and Yemen further emphasizes the vastness of the darkness and the absence of light.
However, the lyrics take a turn in the last stanza. The singer implores to "light a small white candle" in the darkened tent, which symbolizes the heart. This gesture represents a personal choice to bring light and hope into one's life, despite the darkness that surrounds. The repetition of the north, south, and Yemen imagery conveys that this act of lighting the candle can have an impact no matter the location. The final line expresses the belief that once the candle is lit, a brilliant light will shine, representing the potential for transformation and positivity.
Overall, "Nocturno" by NOA explores the themes of darkness, loneliness, and the yearning for light and hope. It suggests that even in the darkest times, there is the possibility for personal transformation and finding solace within oneself.
Line by Line Meaning
All the stars hidden away
Every single star has been concealed
And the moon in a pitch black night
Even the moon is hidden in the darkness
From the north
From the northern direction
And south to Yemen
And all the way down to Yemen in the southern direction
Not a ray of light
There is no trace of any light whatsoever
Morning, loyal widower
In the morning, like a faithful widower
Clutch your grey sack tight
Hold onto your grey sack tightly
From the north
From the north
And south to Yemen
And all the way down to Yemen in the southern direction
Not a ray of light
There is no trace of any light whatsoever
No light, not a ray of light
No light, absolutely no trace of light
Light a small white candle
Illuminate a small white candle
In this darkened tent,
In this tent that is enveloped in darkness
This heart of mine
This innermost core of my being
From the north
From the north
And south to Yemen
And all the way down to Yemen in the southern direction
Then a brilliant light will shine!
At that moment, a magnificent light will radiate!
The light, the light will shine
The light, the light will brightly shine
Writer(s): Achinoam Nini, Leah Goldberg, Gil Dor
Contributed by Camilla C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.