The (almost) full concert from the 'NOON and friends' show that took place back in March 2022, for the closing week of #expo2020dubai, is finally here!


NOON was called back to perform on the main stage, for the 2nd time, for the closing week of the 6 month event so we decided to expand our trio into a 6 piece. 


The following audio is from when our guests joined us on stage for the rest of the concert.


Setlist - 


1. Vines
2. Samai Warrior
3. Nubiyan Dance


Members:-

Guests -
Yannick Alwood - keys
Zander Howard Scott - cello
Hrachya Abrahamyan - violin

FOH - Assad Lakkis

NOON -
Ratish Chadha - drums
Steven Bedford - bass/electronics 
Mohamed Hosny - oud/vocals

 
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NOON and Friends live at Expo 2020

Origins

The NOON 2.0 experience live at The Fridge in Dubai, U.A.E

Mohamed Hosny - oud
Steven Bedford - bass
Ratish Chadha - drums

Special guests: 

Tarek Reda - guitar
Matthew Ehrenriech - sax

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Stairs Made Live

Duff's Groove Live

The NOON 2.0 experience live at The Fridge in Dubai, U.A.E

Mohamed Hosny - oud
Steven Bedford - bass
Ratish Chadha - drums

Special guests:

Tarek Reda - guitar
Matthew Ehrenriech - sax

www.noonband.com

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Walks On Nawa Live

NOON are the kind of band you might expect, or rather hope, to encounter in the UAE – an audio approximation of the emirates’ cluttered cosmopolitanism and contemporary, borderless ethos. Made up of three players, drawn from different cultural and musical backgrounds, the instrumental trio bravely embody, and certainly enliven, the hackneyed idea of East/West musical fusions.

Up front is the sound of the oud, the most typical international marker of all things Middle Eastern. But sonically framed by electric bass and drums – and freed by the improvisatory impulses of jazz – NOON’s collective sound is distinctly global. Shades of funk groove, African and Indian percussive rhythms and electronic effects pepper this sonic stew. The effect is a little like a proggy, jazz-rock power trio, only with an oud where the electric guitar is supposed to be. They call it “experimental Oriental” – a knowingly exotic abstraction, for sure, but of the very best kind.

Rob Garrat, The National

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