Solo Artists

Noor

Ofer Dikovsky’s eclectic psychedelic electronic project, blending trance, downtempo, psychill and cross-cultural musical ideas.

Ofer Dikovsky, the sole artist behind Noor, photographed in 2015.
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Biography

Noor is an eclectic electronic project of Israeli producer Ofer Dikovsky, whose other releases includes Oforia, Indoor and Tandu. The project uses its own name, concept and release catalogue to explore psychedelic music beyond a single trance format. Its second album, Can You Ride a Camel?, was released by Shamanic Tales in April 2024. Noor emerged as a distinct project within the Shamanic Tales network.

Can You Ride a Camel? is the second album, released in 2024. Noor extends Ofer Dikovsky’s catalogue beyond the club-focused Oforia identity into a deliberately cross-cultural and stylistically open psychedelic format.

Active in the mid-2020s, with Shamanic Tales releases continuing after the 2024 second album.

Origins of Noor

Separate Ofer Dikovsky project.

Early career

Noor emerged as a distinct project within the Shamanic Tales network.

How the career developed

Can You Ride a Camel? is the second album, released in 2024.

Noor sound

Eclectic psychedelic electronic music spanning Psytrance, downtempo, chill and psychill, with Middle Eastern and other cross-cultural references used as part of the project’s broader fusion concept.

Place in psytrance history

Noor extends Ofer Dikovsky’s catalogue beyond the club-focused Oforia identity into a deliberately cross-cultural and stylistically open psychedelic format.

Connections and influence

Related artists, labels and topics: Oforia; Shamanic Tales; Psychill.

Noor today

Active in the mid-2020s, with Shamanic Tales releases continuing after the 2024 second album.

How the sound changed over time

Selected releases in the archive

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