Oklou by Gil GharbiOklou by Gil Gharbi
DEBUT ALBUM CHOKE ENOUGH OUT THIS FRIDAY FEB 7TH VIA TRUE PANTHER
SOLD OUT EUROPEAN TOUR KICKS OFF THIS MONTH FOLLOWED BY NORTH AMERICAN DATES IN MARCH
Today, French vocalist, producer and composer Oklou shares a final single “blade bird” ahead of her full album, choke enough, out this Friday Feb 7th via True Panther (Grace Ives, Model/Actriz, Frost Children). Alongside the new single Oklou shares a live session video of the song produced by NTS and directed by Iris Luz. The video features Oklou performing the single in the center of an ice rink with graceful ice skating dancers swirling around her.
Oklou’s debut album was developed with co-producers Casey MQ, Danny L Harle and A. G. Cook. The album is a reflection on the subconscious and conscious demands of an artistic psychology, as well as existing and creating in a brief and transient life. choke enough is filled with warm production, pairing ambient sounds with minimal club rhythms, delicate synthesizer arpeggios and found sound samples.
Oklou will be performing a string of North American and fully sold out European tour dates in February and March. The tour begins in Europe with stops including Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris and London and then continues on to North America with dates in Toronto, Montreal, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Find tickets here and full tour routing below.
The new single follows several recently released tracks including “take me by the hand” featuring Bladee, title track “choke enough,” “harvest sky” featuring Bay Area artist underscores, sensuous companion, “obvious” and “family and friends,” which came alongside a Gil Gharbi directed music video. As a whole Oklou speaks about the forthcoming album sharing, “I see it as built on a permanent conversation between a life anchored in reality and another in fantasy. I can’t imagine a life without daydreaming, without spending time appreciating beauty, but I need to be anchored to the ground to continue paying attention to what’s happening around me.”
Born Marylou Mayniel in the countryside of Western France, Oklou’s first musical experiences consisted of classical piano and cello lessons before she fell in love with electronic music and took up production. Mayniel eventually moved to Paris, where she hosted weekly radio shows and performed her first live shows as Oklou. After two EPs, 2017’s For The Beasts and 2018’s The Rite Of May, Mayniel received international acclaim, accelerated through collaborations with Mura Masa, A. G. Cook and EASYFUN (the last two both producers of Charli XCX’s Brat) and culminating in her full-length mixtape galore in 2020. It was a turning point in her artistic life, heralded as an innovative and introspective work by fans and media, with Dazed praising as, “sophisticated in its composition yet totally cutting edge in its sound.” International touring followed, including support tours with Oneohtrix Point Never and Caroline Polachek as well as a much-heralded feature with Flume.
choke enough
True Panther
February 7th 2025
1. endless
2. thank you for recording
3. family and friends
4. obvious
5. ict
6. choke enough
7. (;´༎ຶٹ༎ຶ`)
8. take me by the hand feat. Bladee
9. plague dogs
10. forces
11. harvest sky feat. underscores
12. want to want to come back
13. blade bird
Tour Dates:
TICKETS
Europe
2/25/25 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Vega Main Hall SOLD OUT
2/27/25 – Berlin, Germany @ Columbia Theatre – SOLD OUT
3/1/25 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg – SOLD OUT
3/2/25 – Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique – SOLD OUT
3/4/25 – Paris, France @ La Cigale – SOLD OUT
3/5/25 – Paris, France @ La Cigale – SOLD OUT
3/7/25 – London, UK @ Heaven – SOLD OUT
3/11/25 – Barcelona, Spain @ Sala Apolo
3/13/25 – Paris, France @ Trianon
North America
3/18/25 – Toronto, Canada @ Axis Club
3/19/25 – Montreal, Canada @ Le Studio TD
3/21/25 – New York, NY @ Elsewhere – SOLD OUT
3/22/25 – New York, NY @ Elsewhere – NEW DATE
3/24/25 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
3/25/25 – Austin, TX @ 3Ten ACL Live
3/28/25 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey
3/29/25 – San Francisco, CA @ Independent
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