Oklou

In the organizer's words:

French musician and producer Oklou live in Berlin in February 2025

Born in 1993 and living in Paris, Marylou Mayniel has made a name for herself under her artist name Oklou over the last ten years, and not just in well-informed circles. Her debut EP "Avril" was released back in 2014 with the single "Chrysalis", which from today's perspective sounds almost like a dreampop version of the Charli XCXs "Brat" sound. Oklou was trained in classical music at a conservatory, but then explored the creative possibilities of electronic tools on her YouTube channel, which quickly became very popular. She herself says of this step: "The first EP served as a transition from my previous musical background, which was very acoustic and based on live performance, to a purely electronic and digital form of production. It was one of my first MIDI compositions."

In 2015, Oklou moved to Paris, founded the female DJ collective TGAF (These Girls Are on Fiyah) with others, produced, sang, acted - and repeatedly released strong singles or was a guest vocalist for musician friends. Her debut album "Galore" was released in 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, and provided a more than fitting soundtrack with darkly beautiful, intimate tracks such as "god's chariots", "fall" and "nightime". Her new single "family and friends" is just out, with more singles to follow. It is a wonderfully enraptured, atmospheric, searching song, somewhere between dream pop and ambient, about which she herself says: "'family and friends' almost feels like a struggle to me, searching for answers to unspoken questions and fleeing from something intangible, invisible. A memory? Maybe I like the idea that I'm running away from something and I'm looking for good reasons to run away. Maybe I just like that."

Next year, however, Oklou will be heading towards her next tour, which will also take her to Berlin for an exclusive show. She can be seen live at the Columbia Theater on February 27.

27.02.2024 Berlin - Columbia Theater

Ticket price: 22,- Euro plus fees
Tickets available at eventim.de

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