life is too short to listen to old music
Oklou
[ she/her ]
city: Pariscountry: France
genre: Electronic, Pop
styles: Art Pop, Deconstructed Club, Escape Room, Hyperpop, Indie R&B
ABOUT THIS ARTIST
French singer, producer, and DJ Oklou writes dreamy, futuristic pop songs equally influenced by experimental ambient music, trance, and left-field R&B. Releases such as her 2020 mixtape Galore are both soul-searching and escapist, reflecting her emotions and self-discovery journey through mysterious, longing tracks filled with atmospheric synths, electronically altered vocals, and field recordings.
Marylou Mayniel was raised in the countryside of western France, and was classically trained in piano and cello as a youth. Inspired by producers and songwriters like Arca, Palmistry, and James Blake, she began making abstract electronic pop, releasing her debut EP Avril under the name Loumar in 2014, before going by the stage name Oklou. After moving to Paris, she formed an all-female DJ and radio crew called TGAF (These Girls Are on Fiyah). The brief First Tape appeared in 2015, and she collaborated with Casey MQ for the 2017 EP For the Beasts. She relocated to London and joined the experimental club label/collective NUXXE (Coucou Chloé, Shygirl), and her 2018 EP The Rite Of May included production from Sega Bodega, Bok Bok, and Krampf. Oklou and Krampf additionally created a video game called Zone W/O People and co-wrote its score together. Oklou continued releasing singles, including 2020's "Toyota" (with Flavien Berger) and 2020's two-song A Colors Show, before her debut mixtape Galore appeared through True Panther Sounds. She additionally released official remixes of Caroline Polachek's "Door" and Dua Lipa's "Fever." ~ Paul Simpson
Source [Spotify]Releases
LP
choke enough
out on February 07, 2025
via True Panther
Single
blade bird
out on February 05, 2025
via True Panther
Single
take me by the hand (Ft Bladee)
out on January 16, 2025
via True Panther
Single
harvest sky (remixes)
out on December 18, 2024
via Oklou
Single
choke enough
out on November 21, 2024
via True Panther
Single
harvest sky (feat. underscores)
out on October 16, 2024
via True Panther
Single
harvest sky (Ft underscores) / obvious
out on October 16, 2024
via True Panther
Single
family and friends
out on September 18, 2024
via True Panther
![Komodo [2020]](/Covers/image-thumb__63254__cover/66bd307e997c8.jpg)
Single
Komodo [2020]
out on August 15, 2024
via ambient tweets
Single
galore anniversary
out on October 13, 2021
via Oklou
Single
Being Harsh
out on May 20, 2021
via PC Music
Single
Galore
out on September 24, 2020
via Because Music
Videos
blade bird | NTS Session
February 05, 2025
take me by the hand ft. Bladee (Official Video)
January 16, 2025
choke enough (Official Visualizer)
November 21, 2024
harvest sky ft. underscores (Official Visualizer)
October 16, 2024
family and friends
September 18, 2024
I Didn't Give Up On You
October 23, 2020
Concerts
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