Choke Enough
Choke Enough is a very intense album for me. Itâs filled with directions, tentatives, and irregularities, reflecting my last years on this planet as my heart and conscience has really decentered from myselfâ, says Marylou Mayniel, aka Oklou.
âEach song calls for a different path, trying to guess which one to follow. Probably as some sort of quest for sense and purpose, in these times where the obsession with self-development and self-achievement is something I relate with less and less".
After establishing herself as one of the most promising artists of her generation, collaborating with names like Mura Masa, Pomme, and Flavien Berger, and remixing stars including Dua Lipa and AngĂšle ("Fever"), Caroline Polachek ("Door"), and A.G. Cook ("Being Harsh"), the French artist took the time to reflect on both her career and her desires, and the result is Choke Enough.
The album maps an emotional landscape. Warm, beautiful productions that are the signature of the Oklou style are throughout; pairing ambient sounds with minimal club rhythms, delicate synthesizer arpeggios, and found sound samples.
The albumâs title track, âchoke enoughâ, is an embodiment of the projectâs quest for meaning, of the need to be touched by anything; a grandiose epiphany or a passing quotidien moment. This relationship with elusive, imperceptible, ephemeral emotions is the key to the album. It is a reflection on the subconscious and conscious demands of an artistic psychology, and on the demands of existing and creating in a brief and transient life.
âI see it as built on a permanent conversation between a life anchored in reality and another in fantasyâ, she says. Oklou is part of the generation of artists born on the Internet, whose virtual identity is inseparable from their creative journey.
After classical training in regional France, learning the piano and cello, it was her computer that introduced her to the world of electronic music. If Galore was born from an "emotional bubble," as Mayniel suggests, Choke Enough, her first album, is in every way its opposite.
"This album is less about me, and more about the things I've been able to observe," she comments. Developed with co-producers Casey MQ, Danny L Harle, and A. G. Cook, and featuring artists Bladee (âtake me by the handâ) and underscores (âharvest skyâ), the result is a crystallization of her artistic and personal evolution.
âI canât imagine a life without daydreaming, without spending time appreciating beauty, but I need to be anchored to the ground to continue paying attention to whatâs happening around me,â Mayniel says. With Choke Enough, she places herself at the perfect balance between reality and imagination.
âAre you human? Are you even alive?â, she asks in âfamily and friendsâ, as if in an ultimate quest for truth.
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$13.20Choke Enough
Choke Enough is a very intense album for me. Itâs filled with directions, tentatives, and irregularities, reflecting my last years on this planet as my heart and conscience has really decentered from myselfâ, says Marylou Mayniel, aka Oklou.
âEach song calls for a different path, trying to guess which one to follow. Probably as some sort of quest for sense and purpose, in these times where the obsession with self-development and self-achievement is something I relate with less and less".
After establishing herself as one of the most promising artists of her generation, collaborating with names like Mura Masa, Pomme, and Flavien Berger, and remixing stars including Dua Lipa and AngĂšle ("Fever"), Caroline Polachek ("Door"), and A.G. Cook ("Being Harsh"), the French artist took the time to reflect on both her career and her desires, and the result is Choke Enough.
The album maps an emotional landscape. Warm, beautiful productions that are the signature of the Oklou style are throughout; pairing ambient sounds with minimal club rhythms, delicate synthesizer arpeggios, and found sound samples.
The albumâs title track, âchoke enoughâ, is an embodiment of the projectâs quest for meaning, of the need to be touched by anything; a grandiose epiphany or a passing quotidien moment. This relationship with elusive, imperceptible, ephemeral emotions is the key to the album. It is a reflection on the subconscious and conscious demands of an artistic psychology, and on the demands of existing and creating in a brief and transient life.
âI see it as built on a permanent conversation between a life anchored in reality and another in fantasyâ, she says. Oklou is part of the generation of artists born on the Internet, whose virtual identity is inseparable from their creative journey.
After classical training in regional France, learning the piano and cello, it was her computer that introduced her to the world of electronic music. If Galore was born from an "emotional bubble," as Mayniel suggests, Choke Enough, her first album, is in every way its opposite.
"This album is less about me, and more about the things I've been able to observe," she comments. Developed with co-producers Casey MQ, Danny L Harle, and A. G. Cook, and featuring artists Bladee (âtake me by the handâ) and underscores (âharvest skyâ), the result is a crystallization of her artistic and personal evolution.
âI canât imagine a life without daydreaming, without spending time appreciating beauty, but I need to be anchored to the ground to continue paying attention to whatâs happening around me,â Mayniel says. With Choke Enough, she places herself at the perfect balance between reality and imagination.
âAre you human? Are you even alive?â, she asks in âfamily and friendsâ, as if in an ultimate quest for truth.
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Choke Enough is a very intense album for me. Itâs filled with directions, tentatives, and irregularities, reflecting my last years on this planet as my heart and conscience has really decentered from myselfâ, says Marylou Mayniel, aka Oklou.
âEach song calls for a different path, trying to guess which one to follow. Probably as some sort of quest for sense and purpose, in these times where the obsession with self-development and self-achievement is something I relate with less and less".
After establishing herself as one of the most promising artists of her generation, collaborating with names like Mura Masa, Pomme, and Flavien Berger, and remixing stars including Dua Lipa and AngĂšle ("Fever"), Caroline Polachek ("Door"), and A.G. Cook ("Being Harsh"), the French artist took the time to reflect on both her career and her desires, and the result is Choke Enough.
The album maps an emotional landscape. Warm, beautiful productions that are the signature of the Oklou style are throughout; pairing ambient sounds with minimal club rhythms, delicate synthesizer arpeggios, and found sound samples.
The albumâs title track, âchoke enoughâ, is an embodiment of the projectâs quest for meaning, of the need to be touched by anything; a grandiose epiphany or a passing quotidien moment. This relationship with elusive, imperceptible, ephemeral emotions is the key to the album. It is a reflection on the subconscious and conscious demands of an artistic psychology, and on the demands of existing and creating in a brief and transient life.
âI see it as built on a permanent conversation between a life anchored in reality and another in fantasyâ, she says. Oklou is part of the generation of artists born on the Internet, whose virtual identity is inseparable from their creative journey.
After classical training in regional France, learning the piano and cello, it was her computer that introduced her to the world of electronic music. If Galore was born from an "emotional bubble," as Mayniel suggests, Choke Enough, her first album, is in every way its opposite.
"This album is less about me, and more about the things I've been able to observe," she comments. Developed with co-producers Casey MQ, Danny L Harle, and A. G. Cook, and featuring artists Bladee (âtake me by the handâ) and underscores (âharvest skyâ), the result is a crystallization of her artistic and personal evolution.
âI canât imagine a life without daydreaming, without spending time appreciating beauty, but I need to be anchored to the ground to continue paying attention to whatâs happening around me,â Mayniel says. With Choke Enough, she places herself at the perfect balance between reality and imagination.
âAre you human? Are you even alive?â, she asks in âfamily and friendsâ, as if in an ultimate quest for truth.
