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From her classical beginnings in harp, cello, and piano to her immersion in Montreal’s underground electronic scene, Ouri has shaped a sound that moves with finesse, poise, and power. Her music carries the intimacy of something hand-carved, yet unfolds with the confidence of an artist unafraid to experiment.
Ouri describes her process as creating through “secret neural pathways,” chasing “the sudden sensorial intensity of that state”. She speaks of textures that are “raw/sharp but soft,” tracing themes of resistance, belonging, and desire. On tour with Charlotte Day Wilson, the two developed an unspoken musical language—“two women freely jumping from one idea to the next”—a trust that would later anchor their collaboration, the new single, “Behave !”.
"In the middle of last year, after a few months of touring together, I played Charlotte a couple demos I had been working on,” says Ouri. “I had been spending more time creating loops of voice and harp that I kept raw, unfiltered, sharpening the contours of my presence. The song starts to shape up instinctually, like a kid that is being ordered to stay in one place but the young mind starts to wander and soon enough, the body follows. We ended up toying with this classic R’nB feel but kept it confrontational in the approach, leaning towards this hyperreal sense that surrounds my world."
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MORE ABOUT OURI
Ouri’s debut album, Frame of a Fauna, was shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize; she has also released two Hildegard albums, her acclaimed collaboration with Helena Deland that Pitchfork praised as “pure creative symbiosis.” In recent years, she has toured alongside Charlotte Day Wilson, Yaeji, Tirzah, and Smerz, while captivating audiences at events like Boiler Room’s Montreal showcase.
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PRAISE FOR OURI
“Montreal singer and composer Ouri ventures out of the dreamy electronic music she is known for to create a breathtaking string-driven piece that's equal parts Björk, Phillip Glass, and 90s R&B.” - FADER
“On ‘blueprints of us’ and ‘tame me,’ she reveals a more raw, perhaps somehow even more vulnerable voice that is rooted in electronic melodies that are both minimalist, experimental, ethereal, and at times, strange.” - BILLBOARD
“Montreal-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Ouri consistently churns out magnetizing work.” - FLOOD
"expertly guides listeners through a narrative of anticipation, climax and release" - Office Magazine
"equal parts comforting and transcendent" - V Magazine
“Ambient pop and rich, hot-blooded techno interrogate the way experiences of emigration and falling in love reshape identity over time.” - PITCHFORK
“She dials in swooping sounds, echoey vocal syllables, a glitchy beat, tentative chords; the dance beat solidifies, falls away and reappears, briefly locking into syncopation with wordless vocal syncopations before evaporating.” - NEW YORK TIMES