OURI SHARES NEW SINGLE “QUIET DRUMMING” FEAT. JONAH YANO

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"effortless and sublime" - PAPER Magazine

"Beguiling" - The FADER

“another spellbinding blend of instrumental and electronic composition” CBC Music

"dials in swooping sounds, echoey vocal syllables, a glitchy beat, tentative chords; the dance beat solidifies, falls away and reappears" - The New York Times

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Today, Montreal-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Ouri shares a new single “Quiet Drumming” featuring Japanese Canadian musician and frequent BadBadNotGood collaborator Jonah Yano. The new single showcases Ouri and Jonah’s stunning vocals weaving seamlessly amidst an expansive sonic landscape. Ouri shares about the process of working together, “When I had an afternoon with Jonah in my studio last summer, I knew that the music we made couldn’t feel like fiction, it had to feel like a documentary of that moment. We naturally went for an epic longing, his beautiful folk touch and my explosive production met in the middle.” 

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The new single follows her previous track “Baby Has A Frown” which pulled from her background as a cellist, harpist and lover of reimagined dance music. Ouri recently wrapped her North American tour with fellow Canadian artist Charlotte Day Wilson as well as her dates with Patrick Watson across Europe. The new singles come after her highly praised debut album Frame of a Fauna was shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize and follows her bt002: self-hypnosis tape and joint project with Helena Deland titled Hildegard, which Pitchfork hailed as, "pure creative symbiosis." Since the release of her debut album, Ouri has also toured across North America with celebrated artists including Yaeji, Tirzah and Smerz. 

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MORE ABOUT OURI
Born Ourielle Auvé, Ouri was raised in France before moving to Montreal at the age of 16 with dreams of becoming a composer. As Ouri developed her compositional ability as well as her production and vocal chops, she integrated herself with late-night DJ sets in Montreal's underground rave scene and was eventually selected to take part in Red Bull Music Academy's Montreal Bass Camp. From there, her profile began to grow as she headlined Boiler Room's Montreal showcase and toured with the likes of Yves Tumor and Jacques Greene.

Listen to “Quiet Drumming” feat. Jonah Yano above, find upcoming Canadian festival dates below and stay tuned for more from Ouri coming soon. 

LIVE PERFORMANCES
7/6 - Montreal, Montreal @ Jazz Festival (opening for Ichiko Aoba) 
7/7 - Quebec City, QC @ Festival D'été 

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GHOSTKEEPER RETURNS WITH NEW SINGLE / VIDEO “LIPSTICK”

GHOSTKEEPER SHARES “LIPSTICK” VIA VICTORY POOL RECORDS

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CANADIAN FESTIVAL DATES BEGIN JUNE 21

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Today, we receive the first new music of 2024 from Ghostkeeper, the core duo of namesake singer, songwriter, and guitarist Shane Ghostkeeper, and singer, songwriter, and percussionist/electronics manipulator Sarah Houle. Over the years, the band has encapsulated numerous other configurations and stages of development, and the most recent one is responsible for their critically-acclaimed 2023 Polaris Music Prize long-listed album Multidimensional Culture.

“Lipstick” opens with a strangely inviting, other-wordly noise, a chirping, digitized cicada perhaps, before settling into a sultry drumbeat. The beat – as well as various other aspects of the production – betray an interest in sounds and rhythms from trap music, and the futuristic- sounding sonic architecture of contemporary R&B acts like FKA Twigs and Rosalía, but the song is grounded by the two singers, who each take a verse, their voices filtered through a pleasingly psychedelic lens. 

Shane explains further. "This song was conceived out of a sweet moment of romantic nostalgia: shared cigarettes outside of Broken City after a show, shooting our own Super 8 music videos, and a photo booth picture that remains in the breast pocket of my jean jacket that Sarah sent to me while away at art school in Halifax after our very first summer of love. Lipstick is dedicated to all you lovers out there."

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The song represents a return to the core duo, and stands as an acknowledgement, celebration, and strengthening of this initial bond that initially ignited everything. “Lipstick” is 'a reminiscing song', Shane says. 'After we met that summer in Edmonton, Sarah went off to art college in Halifax, and she sent me care packages of letters and mixtapes. One had a photobooth strip tucked in it, and that was the first photo I held onto forever.' The song goes to reference the couple's early days in Calgary, going to shows at local bars, and the age-old ritual of between-set sidewalk hangs and shared cigs outside the venue. It was on one of these nights out that Shane 'noticed the lipstick stains on the end of our cigarette, and it was just something I'd never noticed in that way until now.' 

Watch for more new music from Ghostkeeper in the near future.

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PRAISE FOR SONGS FOR MY PEOPLE

“Songs for My People is a gift to Ghostkeeper's family and community but sharing it with the world is a gift to the rest of us.” - CBC Music

"If you’re having one of those vital moments in your relationship when you wonder why the soothing aloe plant also has thorns, this music helps you appreciate every fibre" The YYSCENE

TOUR DATES:
June 21-23 2024 - North Country Fair
Jul 11 – Jul 14, 2024 - Winnipeg Folk Fest
August 3-5 2024 - Canmore Folk Fest

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CASSIDY MANN SHARES SINGLE + VIDEO, “DISAPPOINTING THE INTERNET”

CASSIDY MANN SHARES “DISAPPOINTING THE INTERNET” VIA END TIMES MUSIC

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As a lyricist and singer-songwriter Cassidy Mann often reshapes a small moment into a powerful and poetic song that feels both personal and relatable. With family hailing from the community of Sagkeeng First Nation, her Indigenous heritage continually influences her music, specifically through her storytelling.

While Mann’s first EP If It’s Not Forever served as a catalogue of how her early relationships ended, her newest single “Disappointing the Internet” comes from a more introspective place. 

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“When I wrote this I was spending a lot of time online but I didn’t feel like I had much to offer in that space. I wasn’t posting anything but was constantly comparing myself to people who were, in every aspect of my life. 

I started to wonder how I’d feel if I stopped going on the internet at all and of course, that’s exactly what I needed at that time. This song is about the dichotomy of not existing in the digital world in order to exist more fully in your real life.”

Mann uses “Disappointing the Internet” to explore new themes and textures in her music, stretching her sonic and lyrical sensibilities. Be on the lookout for more new music in the near future.

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