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Nadine Khouri is a Beirut-born musician and songwriter currently based in London. Influenced by dream-pop, film soundtracks and spoken-word, her sound has been described as a “music born of perennial outsider-status.”
Noted by John Parish (PJ Harvey, This is the Kit) for her voice, Khouri was invited to sing on a track on his Screenplay LP and subsequently recorded her last album with the legendary producer in his hometown of Bristol.
The resulting ‘The Salted Air’ is a haunting and atmospheric collection of poetic meditations on loss and transformation. Khouri’s singular voice soars above droning organ, pulsating shakers, and an occasional choir of male voices, creating a self-contained world, reminiscent of Stina Nordenstam & Mazzy Star. Pumping harmoniums meld into reverb-drenched electric guitar, while Khouri’s languid voice offers a dream-like incantation set against a beating Moroccan tar on ‘Broken Star’. The album also features guest contributions from J. Allen, drummer Jean-Marc Butty (Mick Harvey, The Raincoats) Irish singer-songwriter Adrian Crowley, violinist Emma Smith (Jarv Is, Seamus Fogarty) and more.
Released independently in February 2017, the album cemented Khouri’s one-to-watch status, was hailed by MOJO as "A thing of dark possessed beauty” in their four-star album review, celebrated by Q (Feb 2017 Critics Choice) and selected as one of Rough Trade’s Albums of the Year.
Noted by John Parish (PJ Harvey, This is the Kit) for her voice, Khouri was invited to sing on a track on his Screenplay LP and subsequently recorded her last album with the legendary producer in his hometown of Bristol.
The resulting ‘The Salted Air’ is a haunting and atmospheric collection of poetic meditations on loss and transformation. Khouri’s singular voice soars above droning organ, pulsating shakers, and an occasional choir of male voices, creating a self-contained world, reminiscent of Stina Nordenstam & Mazzy Star. Pumping harmoniums meld into reverb-drenched electric guitar, while Khouri’s languid voice offers a dream-like incantation set against a beating Moroccan tar on ‘Broken Star’. The album also features guest contributions from J. Allen, drummer Jean-Marc Butty (Mick Harvey, The Raincoats) Irish singer-songwriter Adrian Crowley, violinist Emma Smith (Jarv Is, Seamus Fogarty) and more.
Released independently in February 2017, the album cemented Khouri’s one-to-watch status, was hailed by MOJO as "A thing of dark possessed beauty” in their four-star album review, celebrated by Q (Feb 2017 Critics Choice) and selected as one of Rough Trade’s Albums of the Year.
Genres
: lebanese indie
Monthly listeners
1,948
Followers
3,063
Most popular tracks
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167,906 | 4:07 | 2022-11-10 | |
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39,906 | 3:13 | 2008-01-01 | |
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34,454 | 4:11 | 2019-11-22 | |
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32,931 | 3:33 | 2008-01-01 | |
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31,895 | 4:55 | 2022-09-08 | |
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29,936 | 5:36 | 2022-11-18 | |
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23,877 | 3:52 | 2017-03-31 | |
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20,049 | 4:01 | 2008-01-01 | |
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18,193 | 4:26 | 2022-11-18 | |
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16,761 | 3:04 | 2008-01-01 |
