NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert Oklou: Tiny Desk Concert Fundraiser
TV Episode | 18 min | Music

NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Oklou: Tiny Desk Concert Fundraiser

TV Episode | 18 min | Music

Just a couple of days before arriving for her Tiny Desk, Oklou's Marylou Mayniel flew with her five-month old baby from their Paris home to New York, where she met for the first time with an eight-piece choir to rehearse completely ...See moreJust a couple of days before arriving for her Tiny Desk, Oklou's Marylou Mayniel flew with her five-month old baby from their Paris home to New York, where she met for the first time with an eight-piece choir to rehearse completely reimagined versions of four songs. The goal was to strip away the electronics and often heavy autotune heard across Oklou's beguiling debut album, Choke Enough, while preserving the sense of sonic adventure. By the time everyone got to D.C., they'd puzzled it out. The songs here rely largely on piano, an acoustic guitar and a nearly seven-foot marimba. The choir provides not only backing vocals but also pad-like textures and effects, including crackling fire created with wads of bubble wrap and small sticks collected just before the performance. Casey MQ, who arranged the songs for this set, accompanies Oklou as they transform tracks like "blade bird" and "ict" from synth-heavy pop to deeply reflective, acoustic folk. The song "harvest sky" is slowed down and bare, with Oklou playing the main melody on a recorder. They also perform a version of "what's good," a previously unreleased song due out on a deluxe version of Choke Enough. Written by Robin Hilton See less

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Marylou Mayniel Self - Vocals, marimba, guitar, piano & recorder (as Oklou) Self - Vocals, marimba, guitar, piano & recorder (as Oklou) See fewer	After School Knife Fight (2017)
Casey Manierka-Quaile Self - Keys, guitar, piano, electronics & background vocals (as Casey MQ) Self - Keys, guitar, piano, electronics & background vocals (as Casey MQ) See fewer	The Heirloom (2024)
Gileann Tan Self - Background vocals Self - Background vocals See fewer	NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (2009)
Rachel Lissnerr Self - Background vocals (as Rachel Liss) Self - Background vocals (as Rachel Liss) See fewer	Belle and Sebastian: The Party Line (2014)
Emily Ostrom Self - Background vocals Self - Background vocals See fewer	NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (2009)
Maria Christina Jasmin Kopp Self - Background vocals Self - Background vocals See fewer	NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (2009)
Cristóbal Arias Self - Background vocals Self - Background vocals See fewer	NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (2009)
James Ozaki Self - Background vocals Self - Background vocals See fewer	NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (2009)
Jack Schmieg Self - Background vocals Self - Background vocals See fewer	NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (2009)
Max Parsons Self - Background vocals Self - Background vocals See fewer	Der Mystische Edelmann (2010)

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