Born in Paris and currently based in Brooklyn, United States is vocalist, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Marie Davy, the woman behind the musical project, Malou Madi.
Having shared the stage with the likes of Kadhja Bonet, Emel Mathlouthi and Emily King, Malou Madi produces tender music that walks a tightrope between uncertainty and the space between. She explores the diversity in language, location and emotion.
The latest ‘cosmic R&B’ single release from Malou Madi, ‘Still Cercle’ is the first preview and taster of what is to come from her upcoming EP, ‘What We Don’t Say’.
self-written, self-performed and co-produced with Josh Hari (frequent collaborator of Amber Mark/ Fatoumata Diawara/ Georgia Anne Muldrow), ‘the track ‘Still Cercle’ intricately acts as a sensual meditation on a one way conversation and carefully walks the line between the polarity of tenderness and underlying built up frustration.
“The main line of the song is on bass, I wrote it while being completely secluded, quarantining in the countryside of France, on my childhood piano, and later recorded some of the vocals during another quarantine, in Japan, before a month-long tour there. I kept hearing this strange melody, created entirely from a feeling of frustration but also slight mockery at someone around me that is incapable of listening. I had this image of conversations always needing to be a circle, your word goes through me and vice-versa, and this is how we hear each other, and evolve together. But sometimes this sensation is absolutely impossible to find with people who only listen to the sound of their own voices.” Malou Madi
Combining the sounds of syncapated beats, eerie harmonies and synthesisers, Malou Madi creates an ambient atmosphere that both surprises and delights.
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Karen Harding is a Melbourne, Australia based singer/songwriter, founder of Sounds On The Couch, and founder and operator of boutique music PR service for emerging and independent artists, Rise Indie.