Les Salons acoustiques

Great News! We are pleased to announce that, by popular demand, an additional date has now been scheduled for Ouri + Helena Deland on Sunday, May 16th at 2 PM. OURI Ouri is both a producer and a performing artist, a DJ, a cello & harp player, a vocalist, songwriter and composer. Heralded in the electronic music space for a breadth of sound that reaches into the variety of her abilities, Ouri grows beyond its confines for the next phase of her career as a solo artist. Ourielle Auvé, known professionally as Ouri, grew up in France in a family of afro-carribean descent before arriving in Montreal at the age of 16 to pursue a degree in composition. Here her artistry and vision were able to flourish, establishing herself in the city’s music community as a producer, collaborating with peers like Helena Deland and Mind Bath, and circulating Montreal’s rich, underground rave culture with wizardry late-night DJ sets.  Ouri is both fierce and delicate in its most evocative balance as expands her sonic spectrum in her next offering. With single ‘Shape of It’ — a song composed exclusively of her performance on cello and harp — Ouri exposes her bare vocals to find space for vulnerability. She sings of fear in a manner in which to look past it, to build a safe place after abuse, to desire hope as a means of generating hope, to celebrate sex, to celebrate creation, all while in these times of crisis. (More details below) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * HELENA DELAND Helena Deland's latest musical release is far from conventional. To compose volumes III and IV of "Altogether Unaccompanied", the Montreal-based artist has gathered memories that she presents in songs. The whole thing is more like an old photo album or a string of unsent letters than a traditional EP. "It's the particularity of the character of each song that I try to capture," she says of this singular series; "They belong to a whole, but live on their own. However, one cannot ignore the undeniable link between these last two volumes and the previous ones: each of the songs is nostalgic, intimate and deeply affecting. The songs oscillate between tender folk, synthpop tunes and 80's inspired alternative music. (More detail below)   THE OTHER SALONS Julie Doiron / Dany Placard >> Les Salons acoustiques Michael Feuerstack + Erika Angell + Guest(s) >> Les Salons acoustiques