…hanging somewhere in time, NADINE KHOURI Another Life LP
Nadine Khouri Another Life is available on Rough Trade, Bandcamp, Deezer, Tidal
by Walter Price
When an album is highly recommended by the incomparable Terry Lee Hale, produced by seminal studio wizard John Parish and subsequently lauded by many as an unequivocal masterpiece, you’re inclined to listen. And life hasn’t been the same since I experienced the chilling slow burn vibes of Nadine Khouri’s “Another Life” LP.
Inspiring in the spaces in-between Aldous Harding, Feist, and Morphine and certainly forging soundscapes all its own, this is less an inconsequential review as it is an urgent suggestion that you take a few moments and soak in the haunting and cerebral beauty that Khouris has dedicated, “For the lives remembered, those forgotten, those repeating, and those yet to come.”
You can stream the picturesque “Another Life”, here at the GTC.
NADINE KHOURI Another Life LP
Original artist photo by Steve Gullick Photography // Biography excerpt via Rough Trade
All songs by Nadine Khouri
Recorded by Dani Bennett Spragg at Hoxa Studios, London
Additional recording by Oliver Baldwin at J&J Studios, Bristol
Mixed by John Parish with Oliver Baldwin at Playpen Studios, Bristol
Mastered by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering, Taunton
Produced by John Parish
Nadine Khouri: vocals, guitars, Mellotron (4) synth (5) programming
Basia Bartz: Mellotron, violin, backing vocals, piano (4) MicroKorg (2)
Francis Booth: bass guitar
Tomas Garcia: drums, sampler, Mellotron (3)
Tom Chadd: Nord, Hammond, Rhodes, piano, synth (6)
John Parish: Korg MS-20, percussion, electric guitar (8) backing vocals (6)
Jake McMurchie: baritone & tenor saxophone
Adrian Crowley: backing vocals (4, 5, 9)
Lizzy O’Connor: backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6)
Josh Allen: ambient percussion (9)
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“Having left her native Lebanon in the civil war as a child, Khouri harboured an unlikely dream of becoming a rock ‘n’roll singer, after discovering Elvis in her parents’ music collection. A self-taught musician, Khouri began her career as an acoustic singer-songwriter in New York City, before moving to London and being discovered by Parish.” – bio