Oklou is Marylou Mayniel, a French electronic pop artist born in Poitiers who co-founded the NUXXE label collective with Sega Bodega and Shygirl. The 2020 mixtape Galore turned heads, and her 2025 debut LP choke enough landed as a defining contemporary art pop record. Explore Oklou vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Marylou Mayniel, performing as Oklou, was born in Poitiers, France on January 22, 1990. She launched her recording career in the mid-2010s. She co-founded the NUXXE Records label collective with Sega Bodega and Shygirl, with connection to the contemporary deconstructed club and hyperpop scenes. Her 2020 mixtape Galore brought her new attention. Her 2025 debut LP choke enough received critical attention as a defining contemporary art pop release.
Oklou's sound combines electronic pop, art pop, hyperpop, deconstructed club, indie electronic, ambient pop, and dream pop with her distinctive ethereal vocal delivery, atmospheric production approaches, and arrangements drawing on contemporary hyperpop, PC Music, and broader experimental pop traditions.
NUXXE Records pressings of the Oklou catalog have been issued in color variant editions.
Listeners new to Oklou typically start with choke enough (2025) or Galore (2020).
