Nadine Khouri is a singer-songwriter currently based in London.

Her … Read Full Bio ↴Nadine Khouri is a singer-songwriter currently based in London.

Her last EP ‘A Song to the City’ was mixed by Al Weatherhead (Sparklehorse/A Camp) & released in July 2010.

In the past, Khouri has performed in numerous venues across Europe and the U-K (including The Union Chapel, Secret Garden Party, Human Rights Film Festival, and many others…) Longstanding and frequent contributors to her recordings include Ruban Byrne (guitar, vocals) & Brooklyn- based multi-instrumentalists J. Allen and Monica Rodriguez.

Khouri is currently working on a full-length album and a number of musical collaborations, to be announced soon.

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"'A Song to the City' is a powerful, thought-provoking EP from Nadine Khouri, a Lebanese-born singer-songwriter who regales the listener with tales of travel and heartbreak. A music born of displacement and perennial outsider-status, Khouri's effortlessly powerful voice curls around the music, which at times can go from a skeletal finger-picked guitar swooping up to loop-based experimentalism. The themes are of traveling and the love-loss casualties along the road, and the songwriting here tells of a spirit at home on the road to the perfect song." - Rough Trade

“A gravely, female voice sings modern, alternative torch-songs and the atmosphere is so mesmerizing, so fascinating you wish this late night moment would last forever.” – Cracked Reviews

“The standout is ‘Blue of Princes’. This starts with a banjo sounding like it is played in a souk, half spoken until there is a moment worthy of Mazzy Star in their heyday when you realise the acoustic lilt you had been chilling to has slowly dropped off a cliff.” – God is in the TV

“Nadine Khouri has always had the ability to make quietness and subtlety sound huge and mean more than it possibly could… The overwhelming breathless cool of Nadine’s voice is something that you cannot go without hearing.” – The 405

“She simultaneously creates music which sounds both timeless and fresh. Deeply authentic and heartfelt, new single Rouge is mesmerising, captivating and utterly addictive.” – The Girls Are

“The beautiful use of percussion in Khouri’s latest perfectly accompanies the singer’s spoken word track creating a chilled ambience. Worth a listen if only for the lyrical brilliance ‘Rouge’ offers.” – Musicfix

“She really is a whispering assassin. This track, Rouge, lifted from the ‘A Song to the City’ is all brooding malevolence – brings to mind ‘Dry’ era PJ Harvey.” – Tasty Fanzine

“A deceptively serene Patti Smith staking claim to an early morning cityscape.” – Unpeeled

“A voice that can slide from velvet to gravel in a measure’s time… Mesmerizing.” – Ramsay Short, Daily Star

“Journeys of exquisite, ghostly, brilliance. An artist who is not happy merely to possess a beautiful voice, but also to take you somewhere with it.” – Club Ugly

“Intimate and intoxicating voice.” – Alt Sounds

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Underground
Nadine Khouri Lyrics

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Down my friends
My friends come down
Walk this way
But make no sound
Cause we can't afford
To be caught
We live in the darkness
Where it's hot

Down my friends
My friends come down
Walk this way
But make no sound
Feel the presence
Of the ones before us
In the night feel Eternity
To comfort us of
Our Solitude

Join me tonight at the underground
Forget the world that surrounds us
Till human voices wake us
And they drown us, drown us

Down my friends
My friends come down
Walk this way
But make no sound
Cause we can't afford
to be caught
We live in the darkness
Where it's hot

We of the underground
She says "I'm so scared.
Cause if they find out
I am dead.
What about your priorities?"
Don't you know that I have
None?

Join me tonight at the underground
Forget the world that surrounds us

Till human voices wake us
And they drown us, drown us

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Nadine Khouri's song "Underground" explore the theme of escaping reality and seeking refuge in the darkness of the underground. The repetition of the lines "Down my friends, my friends come down, walk this way but make no sound" creates a sense of secrecy and urgency, as if the characters in the song are in danger and must move quickly and quietly to avoid being caught. The line "cause we can't afford to be caught, we live in the darkness where it's hot" suggests that the characters are living outside the law and are constantly on the run.

The lyrics also touch on the idea of being comforted by the past and the idea of eternity, as the characters feel "the presence of the ones before us." This suggests that they are not alone in their struggle, and that others have also sought refuge in the underground before them. The chorus, "Join me tonight at the underground, forget the world that surrounds us till human voices wake us and they drown us," encapsulates the desire to escape reality and the fear of being pulled back into it.

Overall, the lyrics of "Underground" paint a vivid picture of a group of people living outside the law, seeking refuge in the darkness of the underground, and desperately attempting to avoid being caught. The lyrics also touch on the idea of finding solace in the past and the struggle to escape the harsh reality of the present.

Line by Line Meaning

Down my friends
Come with me, my friends

My friends come down
Join me in this secretive place

Walk this way
Follow me quietly and cautiously

But make no sound
Don't make a noise or we'll be discovered

Cause we can't afford
We must avoid

To be caught
Being caught is too risky

We live in the darkness
Our home is the secrecy

Where it's hot
Where danger awaits

Feel the presence
Sense the aura

Of the ones before us
Of the past inhabitants

In the night feel Eternity
In the darkness, experience the eternalness