Paris-based Inès Cherifi recently released her new EP ‘Quests’, a six-track EP marking a new chapter in her career. Possibly known for fusing classical instrumentation with electronic texture, the EP sees her step fully into a hybrid compositional space, guided as much by voice and vulnerability as by structure and form.
Following her 2023 EP ‘Fountain’, which leaned into minimal, instrumental compositions, ‘Quests’ presents a more expansive and emotionally nuanced palette. It draws on distortion, processed vocals, club-inspired rhythms, and lyrical clarity; exploring emotional themes of transformation and intimacy.
Written over two years, it traces a journey through shifting emotional states from the ambient softness of ‘First Breath’ to the high-BPM intensity of ‘Shield’ and the fractured power of ‘Cœurcore II’. Each track aims to offer a moment of feeling: love, loss, fear, presence, and self-recognition.
Produced in close collaboration with Krampf (Casual Gabberz) and Paul Seul (Ascendant Vierge), the EP evolved from an archive of orchestral compositions into something more raw and direct. Inès’s voice takes centre stage as it cracks, repeats, and confesses. “It says what I sometimes can’t say otherwise,” she explains.
The EP marks a shift in how she positions herself as an artist; not only as a classically trained violinist active within electronic music, but as a multidimensional composer and performer using voice as a tool for storytelling.
Her growing practice also extends beyond music, shaped by collaborations across digital art and performance with artists such as Mélanie Courtinat, Salomé Chatriot, and Valentin Ranger. Her work often explores emotional space and layered identity, resisting fixed genres in favour of immersive, open-ended form.
Later this summer, the EP will be followed by a club-focused remix edition, reflecting her deep connection to rave culture and the physical intensity of the dancefloor. The reworked version will continue to evolve the EP’s electronic themes.
Inès Cherifi ‘Quests’ is out now.
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