Maribou State played three nights in the Great Hall over Valentine’s weekend, the third added on demand, as their album Hallucinating Love arrived.
Maribou State, the duo on Ninja Tune’s Counter Records, began three nights in the Great Hall at Alexandra Palace in Wood Green on Valentine’s Day, Friday 14 February 2025. The run ended on Sunday 16 February.
Chris Davids and Liam Ivory met at school in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, and were asked to remix the band Hadouken! at 16. They made their debut as Maribou State in 2011 with the EP Habitat.
Releases on Norman Cook’s Southern Fried Records followed in 2012 and 2013. Their albums Portraits, in 2015, and Kingdoms in Colour, in 2018, came out on Counter, and they have remixed Lana Del Rey and Kelis.
The Sunday was added because of demand. The run came with their third album, Hallucinating Love, made with the vocalists Holly Walker and Andreya Triana and the producer Jack Sibley.
The record follows personal setbacks for the pair, and its themes are community and resilience. United Freedom Collective were the special guests across the weekend.