Montreal Helena Deland and Ouri have a band, Hildegard, and their first album, the result of an intuitive and experimental approach, will be released in a few weeks on freshly founded imprint section1. The eight creations were named for each day the pair spent together. After the throbbing “Jour 2” and the more uptempo “Jour 1,” they have now shared another intricate offering, “Jour 3,” and its Carole Méthot-directed visuals.

“Jour 3 is out today in homage to the fantasy world that some encounters leave in their wake (and that can only be heightened by the potentiality of a phone call). It’s theatrical, over-curious, a bit intense, self-conscious and silly, like having a crush, right? It was made about that sweet spot when desiring someone is empowering and imagination runs wild,” the explained.

Hildegard, the new duo formed by Montreal-based artists Helena Deland and Ouri, follow up to “Jour 2” with “Jour 1”, another eerie offering halfway between experimental club music and throbbing incantation. An ode to sweaty nights of clubbing, the accompanying self-directed video was filmed as if we were able to infiltrate an illegal party. “‘Jour 1’ is “about processing by partying, and the clarity that sometimes comes with it,” they stated.

Watch below and pre-order the album via Bandcamp.

Montreal-based singer-songwriter Helena Deland and producer slash multi-instrumentalist Ouri have linked up to form a new duo, Hildegard, named after the German polymath, healer and visionary Benedictine, Hildegarde de Bingen. With such a moniker, their music was expected to be both intricate and mystical. On their trippy debut track “Jour 2,” that they describe as a psychedelic mantra where strangeness and gentleness coexist, their haunting harmonies sound indeed like a spell. “Jour 2” also comes with a Melissa Matos-directed video where the two nymphs wander around in a wild landscape, simultaneously playing with tension and attraction.