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Armed with two new records, Berlin's Mary Ocher returns to the UK following shows all over Europe and North America. She's been pushing the boundaries between pop and avant-garde for almost two decades, with playful and colorful form, and clever content that winks at everyone who recognizes its cultural and historical references. Her new album joins a series of apocalyptic and politically charged concept albums.
The critically acclaimed new album Your Guide To Revolution is a joyful ode to hope, released just six months after its predecessor, the edgy and experimental Approaching Singularity: Music for The End of Time. It was picked by The Quietus as "Album of The Week" and it joins Bandcamp's favorite Records of The Year.
The new recordings were made with Mike Lindsay (Tunng/LUMP) and feature collaborations with post-rock giants Mogwai, composer Roberto Cacciapaglia, harpist Serafina Steer (Bas Jan/Jarvis Cocker), pieces by fusion harpist Dorothy Ashby and 12th century Persian poet Omar Khayyam, a homage to electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire and much more.
They range a vast musical landscape from post-punk, folk and field recordings, to cosmic synth compositions and deconstructed techno.
Mary toured in 40 countries with previous releases, recorded and produced with Canadian Psych guru King Khan and Hans Joachim Irmler of Krautrock pioneers Faust, and feature collaborations with avant-garde legends Felix Kubin, Die Tödliche Doris and Julia Kent, among others.
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"There is no artist quite like Mary Ocher. Her music is like an organism, evolving with each project, adapting to the world around it. "
- The Berliner
"A compelling piece of genre-spanning avant-pop equally suffused with a love of humanity, reflected in its voracious appetite for the many nuances of groove and sound, and an abhorrence for the many ways humanity is oppressed, compressed, and vaporized via the soul-crushing pressures of capitalism and encroaching technocracy."
- Bandcamp
"A fierce, anti-capitalist critique of the West’s indifference towards human suffering. A cheery challenge to our governments’ inability to demonstrate basic humanity towards others”
- The Fader
"The revolution that Ocher proposes is not a militaristic coup but instead a form of cultural reconditioning that prompts us to reassess the roles we play within the capitalist framework."�
- The Quietus - Album of The Week
"It’s wonked-out pop music, riffing on everything from Spaghetti Western soundtracks to space-age funk minimalism, with an interlude naturally paying homage to Laurie Anderson."
- Flood Magazine
“Her experimental pop sits in its own space. At moments, her torchier songs have hints of Nico – John Cale might be in there too... – but the dramatic melodic arcs have an immediacy which ensures an instant bond with the audience. Lyrically, she forthrightly decries inequality and pointless frictions. Above all, Mary Ocher connects.”
- The Arts Desk
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Glad Cafe, Hutchison & Miller, 1002 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G41 2HG, United Kingdom,Glasgow, United Kingdom
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