Name: Mary Ocher
Start: 2025-02-04T19:00:00+00:00
Location: 18-22 Hill Street, BT1 2LA Belfast, United Kingdom

The Black Box | 4th February 2025 | £10 | Doors 7pm
Following shows all over Europe and North America in the past 12 months, Berlin-based Experimental pop artist Mary Ocher returns to the UK armed with two vastly celebrated records released only months apart: “Your Guide to Revolution”
and “Approaching Singularity: Music for The End of Time“.
The recordings were mixed with Mike Lindsay of Tunng and LUMP and feature collaborations with Mogwai, Red Axes, Irish songwriter Nina Hynes, composer Roberto Cacciapaglia, harpist Serafina Steer (Bas Jan/Jarvis Cocker), Mary’s drummer duo Your Government, pieces by Dorothy Ashby/Omar Khayyam, a homage to electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshirem and much more.
The pieces range from cumbia, post-punk, folk and field recordings, to cosmic synth compositions and deconstructed techno.
The albums were quickly embraced by the press, including “Album of The Week” by The Quietus, “Best Releases of spring 2024” by Bandcamp, and featured in The Wire, Flood Mag, The Fader and many others.“Approaching Singularity” is accompanied by an essay that explores authoritarianism, unruly technology, and the diverse political and ethical implications of the impending changes for humankind. While “Your Guide to Revolution” is released with “A Guide to Radical Living: A no nonsense guide to living comfortably with just enough: Why wealth needs poverty and how not to play along” – a survival guide for artists and other non-conformists.
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.