Red Balloon Music presents... MARY OCHER

Red Balloon Music are proud to present our first show with acclaimed Berlin-based musician, performer, poet and visual artist MARY OCHER! MARY OCHER: https://www.maryocher.com Berlin's Mary Ocher has been pushing the boundaries between pop and avant-garde for almost two decades, with playful and colourful form, and clever content that winks at everyone who recognises its cultural and historical references. Ocher is a self-taught punk poet, sound artist, director and visual artist. Her new album, the critically acclaimed 'Your Guide To Revolution' joins a series of apocalyptic and politically charged concept albums, it 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'. The two albums were mixed with Mercury Award-winning Mike Lindsay (of Tunng/LUMP) and feature collaborations with Mogwai, Red Axes, harpist Serafina Steer (Bas Jan/Jarvis Cocker), composer Roberto Cacciapaglia, Mary's drummer duo Your Government, pieces by Dorothy Ashby and 12th century Persian poet Omar Khayyam, a homage to electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire and much more. The pieces range from post-punk, folk and field recordings, to cumbia, cosmic synth compositions and deconstructed techno. The new album was quickly embraced by the press, including "Album of The Week" by The Quietus, "Best Releases of 2024" by Bandcamp, The Wire, Flood Mag, The Fader and many, many more. ?Mary Ocher gives me the chills, she frightens me with her feral soul. Her sound is of a true outsider artist, immaculately self-possessed. Was this recorded this century? Or out of a basement that she's been imprisoned all her life? Time to set her loose on the world. I'm so happy she exists. Set me free Mary!" - Karen O, Yeah Yeah Yeahs ?This incredible voice and attitude... the unmistakable and ?never playing it safe? style of vocals - and with irresistible tone - her art form is a 100% clich?-free zone! - Gordon Raphael (Producer of The Strokes)