Underground Institutel Records
Ocher, Mary - Approaching Singularity: Music for The End of Time [IMPORT] – New LP
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$ 30.00
A 180 gram LP + black paper inner-sleeve, and a resealable plastic cover. Featuring an inlay with lyrics, a short version of the album's essay and credits. Download code card.
Experimental political pop artist Mary Ocher returns with a musical tour-de-force examining the collective dread of the impending future.
Feat. Barry Burns (Mogwai), Red Axes, Roberto Cacciapaglia, and a homage to Delia Derbyshire. A stunning run-thru the history of experimental and electronic music.
released November 3, 2023
Production, words, composition and most instruments*: Mary Ocher
Drums: Mats Folkesson and Theo Taylor
Percussion arrangement: Mats Folkesson
Preliminary recordings and mixes: Peder Simonsen - Palazzo Stabile (vocals, live instruments) and Mary Ocher (field recordings, sound samples)
Additional mixes: Mike Lindsay and Alessandro Sportelli. David Debris (“Ghent Music School”, “Love is Not a Place”)
Additional recordings and mixes: Antonio Passacantilli - WolvesInSound (“Cosmic Rock”, “Love is Not a Place”), Renu Hossain (“Dioramas”), Gianpiero Dionigi - Studio Glance (Roberto’s piano in
“Approaching Singularity”)
Sample: Sound recording of brainwaves from university research (“Yellow Modulations”)
Mastering: Alessandro Sportelli
Cover design: Maria Santos
Photos of Mary: Tom Plate (cover image: installation by Plastique Fantastique, used with permission)
Promotography: Boris Eldagsen (back cover & all other images)
*except for collaboration tracks: “Zone” - composition and arrangement by Barry Burns, “Is Life Possible” - synth by Les Trucs (Toben Piel and Charlotte Simon), “Approaching Singularity” - piano by Roberto
Cacciapaglia, synth edit and arrangement with Peder Simonsen, “The Whip” - composition and arrangement by Red Axes (Dori Sadovnik and Niv Arzi)
Production, words, composition and most instruments*: Mary Ocher
Drums: Mats Folkesson and Theo Taylor
Percussion arrangement: Mats Folkesson
Preliminary recordings and mixes: Peder Simonsen - Palazzo Stabile (vocals, live instruments) and Mary Ocher (field recordings, sound samples)
Additional mixes: Mike Lindsay and Alessandro Sportelli. David Debris (“Ghent Music School”, “Love is Not a Place”)
Additional recordings and mixes: Antonio Passacantilli - WolvesInSound (“Cosmic Rock”, “Love is Not a Place”), Renu Hossain (“Dioramas”), Gianpiero Dionigi - Studio Glance (Roberto’s piano in
“Approaching Singularity”)
Sample: Sound recording of brainwaves from university research (“Yellow Modulations”)
Mastering: Alessandro Sportelli
Cover design: Maria Santos
Photos of Mary: Tom Plate (cover image: installation by Plastique Fantastique, used with permission)
Promotography: Boris Eldagsen (back cover & all other images)
*except for collaboration tracks: “Zone” - composition and arrangement by Barry Burns, “Is Life Possible” - synth by Les Trucs (Toben Piel and Charlotte Simon), “Approaching Singularity” - piano by Roberto
Cacciapaglia, synth edit and arrangement with Peder Simonsen, “The Whip” - composition and arrangement by Red Axes (Dori Sadovnik and Niv Arzi)