Ochre_(musician)

Ochre (musician)

Ochre (musician)

English electronic musician


Ochre is the stage name of English electronic musician Christopher Leary. The name "Ochre" was originally adopted as the title for Leary's academic work while studying audio production at Newcastle College, as a variation of "Oaker", being the name of a street in Manchester where Leary spent his early childhood. He currently resides in The Hague.[1] Leary also holds a Master's degree in music.

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Ochre has had his music licensed for use in computer games, such as Sony's LittleBigPlanet 2,[2] Psyonix's Whizzle, and Euclidean Crisis.[citation needed] Leary has also composed music for the animated documentary Centrefold, and has produced music for commercial projects by Google, Skoda, and Orange.[citation needed]

Discography

Albums

  • AudioMicroDevice – 2001 (no label)
  • A Midsummer Nice Dream – 2004, Toytronic Records
  • Lemodie – 2006, Benbecula Records
  • Like Dust of the Balance – 2009, Benbecula Records
  • Early Learning – 2011, (no label)
  • National Ignition – 2013, Aura Materia
  • Beyond the Outer Loop – 2017, Aura Materia
  • Project Caelus – 2018, Aura Materia
  • Understory – 2020, Aura Materia
  • An Eye to Windward – 2021

EP

  • Death of an Aura EP – 2008, Benbecula Records
  • Petl EP – 2009, Baselogic
  • Isolette EP - 2015 Aura Materia

References

  1. "Ochre Interview Pt. 1". The Milk Factory. December 2004. Archived from the original on 26 May 2006.
  2. Warmoth, Brian. "'LittleBigPlanet 2' Revealed And Un-Revealed By Musician". MTV News. Retrieved 8 December 2020.



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