The West Against The People

by Mary Ocher

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Travis Aaron I appreciate the essay and the thoughtfulness of the lyrics here, as a whole I find this a very evocative piece of art. What keeps me coming back though, is the sense of progression. As the Your Government tracks end the percussion thins out in the latter half of the album, the tracks become more minimal and ponderous right up until the chaos of the final track, which always leaves me unsettled. Favorite track: My Executioner (feat Your Government).

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Your Guide to Revolution, The Whip (original version) (with Red Axes), Approaching Singularity: Music for The End of Time, Power and Exclusion from Power, Faust Studio Sessions and Other Recordings, The West Against The People, Arms / Remixed, The Fictional Biography of Mary Ocher - The home recordings (2006-2015) II ((BANDCAMP EXCLUSIVE)), and 12 more. , and , .

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1.	Firstling II 02:14	buy track
2.	To the Light (feat Your Government) 03:39	buy track
3.	Zah Zah - part I (feat Your Government) 02:14	buy track
4.	My Executioner (feat Your Government) 04:24	buy track
5.	Authority's Hold (feat Your Government) 05:25	buy track
6.	The Irrevocable Temple of Knowledge 03:50	buy track
7.	Arms 03:36	buy track
8.	To The Light (piano) 03:23	buy track
9.	The Endlessness (Song For Young Xenophobes) 05:00	buy track
10.	Washed Upon Your Shores 02:01	buy track
11.	The Becoming (with Die Tödliche Doris) 03:50	buy track
12.	Zah Zah - part II 00:42	buy track
13.	Wulkania (with Felix Kubin) 04:22	buy track

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Feat. solo tracks, tracks with Your Government and collaborations with Die Tödliche Doris and Felix Kubin, as well as an essay (also available online at: www.maryocher.com/essay.html).

Available also on CD/LP (Gatefold) - both formats feature the essay.

Look out for the limited edition of 150 LPs with poster + The Sounds of Softness film and further new music.
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credits

released March 10, 2017

Recorded at Faust Studio, Germany**
Engineering: Jan Wagner and Andi Schmid
Produced with Hans Joachim Irmler
Drums + percussions: Mats Folkesson and Brandon Walsh
Bass on "My Executioner": Tom Plate
Mastering: Mark Beazley
Percussion arrangements: Mats Folkesson
Songs: Mary Ocher*

*Except for "The Becoming" -
Music: Die Tödliche Doris,
Words: Mary Ocher

and "Wulkania" -
Musical collage: Mary Ocher,
Major fragments: Felix Kubin / Sources: test recordings: the string quartet / Zeche Zollverein in Essen (2002); the organ / HKW Berlin (2013), the shimmer piano / rehearsal of Kubin's "Tiger Mask" (2008).

**Except for "Authority's Hold - recorded at Big Snuff Studio
by Emanuele 'Nene' Baratto.
Drums: Daniel Schröteler and Mats Folkesson.

Photos: Klara Joahanna Michel.
Drawings: Sabina van der Linden

Videos:

To The Light (piano version):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5M2ZzZDL_k

To The Light (Your Government version): www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIxiF7AeYOs

Arms:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwYY-PWkJXg

The Endlessness (Song for Young Xenophobes):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=umkUUrq0mHs

Wulkania (with Felix Kubin):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw8Xy94qb6U

The Irrevocable Temple of Knowledge: www.youtube.com/watch?v=txdQAE2hGNE

Washed Upon Your Shores:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSn3j2P6bEU

My Executioner (feat Your Government):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sI465oo0vo

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Mary Ocher Berlin, Germany

Releases:

Your Guide to Revolution (LP 2024)

Approaching Singularity (CD/LP 2023)

Power & Exclusion from Power 2023)

MOOP! (Comic book 2020)

Faust Studio Sessions (10"/tape 2017)

The West Against The People (CD/LP 2017)

Arms/Remixed (2017)

MO+YG
(CD/LP 2016)

The Fictional Biography (2 parts, 2015)

I,Human (2013)

EDEN (LP/CD/tape 2013-4)

Untitled 7" (sold out, 2012)

War Songs (CD 2011) ... more

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May 1

Fasching

Stockholm, Sweden
May 2

Kulturhuset Islands Brygge

Copenhagen, Denmark
May 9

Extrapool

Nijmegen, Netherlands
May 25

Weltecho

Chemnitz, Germany
May 31

Stadtwerkstatt

Linz, Austria
Jun 1

Kulturhof

Villach, Austria
Jun 26

Fusion Festival

Lärz, Germany

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