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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two decades, with playful and colourful form, and clever content that winks at everyone who recognises its cultural and historical references.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% cliché-free zone! - Gordon Raphael (Producer of The Strokes)

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Located in Salford just a stone’s throw from Deansgate and Victoria train station, The Eagle Inn is a friendly, relaxed and traditional local pub with a long history dating all the way back to 1848.

But there’s much more to The Eagle Inn than just the traditional bar. In 2014 a terraced house that stood empty next door to the pub was converted into a bespoke, fully functioning 80 capacity venue complete with raised stage and balcony, all the while retaining some of the house’s original features (look out for the fireplace – you’ll know it when you see it).

As well as working with established and longstanding promoters from Greater Manchester and beyond, The Eagle Inn prides itself on being a welcoming, supportive space and a creative hub for the area’s grassroots artistic communities; with many now successful bands, artists, performers and promoters cutting their teeth within its walls.

Thanks to this rare combination of space, attitude and approach, The Eagle Inn is able to accommodate a full calendar of live music, spoken word, comedy, theatre, film screenings, exhibitions and much more on almost every night of the week.

A hidden gem of a traditional back street boozer and commonly known to the locals as the Lamp Oil. There are three small rooms off a central corridor with a central bar. It is a Grade II listed building dating from 1902. There is a fine terracotta plaque of an eagle with the name above the door and for years this was the only pub sign.

Family Friendly at licensee's discretion.

19 Collier Street,

Salford,

Greater Manchester,

England,

M3 7DW.

0161 819 5002