{"id":17212,"date":"2026-02-18T11:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T11:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/17212\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T11:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T11:28:12","slug":"berlin-avant-pop-auteur-ocher-unveils-stark-piano-statement-weimar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/17212\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin Avant-Pop Auteur Ocher Unveils Stark Piano Statement \u2018Weimar\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thatericalper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mary-Ocher.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"696\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mary-Ocher-696x696.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Mary Ocher\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Berlin-based artist Ocher returns with \u2018Weimar,\u2019 a striking piano record written on a classic instrument from the 1870s. The release marks a clear shift from her recent explorations of post-punk, krautrock, ambient, and field recordings. Drawing on 20th-century minimalism, chamber-pop, and modern classical traditions, the album narrows its focus without losing the emotional intensity that defines her work.<\/p>\n<p>The title references both a cultural era and a political warning. \u2018Weimar\u2019 gestures toward the collapse of the Weimar Republic and the rise of fascism that followed, framing the record within today\u2019s climate of nationalism and censorship. Ocher\u2019s writing continues to examine identity, fear, and belonging with precision and resolve.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Moscow to Jewish-Ukrainian parents and raised in Tel Aviv, Ocher refused the draft at twenty and relocated to Berlin, where she became a key underground figure known for merging music, art, politics, and sharp cultural criticism. Her collaborators have included Mogwai, King Khan, Die T\u00f6dliche Doris, Roberto Cacciapaglia, and Felix Kubin, alongside tribute projects honoring Delia Derbyshire, Dorothy Ashby, and Omar Khayyam.<\/p>\n<p>Following extensive touring across Europe, the UK, Australia, North America, and New Zealand, Ocher now brings \u2018Weimar\u2019 to the stage. Upcoming live dates include:<\/p>\n<p>13.03.26 \u2013 Berlin<br \/>15.03.26 \u2013 Brighton<br \/>17.03.26 \u2013 London<br \/>18.03.26 \u2013 Glasgow<br \/>19.03.26 \u2013 Newcastle<br \/>20.03.26 \u2013 Leeds<br \/>21.03.26 \u2013 Bristol<br \/>01.04.26 \u2013 Zagreb<br \/>02.04.26 \u2013 Ljubljana<br \/>03.04.26 \u2013 Vicenza<br \/>18.06.26 \u2013 Ghent<br \/>19.06.26 \u2013 Brussels<br \/>21.06.26 \u2013 Marseille<br \/>26.06.26 \u2013 Svitavy<br \/>03.10.26 \u2013 Nantes<br \/>16.10.26 \u2013 Leipzig<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Berlin-based artist Ocher returns with \u2018Weimar,\u2019 a striking piano record written on a classic instrument from the 1870s.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[112,12409,8110,210,12410,12411,12412,12413,12414,190,5466,12415,12416,6288,12417,12418,12419,114,12420,12421,12422,12423,12424,12425,12426,12427,12428,12429,12430,12431,12432],"class_list":{"0":"post-17212","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-berlin","8":"tag-berlin","9":"tag-brighton","10":"tag-bristol","11":"tag-brussels","12":"tag-delia-derbyshire","13":"tag-die-todliche-doris","14":"tag-dorothy-ashby","15":"tag-fader","16":"tag-felix-kubin","17":"tag-germany","18":"tag-ghent","19":"tag-glasgow","20":"tag-king-khan","21":"tag-leeds","22":"tag-leipzig","23":"tag-liberation","24":"tag-ljubljana","25":"tag-london","26":"tag-marseille","27":"tag-mogwai","28":"tag-nantes","29":"tag-newcastle","30":"tag-ocher","31":"tag-omar-khayyam","32":"tag-paste","33":"tag-roberto-cacciapaglia","34":"tag-svitavy","35":"tag-the-quietus","36":"tag-the-wire","37":"tag-vicenza","38":"tag-zagreb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}