HEDVIG MOLLESTAD TRIO + Mary Ocher

On eighth album Bees in the Bonnet, the Hedvig Mollestad Trio continues to blur boundaries between free jazz, proggy rock and blithe psychedelia with their signature telepathic chemistry, nuanced sonority, and uplifting spirit. Released on April 25, the album’s six adventurous tracks veer from celebratory riffage to cerebral balladry with an infectious, inclusive joy.

https://www.hedvigmollestad.com/

“A bee in your bonnet is something that you can’t stop thinking about,” explained celebrated guitarist/composer Mollestad from her coastal home near Oslo. “I wanted something that would describe the musical idea of the trio, which is what we’ve been doing for eight records.”

https://www.instagram.com/hedvigmollestadtrio/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUjHq8pFUH0

MARY OCHER:

Armed with two new records, Berlin's Mary Ocher returns for selected European shows following dates in North America, the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

Ocher has been pushing the boundaries between pop and avant-garde for the past two decades, with playful and colorful form, and clever content that winks at everyone who recognizes its cultural and historical references. Her new album joins a series of apocalyptic and politically charged concept albums.

The critically acclaimed new album Your Guide To Revolution 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. It was picked by The Quietus as "Album of The Week" and it joins Bandcamp's favorite Records of The Year. It also received the German Record Critics Prize.

The new recordings feature collaborations with Mogwai, Les Trucs, composer Roberto Cacciapaglia, pieces by fusion harpist Dorothy Ashby and 12th century Persian poet Omar Khayyam, a homage to electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire and much more.

They cover a vast musical landscape from post-punk, folk and field recordings, to cosmic synth compositions and deconstructed techno.

The two albums are accompanied by the political texts:

\- "A Guide to Radical Living: A no nonsense guide to living comfortably with just enough: Why wealth needs poverty and how not to play along"

(available digitally, as an accompaniment to "Your Guide to Revolution").

http://maryocher.com/G2RL

\- The full "Approaching Singularity" essay (a short version of which is available in print with the album):

www.maryocher.com/essay-approaching-singularity-music-for-the-end-of-time

Mary toured in 40 countries with previous releases, recorded and produced with Canadian Psych guru King Khan and Hans Joachim Irmler of Krautrock pioneers Faust, and feature collaborations with avant-garde legends Felix Kubin, Die Tödliche Doris and Julia Kent, among others.

https://maryocher.bandcamp.com/album/palazzo-stabile-sessions-remixes-and-b-sides-extended-version

https://maryocher.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya7BlfTrKJk

Presented by Hafenklang.

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