CONNY OCHS Completes Third Solo LP, Future Fables, For February Release Through Exile On Mainstream; Trailer Issued
Melancholic German singer/songwriter CONNY OCHS has completed his third full-length album, Future Fables,
now confirmed for release this February via Exile On Mainstream
records, the label this week unveiling a brief glimpse into the album
through an exclusive trailer.
Earlier in 2015, having released Freedom Conspiracy
(Exile On Mainstream) with fellow Scott "Wino" Weinrich (St. Vitus, The
Obsessed, Shrinebuilder) and completed some touring across Europe, CONNY OCHS
returned to the studio at the end of the Summer, once again with
producer/engineer/studio owner Thommy Krawallo, with whom his previous
album, Black Happy and both collaborative albums with Wino were
created in full analog fashion. The Kabumm Studio had just relocated
from its historic location in a former East German and Soviet government
radio complex in Berlin, to the wilderness of a rural Brandenburg
village. OCHS went in with a bag full of sketches and licks,
inhaling the raw atmosphere of the surroundings, a yet unfinished house
full of instruments and equipment in the middle of nowhere, also trying
to find its place. This unstable environment birthed a new start for
him, letting in much more than a breeze of fresh air by widening his
instrumental repertoire to drums, electric guitars, piano, bass and
organ. The lyrics and stories circulate more than ever around people
encountered and journeys undertaken over the past years - the album
title referring to our tendency to give an unwritten future some kind of
tangibility through dreams and visions.
"We
find and leave traces for the future. The lives that cross our paths
and the lives we lead just as much as the dreams and visions we share -
growing to be from what this future will be inspired and made of. This
is the journey these songs are about."
Future Fables
will see release through Exile On Mainstream on February 29th, 2016.
Stand by for additional audio samples, preorder links and more album
specifics in the weeks ahead.
Future Fables Track Listing:
1. Hole
2. Piece Of Heaven
3. Killer
4. Spin
5. Wake Up
6. Empire
7. Golden Future
8. Slide
9. No Easy Way
10. Fools
11. Strange Alchemy
12. Make Some Room
CONNY OCHS
and labelmate Friedemann will celebrate a series of record release
shows together surrounding the release of both of their new LPs, with
shows across Germany in Leipzig, Quedlinburg, Herzberg and Dresden
February 18th through 21st. Stand by for additional live performances to
be announced shortly.
CONNY OCHS Double Record Release Shows w/ Friedemann:
2/18/2016 UT Connewitz - Leipzig, DE
2/19/2016 Reichstrasse - Quedlinburg, DE
2/20/2016 P-Party - Herzberg, DE
2/21/2016 Chemiefabrik - Dresden, DE
CONNY OCHS
struck out on his own as a solo musician at the turn of the millennium,
after having spent many years fronting heavier bands (such as Zombie
Joe, Baby Universal) in his native Germany. OCHS' solitary
venture saw him make a marked departure from the direct sounds of modern
rock, letting the influences of revered folk singer/songwriters like
Woodie Guthrie, Townes van Zandt, Nick Drake and others inform his firm
new direction across the course of multiple solo LPs and collaborations.
Alongside his savvy combinations of acoustic and electric guitars, CONNY
owns an incredibly natural voice; soulful and dynamic, with a clean
style that can bring about absolute joy, or of purely melancholic
end-time inner blues. His songs focus on the interplay between
storytelling and visions - this he carves into the rough edges of his
organic and sparkling music. Keeping his approach pure and from the
heart, CONNY OCHS reaches a stark authenticity that draws you in
and makes you a part of the music, his travels and struggles, and his
search for freedom in life and song.
CONNY OCHS' 2010-released Raw Love Songs and 2013-released Black Happy solo outings, as well as his 2012 Heavy Kingdom and 2014 Freedom Conspiracy
collaborative LPs with Wino are available on CD and LP through Exile On
Mainstream Records and the label's stateside partner Earsplit Distro --
the sole US outlet for the Freedom Conspiracy vinyl -- and digitally via Exile On Mainstream. In North America view the wares at THIS LOCATION and internationally place orders HERE.
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