Ochre

I have to agree with reviewer ex_penumbrae--Ochre's music does tend to sound more or less the same across his releases. I guess that's what you could call his "style". But try to create any of his sounds with music-production hardware or software and you immediately get a sense of how complex his music really is, and for the patience he must have for constructing it. Call it a narrow sound if you like, but you won't hear anybody else making music like Ochre. My favorites are 'A Midsummer Nice Dream' and 'Lemodie'. Thanks, Ochre!

Warm, lush electronica at it's finest. Ochre's music is intricately orchestrated with beautiful melody, rich layered sounds, and hypnotic percussive beds. A care for sonic integrity is clearly evident, with mixes that seem to achieve an impossible balance of detail and punch. This wonderful unison of energetic melodic play and technical mastery is traceable even back to his earliest releases, but nevertheless improves with each passing effort. Ochre achieves what few others do, he does it consistently, and without hint of effort; he combines a mastery of music structure with an expansive production expertise, the result of which are musical landscapes not easily forgotten.

When you think there are no interesting British composers left you discover another one. Undeservingly passed unnoticed. Ochre’s sound tells you that it is the artist supposed to record at Warp but nope! It seems alternative labels can rival this giant at IDM field. Despite many similarities to Ae and Plaid, Ochre can boast of own distinguishing style and a absolutely crystal sound. On the one hand Chris is very melodic, sometimes he even falls into classical music; on the other his music has a bit of roughness – this mixture is really astonishing. Take any Ochre release, listen to it, and it will make you forget about any other artists for a long time.