Ochre is the

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ian Christopher Leary. The name "Ochre" was originally adopted as the title for Leary's academic work while studying audio production at

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, as a variation of "Oaker", being the name of a street in

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where Leary spent his early childhood. He currently resides in

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. Leary also holds a

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degree in

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. Ochre has had his music licensed for use in computer games, such as

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'', Psyonix's Whizzle, and Euclidean Crisis. Leary has also composed music for the animated documentary Centrefold, and has produced music for commercial projects by

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, Skoda, and Orange.

Discography

Albums

* ''AudioMicroDevice'' – 2001 (no label) * ''A Midsummer Nice Dream'' – 2004, Toytronic Records * ''Lemodie'' – 2006, Benbecula Records * ''Like Dust of the Balance'' – 2009, Benbecula Records * ''Early Learning'' – 2011, (no label) * ''National Ignition'' – 2013, Aura Materia * ''Beyond the Outer Loop'' – 2017, Aura Materia * ''Project Caelus'' – 2018, Aura Materia * ''Understory'' – 2020, Aura Materia * ''An Eye to Windward'' – 2021

EP

* ''Death of an Aura EP'' – 2008, Benbecula Records * ''Petl EP'' – 2009, Baselogic * ''Isolette EP'' - 2015 Aura Materia

References

External links

* Intelligent dance musicians English electronic musicians Living people 1979 births {{UK-electronic-musician-stub