Ochre (musician)

Ochre is the stage name of English electronic musician Christopher Leary. The name "Ochre" was originally adopted as the title for Leary's academic work while studying audio production at Newcastle College, as a variation of "Oaker", being the name of a street in Manchester where Leary spent his early childhood. He currently resides in The Hague.^[1] Leary also holds a Master's degree in music.

Ochre
Birth name	Christopher Scott Leary
Born	1979 (age 45–46)
Origin	Manchester, England
Genres	Electronic IDM Ambient Folktronica
Occupation	Musician
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Benbecula Records Toytronic Records
Website	ochremusic.com

Ochre has had his music licensed for use in computer games, such as Sony's LittleBigPlanet 2,^[2] Psyonix's Whizzle, and Euclidean Crisis.^{[citation needed]} Leary has also composed music for the animated documentary Centrefold, and has produced music for commercial projects by Google, Skoda, and Orange.^{[citation needed]}

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
• Night Cycle EP - 2025, Traum Schallplatten