The fellowship of Pebelle part IV: A cyber punk cabaret with Mary Ocher or Mary& the Baby Cheeses

Mary Ocher is a very talented musician from Berlin that I got to know two years ago.
I stumbled upon her band "Mary and the Baby Cheeses" online- it was the name that made me look at her page a bit further (and it made me smile ).
Last winter we met in Vienna, where she played a gig before touring to Prague. A relaxed lady with the most beautiful vintage leather jacket I ever saw, stood in front of me (or let's be honest: she was sitting, eating)- I really liked her from the beginning.
Not to mention that I am a fan of her music too.



















My favourite song of Mary and the Baby Cheeses is: IN DRAG

Find more artists like Mary And The Baby Cheeses at Myspace Music

Mary's the busiest young musician I have seen- she plays a mere of likeof one gig and 3-4 DJsets a week, tours a lot (all self-organized) and is constantly on the go.
Her black/white Pebelle's were worn to death, which is surely a result of that lifestyle.



This her performing solo @Orange Ear and further down a bit more experimental at an older gig at the Kastanienkeller




Kill the messenger, por favor (one-shot)


Mary is URGENTLY searching for a new drummer right now, so if you play the specific instrument and live in Berlin get in touch with her.

Here are some upcoming events if you want to see her live:

January 5:

live Solo @Kohlenquelle, Berlin

January 6:

DJ Set @White Trash, Berlin

January 7:

DJ Set @XBar, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin

January 12:

Live Solo @Knochenbox at Theater Kapelle, Friedrichshain, Berlin

January 14:

DJ Set @MonsterRonson, Friedrichshain, Berlin

January 16:

DJ Set @Ficken3000, Neu Koelln, Berlin

January 27:

Live Solo @ Dazzle, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin

Flashback & another music video

Another flashback that just made it's way to my brain is a lovely collab I did with fanjollytastic Emma Bell back in autumm 09 (wow, this number already seems ages ago).

I dyed a couple of metres of cotton jersey, she did the dresses- you can also say we both moved our magic wands and, ping, the outcome was a match made in heaven.
If you haven't seen it yet, here's a link to the images: http://pebelle.com/projects/2009







Within these items was my favourite dress and this little dress made it's way to Berlin in spring for a video shoot of Deine Jugend. The film is directed by Katja Hentschel and styled by Alexis Knox

So, for all that haven't seen it yet, here it is:

Pebelle costume design

I do also have news on another project I am doing:

Check your calendar and mark the 17th, this will be the opening night of a lovely play in Theater Spielraum, Vienna- Elias Canetti's "Die Befristeten".
More info & tickets on Theater Spielraum's homepage: http://www.theaterspielraum.at




More about this play & a little write up you find on my homepage: www.pebelle.com

We just made it into the new century!

So, another year's gone and I do hope everyone had a nice start and is full of blooming ideas and visions for 2011.

I am full of news and am sure this blog will be updated much more this month. The series "the fellowship of Pebelle" will also present much more characters, so stay in touch.

Above you'll find the newest images of my work, also published in MFmagazine, were you will also find an interview with me- the last one of 2010.

Here's the link: http://musicfashionmagazine.com/read/pebelle/000203

Can you glimpse the letters?

The fellowhip of Pebelle part III: VUM as in Womb

Jennifer Pearl (ex-Lion Fever, Lost Kids) and Christopher Badger (founding member of Grand Elegance) are VUM. Partners in crime, and co-conspirators for this new throbbing noir heartbeat.

I first stumbled upon Jennifer's brilliant voice by listening to her former band Lion Fever and the depth of her singing touched me.
In the same year VUM formed and the mix of surf guitar, analog drum machine and vocals makes it difficult to turn off. I became an immediate fan of that new project and through lucky circumstances I had the chance to get to know this lovely lady personally and even see VUM perform live in LA.

An exchange happened and I was trusted to create costumes for VUM's first video shoot in the Joshua Tree desert. The video will be released soon and you can be sure that I will post it on here.

You can find the music on Myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/vummusic
Here's a little taste:

Find more artists like VUM at Myspace Music

or buy her limited cassettes at Amoeba, LA or in Viennas Samstag Shop!
But be quick there aren't many left.

So here's some goodies of that vibrant talent and hopefully you like it too.

The fellowship of Pebelle part II: I kill a man with Monique Maion

Monique Maion - Straight from São Paulo, Brazil, she was considered “the new voice” by Rolling Stone Magazine, “Brazilian Female Tom Waits” by the blogs and “Free Soul” by the Swiss newspaper Der Bund. Monique shows her versatility with her variety of projects.



We hooked up via Myspace and she was an immeditate fan of my work. Later on she urprised me with these nice snapshots she did, wearing leggings by Pebelle.
I was even more positively surprised as I discovered a video on the net of her performing at the Mauerpark Karaoke in Berlin-her beeing so close and rocking an event that I would so wish to take place in Vienna. Also because I've been there myself and even filmed it.

You can find her on
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/monmaion
Twitter: http://twitter.com/moniquemaion
and here: http://moniquemaion.bandcamp.com/album/lola
So here she is.

The fellowship of Pebelle part I: Get your hopes up with Actually Huizenga ( Hard Place)

My new series " The fellowship of Pebelle" is a résumé of whom I worked with in the last two years. With enthusiasm and beeing communicative a multifaceted assemblage of people came together that I worked with. I want to take the upcoming end of this year as a chance to present every one of those great faces. And talents.

Part I:

Get your hopes up - Actually Huizenga

I first noticed A.Huizenga as the lead singer of a wonderful combo called "Hard Place" when they rocked the Fluc in Vienna 2,5 years ago.
Within minutes I turned into a fan of this outgoing and beautiful lady and some time after the gig we got in contact.

So here she is wearing one of her Pebelle's leggings.



Actually Huizenga and Hard Place are located in Los Angeles, where they create music and work on film projects.
I love the aesthetics and patchwork style she's using in her films. The setting & costumes are diverse and some uptight people might find it too provoking, but that's what art does: it provokes and makes you ponder about what you see.

Here's a little example for Hard Place's music but if you want to dive deeper take a scroll through Actually's you tube account named huizenga: http://www.youtube.com/user/huizenga

She also work on a music project called "Wet Look", underneath you find a second video for that project.