Ooberman

Ooberman were an English band with strong indie, folk and progressive influences first formed in 1997. They split up in 2003, shortly after the release of their second album, Hey Petrunko. The group did a brief reunion in 2006, but ultimately split in 2010.
Ooberman founders Dan Popplewell and Andy Flett met over a piano at their school in Bradford, 1988. The first band they set up was The Forestry Commission, with Flett's younger brother, Steve on bass guitar. The band's life soon ended when Popplewell moved to Liverpool, but the three friends kept in touch.
Steve Flett moved to Liverpool in 1992, and Andy Flett later joined him in 1996/7, after commuting back and forth from Birmingham where he was studying. Ooberman was then born, complete with Alan Kelly (Drums) and last member Sophia Churney (keyboards and vocals). The first Ooberman gig was in June 1997, and their eccentric live shows and quirky demos won them the 1997 BT Merseyside Arts Award for Best Newcomers.
Their first release was the "Sugar Bum" 7" inch single on Graham Coxon's Transcopic record label, followed by the critically acclaimed "Shorley Wall" EP on Tugboat Records. The band then secured up a major recording contract with Independiente, on which they released their first proper single: the Top 40 hit "Blossoms Falling" in 1999.
==Links to Peel==
Peel first started playing material from Ooberman in late 1998 when he nominated their Shorley Wall EP, as one of the records of the month for November 1998 (Peel's Record Box). He continued playing their material, including the band recording a session for his show in 1999. By early 2001, he nominated their single, 'Dolphin Blue', as one of the records of the month for January 2001 (Peel's Record Box). After 2001, he rarely played any material from the group.
==Sessions==
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1. Recorded: 1999-01-31. Only broadcast: 09 March 1999
*Bees / Physics Disco / Sur La Place / Buster
==Live==
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Recorded live on 24th October 1999 from the Picket for Sound City Liverpool. First Broadcast: 04 November 1999
#Bees
#Seratonin Smile
#Why Did My Igloo Collapse
#Shorley Wall
#Russian Folk Song
#Dream Song (Without Hat)
#Sugar Bum
#Roll Me In Cotton
#Million Guns
#Stormtrooper
==Other Shows Played==
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*10 November 1998: Shorley Wall (EP - Shorley Wall) Tugboat
*25 November 1998: Shorley Wall (EP) Tugboat
*29 November 1998 (BFBS): 'Shorley Wall (CDS)' (Tugboat)
*23 December 1998: 'Shorley Wall (EP-Shorley Wall)' (Tugboat)
;1999
*03 January 1999 (BFBS): 'Shorley Wall (CDS)' (Tugboat)
*16 March 1999: Blossoms Falling (10" white label) Independiente
*March 1999 (FSK): Blossoms Falling (CD Single) Independiente
*14 April 1999: Blossoms Falling (7") Independiente
*01 April 1999 (Radio Eins): Blossoms Falling (7") Independiente
*22 April 1999: Blossoms Falling (7") Indepeniente
*29 April 1999 (Radio Eins): Blossoms Falling (7") Independiente
*10 June 1999: Million Suns (single) Independiente
*26 June 1999: Million Suns (CD Single) Independiente
*06 July 1999: 'When Summer's Gone (CD single 2-Million Suns)' (Independiente)
*08 July 1999: 'Sur La Plage (CD single 1-Million Suns)' (Independiente)
*15 July 1999 (Radio Eins): When Summer's Gone (CD single 2- Million Suns) Independiente
*16 September 1999: Tears From A Willow (single) Independiente
*30 September 1999 (Radio Eins): Tears From A Willow (single) Independiente
*06 October 1999: 'Sur La Plage (CD-The Magic Treehouse)' (Independiente)
*07 October 1999: 'Physics Disco (CD-The Magic Treehouse)' (Independiente)
*10 October 1999 (BFBS): 'Sur La Plage (CD-The Magic Treehouse)' (Independiente)
*12 October 1999: 'My Baby's Too Tall And Thin (LP-The Magic Treehouse)' (Independiente)
*12 October 1999 (BBC World Service): Physics Disco (LP - The Magic Treehouse) Independiente
*21 October 1999 (Radio Eins): Amazing In Bed (LP - The Magic Treehouse) Independiente
*07 November 1999 (BFBS): 'Roro Blue (LP-The Magic Treehouse)' (Independiente)
*16 November 1999: 'Bees (CD-The Magic Treehouse)' (Independiente)
;2000
*06 July 2000 (Radio Eins): Amazing In Bed (LP - The Magic Treehouse) Independiente
;2001
*11 January 2001: Dolphin Blue (CD Single - Dolphin Blue) Rough Trade 
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