The band was formed around 1995 as a continuation of festerday.
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In the past they often referred to themselves as the ocean collective but since a stable lineup was established with 2009 s heliocentric they now consider themselves a band rather than a large pool of contributing musicans.
This led to a record deal with season of mist which released their first three albums.
A trilobite from the palaeozoic an ammonite from the mesozoic and a petrified fish skeleton from the cenozoic era.
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With an ever changing lineup of various on and off stage musicians and visual artists the relentlessly touring group have become well known for their immense mind expanding live shows which they have carried into the most remote.
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Heliocentric was the first album with current vocalist loïc rossetti a game changer in the band s history.
Loïc rossetti vocals robin staps guitars damian murdoch guitars mattias hägerstrand bass.
The drumming on this is just not interesting.
That is a hit right there.
The phanerozoic box set included an engraved slate rock plate next to vinyl records and or cds of both albums and even authentic pre historic fossils.
They recorded two demo tapes wave 1995 which was never officially released and mare liberum 1997 which was released by swedish defender productions.
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The new drummer lacks the creativity that hess brought to the collective and while i think that s one of the reasons he parted ways with staps it was the wrong move for the band in my opinion.
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Since 2001 the berlin based musician collective the ocean have released 7 critically acclaimed studio albums and a split ep with japanese post rock legends mono.
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The band sourced these fossils over the period of several months with the help of a geological institute in.
Other music record safari and vinyl nation offer bittersweet reminders in a time of coronavirus of the emotional pull of record stores and vinyl.
Dynamic gallery of thoughts and war vol i split with bloodthorn both 1998 and the symmetry of 1 the circle of o 1999.
Palaeozoic is making tsunami style waves across the globe we are reissuing the ocean s 2010 albums heliocentric and anthropocentric on vinyl.
Get it as soon as wed aug 19.
David mclane despite the grips the pandemic has on the world the music being produced is mind blowingly gargantuan and leading the charge is the ocean i ve been waiting for this album but good art can t be rushed i m super charged for this beast favorite track.
The ocean have long been known for their extensive awe inspiring album packaging and their 10th album is no let down.
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Luc hess is out.