Artist: THE OCEAN
Album: PRECAMBRIAN (2CD)

Year: 2007
Media type: CD

THE OCEAN are an exceptional band, and not just since yesterday. For years the Berlin collective has stood out because of its musical depth, seriousness and high artistic standards. Since their instrumental album “Fogdiver” and the subsequent “Aeolian” it has been clear they are onto something really special in the realm of post-hardcore/noise/ambient music. With “Precambrian”, THE OCEAN have set themselves a monument – from the stunning design by award-winning artist Martin Kvamme, to the double album’s comprehensive concept, to the ambitious music of this behemoth created by 26 participating musicians. Two entirely different CDs bring the listener back to the dawn of Mother Earth. Atmospheric, dense, beautiful – as well as brutal, heavy and destructive. That’s “Precambrian”, the first stage of the Earth’s evolution subdivided into two successive geological eons (“Hadean/Archean” and “Proterozoic”). The songs are divided into 5 subordinate eras, with the song titles carrying the names of subordinate geological periods.

This coming November, just in time for the release of “Precambrian”, THE OCEAN will continue their successful live crusade, which started with a bang and has seen them play a multitude of headlining and support shows (e.g. THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER), as well as festival shows, during the last few years. A brand new, formidable light and stage show was designed specially for the occasion.
There’s no doubt about it – no one calling themselves a fan of highly demanding, alternative, artful music can afford to miss THE OCEAN.

TRACKLIST CD 1 (Hadean / Archean):

1. Hadean / The Long March Of The Yes-Men (I Hadean)
2. Eorchean / The Great Void (II Archean)
3. Paleoachean / Man And The Sea (II Archean)
4. Mesoarchean / Legions Of Winged Octopi (II Archean)
5. Neoarchean / To Burn The Duck Of Doubt (II Archean)

TRACKLIST CD 2 (Proterozoic):

1. Siderian (III Palaeoproterozoic)
2. Rhyacian / Untimely Meditations (III Palaeoproterozoic)
3. Orosirian / For the Great Blue Cold Now Reigns (III Palaeoproterozoic)
4. Statherian (III Palaeoproterozoic)
5. Calymmian / Lake Disappointment (IV Mesoproterozoic)
6. Ectasian / De Profundis (IV Mesoproterozoic)
7. Stenian / Mount Sorrow (IV Mesoproterozoic)
8. Tonian / Confessions of A Dangerous Mind (V Neoproterozoic)
9. Cryogenian (V Neoproterozoic)

LINE-UP:

Torge Liessmann - drums
Jonathan Heine - bass
Robin Staps - guitars, samples, arrangements
Gerd Kornmann - percussion, tools
Mike Pilat - bass & main vocals
Nico Webers - electronics, vocals
Andreas Hillebrand - additional live guitars
Nils Lindenhayn – visuals