The Ocean Collective
The Ocean - Ultima Esperanza - Official Video
updated
Camera by Alex Kraudelt & Lukas Hambach for Frameshock Productions
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Filmed in LA during Katatonia's and The Ocean's North American tour in December 2022. Edited by Drew Storcks.
Bass playthrough by Mattias Hägerstrand - instagram.com/mattiasbass
Filmed on tour in Chicago at the Metro, 11/20/2022
Camera & edit: Drew Storcks
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Part 4 of the band history (DVD 1):
Ex band members and guest vocalists Nate Newton (Converge), Tomas Hallbom (Breach) talk about the "Aeolian" time (2005-2006) and the recording session and concepts behind that album.
© and ℗ Metal Blade Records, 2013.
Directed and produced by Alexander Kraudelt / Frameshock Media Collective / www.frameshock.com
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Part 5 of the band history (DVD 1) offers insight into the writing and recording session in the North of Finland that led to the band's seminal "Precambrian" album (2007).
The challenging production of this album was an enormous strain, but the album and tours with OPETH and CYNIC introduced THE OCEAN to a much larger audience.
This chapter also tells the story of Mike Pilat, who joined the band on bass and vocals for Precambrian, and departed after the album touring cycle to make way for Loic Rossetti.
© and ℗ Metal Blade Records, 2013.
Directed and produced by Alexander Kraudelt / Frameshock Media Collective / www.frameshock.com
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Part 3 of the band history (DVD 1):
"Fluxion" and "Aeolian" were recorded in one long session at the band's basement rehearsal studio called Oceanland. The album was characterized by Mathias "Meta" Bünte's extremely brutal vocals, which came as a surprise to most people who appreciated the band's instrumental debut album "Fogdiver".
© and ℗ Metal Blade Records, 2013.
Directed and produced by Alexander Kraudelt / Frameshock Media Collective / www.frameshock.com
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Part 2 of the band history (DVD 1):
2003's instrumental album "Fogdiver" showed the band from a quite different side, as compared to their live show in the early days... which was a challenge for both fans and band members.
© and ℗ Metal Blade Records, 2013.
Directed and produced by Alexander Kraudelt / Frameshock Media Collective / www.frameshock.com
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Part 1 of the band history (DVD 1):
Robin Staps talks about the early days of the band in the Berlin of the year 2000, the first rehearsal space that the band referred to as "Oceanland", located in an old aluminum factory... and the collective.
© and ℗ Metal Blade Records & Pelagic Records, 2013.
Directed and produced by Alexander Kraudelt / Frameshock Media Collective / www.frameshock.com
First etappe: hanging out at Gustavo's cloud farm (with rehearsal space) in the mountains. Gustavo initiated the local hardcore scene here with his band Missil some 20 years ago. Nowadays he runs a lemon juice business and plays in a metal band with his 13 year old son, called Chivo Judas (goat-headed judas). Watch this kid slay on drums... while delivering killer death metal vocals!
MONO & THE OCEAN. 2 bands from very different cultural origins, Japan and Germany... yet spiritually akin and connected by many similarities: a cinematic approach to music, based on lengthy, escalating compositions... the fact that both bands have existed for more than 15 years and released multiple albums since their inception; that they have toured many times around the globe, visiting off-the-beaten-track territories like Siberia, New Zealand, South East Asia and South America; and finally their shared passion for double albums, such as THE OCEAN's „Heliocentric“ / „Anthropocentric“, and MONO's „The Last Dawn“ / „Rays Of Darkness“.
It only makes sense that these two bands will now tour together - and release new music just in time for their extended European run, in form of a split LP. Two songs, only one by each band – but
24 minutes of new music altogether.
THE OCEAN's contribution, a 13 minutes song entitled The Quiet Observer, was inspired by Gaspard Noe's controversial movie Enter The Void. The movie tells the story of a drug dealer getting shot in a Tokyo toilet while tripping on DMT, and entering what is referred to as the „intermediate state“ according to the Bardo Thodol, the Tibetan Book Of The Dead: the book, which has been a source of inspiration for many writers, artists and musicians from John Lennon to Aldous Huxley, describes a state immediately after a person's death, when the intellect of the dead person must face its own illusions, in the form of peaceful and wrathful deities, in a protracted psychedelic experience. Only if it manages to expose these horrifying guises as products of its own imagination, can it escape the eternal cycle of rebirth. Noe leaves it open as to whether protagonist Oscar's death and the following metaphysical experience are actually happening - or whether he is simply tripping...

MONO, who have toured relentlessly since the release of 2014's double release The Last Dawn / Rays Of Darkness, address similar topics with their contribution, an 11-minutes song entitled Death in Reverse. The song serves as a trailer for the upcoming 9th MONO album, which is scheduled for an early 2016 release through Pelagic Records. Guitarist and main song writer Takaakira Goto comments:
„The theme of this track is life and death and regeneration. Even when our bodies decay and decompose, our souls will prevail unchanged. Our bodies will act as seeds for the next generation, while our souls will journey together into our new eternal life. This is the story we want to explore with our next album, a portrayal of our journey through life towards death; from living out our lives proud and high, to bodies immolating, infused with precious memories... and through the vast, noisy tunnel of space, we become pure souls - a single drop of water in the fountain of life.“
LA-based German cover artist Florian Bertmer was commissioned to transform these themes into cover art. The split EP will be released on a single 12“ slab of vinyl in different colours, matching Bertmer's lucid illustration, as well as on CD and digitally worldwide through Pelagic Records.
photo credits:
Marcin Pawlowsky, Marcel Rudoletzky, Hans Van Hof, Yoshiharu Ota, Steven Chew Photography.
video credits: Alex Kraudelt @ Frameshock Productions www.frameshock.com
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Our new bass boy goes by the name MATTIAS HÄGERSTRAND. Now if you do some google research on the name Mattias, you will find that the name Mattias means "GIFT FROM GOD". And that's exactly what this guy is! A fortune teller told Damo and Robin last year about the 2nd Coming of Mattias Hägerstrand, whose ascension to Heaven was a big deal back in the days of Jesus (they never met). And now it occurred: He came back, to join this band and prevail among us, for a limited time on this cursed earth… and so logically, His life and fate was always determined to end up in sinful glory, playing in this unfaithful band of ours.
Mattias also plays with Robin in The Old Wind. And here is another anecdote about Mattias: during His First Coming, He was filling in on bass for another Swedish band, when they were going out on a pretty big tour, and broke His left arm a few days before the start of that tour (yes, even the Sons of Gods have bones that break!)... And so He went on tour and fingered his bass with a broken left arm every night… or so the legend goes. So you get the idea, He is a tough motherfucker!
Soon enough we shall reveal his face, but for the moment, here's him playing bass for us in the studio! Ladies and Gentlemen, give yet another round of applause for our gift from the Gods, MATTIAS HÄGERSTRAND!
filmed and cut by Alex Kraudelt @ Frameshock Productions
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trailer by Chariot of Black Moth
Founding member and guitarist Robin Staps fills us in on the details: "This clip was filmed at our show at Hidden Agenda in Hong Kong during our first tour there in 2011. It was a crazy night, the audience was actually more drunk than us, and completely went ape shit. During the encore, "The City In The Sea" off our "Aeolian" record, Loic asked everyone to come up on stage and things went off the hook. These kids really enjoyed seeing some live metal in their city, and there are some quite unique dancing styles on display."
The Ocean's triple-DVD release, "Collective Oblivion," is now available in stores and from www.pelagic-records.com/cds. The 3xDVD set is a thorough and expansive look at The Ocean's career and touring experiences, including the Heliocentric record release show with an extended line-up of 13 musicians on stage; as well as a special performance at the museum for musical instruments in Berlin, and much, much more!
Collective Oblivion includes:
- Multiple camera shots of three full live concerts with a total of 21 individual song performances
- 130 minutes of The Ocean history, as told by band members, past and present
- 175 minutes of tour documentaries and live footage filmed in North America, Asia, Russia, Australia, and Europe
- 2 previously unreleased video clips off Anthropocentric songs - old video clips & live visuals
- 10 extra individual song performances filmed around the globe
- Total run time of 500 minutes!
Collective Oblivion comes in a stunning hardcover/book-style packaging with brass-foil print. The book contains 3 DVDs and a +30 pages booklet, with loads of photos, tour diaries and writings by band members and by director Alex Kraudelt, who dedicated two and a half years of his life to traveling with The Ocean around the globe. Collective Oblivion is the end result of this long odyssey, which produced a total of 28 terabyte of video data for editing.
"If you're a band planning on releasing a live/compilation DVD, you'll do well to look at Collective Oblivion and promptly throw all your plans out of the nearest window...The Ocean have gathered an extraordinary amount of relevant and wonderful material for diehard fans and those new to the experience alike." Metal Hammer UK
Lineup: Loic Rossetti, Christian Breuer, Robin Staps, Jonathan Nido, Luc Hess.
05.03. USA - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
06.03. USA - Portland, OR - Branx
07.03. USA - San Francisco, CA - Bottom Of The Hill
08.03. USA - Los Angeles, CA - The Lyric
09.03. USA - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
10.03. USA - Tempe, AZ - Yucca Tap Room
11.03. USA - El Paso, TX - The Spot
12.03. USA - El Paso, TX - off
13.03. USA - Austin, TX - SXSW
14.03. USA - Grand Prairie, TX - South by So What Fest
15.03. USA - Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's
16.03. USA - Metairie, LA - Cypress
17.03. USA - Tampa, FL - The Crowbar
18.03. USA - Pembroke Pines, FL - Talent Farm
19.03. USA - Orlando, FL - The Backbooth
21.03. USA - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
22.03. USA - Louisville, KY - Diamond
23.03. USA - Chicago, IL - Subterranean
24.03. USA - Pontiac, MI - Pike Room
25.03. USA - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
26.03. USA - Pittsburgh, PA - Altar Bar
27.03. USA - Washington, DC - DC9
28.03. USA - Philadelphia, PA - Voodoo Lounge
29.03. USA - New York, NY - The Studio @ Webster Hall
30.03. USA - Boston, MA - Sinclair
01.04. CAN - Montreal, QC - Sala Rosa
02.04. CAN - Toronto, ON - Hard Luck
03.04. CAN - London, ON - Rum Runners
21.02. Leipzig - Conne Island
22.02. Potsdam - Waschhaus
23.02. Braunschweig - Hansa Kultur Club
24.02. Wiesbaden - Schlachthof
25.02. Aschaffenburg - Colos Saal
26.02. Augsburg - Kantine
27.02. Bochum - Matrix
28.02. Rostock - Mau Club
01.03. Osnabrück - Kleine Freiheit
05.03. USA - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
06.03. USA - Portland, OR - Branx
07.03. USA - San Francisco, CA - Bottom Of The Hill
08.03. USA - Los Angeles, CA - The Lyric
09.03. USA - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
10.03. USA - Tempe, AZ - Yucca Tap Room
11.03. USA - El Paso, TX - The Spot
12.03. USA - El Paso, TX - off
13.03. USA - Austin, TX - SXSW
14.03. USA - Grand Prairie, TX - South by So What Fest
15.03. USA - Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's
16.03. USA - Metairie, LA - Cypress
17.03. USA - Tampa, FL - The Crowbar
18.03. USA - Pembroke Pines, FL - Talent Farm
19.03. USA - Orlando, FL - The Backbooth
21.03. USA - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
22.03. USA - Louisville, KY - Diamond
23.03. USA - Chicago, IL - Subterranean
24.03. USA - Pontiac, MI - Pike Room
25.03. USA - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
26.03. USA - Pittsburgh, PA - Altar Bar
27.03. USA - Washington, DC - DC9
28.03. USA - Philadelphia, PA - Voodoo Lounge
29.03. USA - New York, NY - The Studio @ Webster Hall
30.03. USA - Boston, MA - Sinclair
01.04. CAN - Montreal, QC - Sala Rosa
02.04. CAN - Toronto, ON - Hard Luck
03.04. CAN - London, ON - Rum Runners
21.02. GER - Leipzig - Conne Island
22.02. GER - Potsdam - Waschhaus
23.02. GER - Braunschweig - Hansa Kultur Club
24.02. GER - Wiesbaden - Schlachthof
25.02. GER - Aschaffenburg - Colos Saal
26.02. GER - Augsburg - Kantine
27.02. GER - Bochum - Matrix
28.02. GER - Rostock - Mau Club
01.03. GER - Osnabrück - Kleine Freiheit
05.03. USA - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
06.03. USA - Portland, OR - Branx
07.03. USA - San Francisco, CA - Bottom Of The Hill
08.03. USA - Los Angeles, CA - The Lyric
09.03. USA - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
10.03. USA - Tempe, AZ - Yucca Tap Room
11.03. USA - El Paso, TX - The Spot
13.03. USA - Austin, TX - SXSW
14.03. USA - Grand Prairie, TX - South by So What Fest
15.03. USA - Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's
16.03. USA - Metairie, LA - Cypress
17.03. USA - Tampa, FL - The Crowbar
18.03. USA - Pembroke Pines, FL - Talent Farm
19.03. USA - Orlando, FL - The Backbooth
21.03. USA - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
22.03. USA - Louisville, KY - Diamond
23.03. USA - Chicago, IL - Subterranean
24.03. USA - Pontiac, MI - Pike Room
25.03. USA - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
26.03. USA - Pittsburgh, PA - Altar Bar
27.03. USA - Washington, DC - DC9
29.03. USA - New York, NY - The Studio @ Webster Hall
30.03. USA - Boston, MA - Sinclair
01.04. CAN - Montreal, QC - Sala Rosa
02.04. CAN - Toronto, ON - Hard Luck
03.04. CAN - London, ON - Rum Runners
21.02. Leipzig - Conne Island
22.02. Potsdam - Waschhaus
23.02. Braunschweig - Hansa Kultur Club
24.02. Wiesbaden - Schlachthof
25.02. Aschaffenburg - Colos Saal
26.02. Augsburg - Kantine
27.02. Bochum - Matrix
28.02. Rostock - Mau Club
01.03. Osnabrück - Kleine Freiheit
05.03. USA - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
06.03. USA - Portland, OR - Branx
07.03. USA - San Francisco, CA - Bottom Of The Hill
08.03. USA - Los Angeles, CA - The Lyric
09.03. USA - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
10.03. USA - Tempe, AZ - Yucca Tap Room
11.03. USA - El Paso, TX - The Spot
12.03. USA - El Paso, TX - off
13.03. USA - Austin, TX - SXSW
14.03. USA - Grand Prairie, TX - South by So What Fest
15.03. USA - Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's
16.03. USA - Metairie, LA - Cypress
17.03. USA - Tampa, FL - The Crowbar
18.03. USA - Pembroke Pines, FL - Talent Farm
19.03. USA - Orlando, FL - The Backbooth
21.03. USA - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
22.03. USA - Louisville, KY - Diamond
23.03. USA - Chicago, IL - Subterranean
24.03. USA - Pontiac, MI - Pike Room
25.03. USA - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
26.03. USA - Pittsburgh, PA - Altar Bar
27.03. USA - Washington, DC - DC9
28.03. USA - Philadelphia, PA - Voodoo Lounge
29.03. USA - New York, NY - The Studio @ Webster Hall
30.03. USA - Boston, MA - Sinclair
01.04. CAN - Montreal, QC - Sala Rosa
02.04. CAN - Toronto, ON - Hard Luck
03.04. CAN - London, ON - Rum Runners
The Ocean video "Bathyalpelagic III: Disequillibrated" from the album "Pelagial".
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Song: "She was the Universe"
Venue: Plan B / Moscow
Date: Feb 24th 2012
Filmed/edited by Frameshock Productions
Shot & Cut on the road by Frameshock Productions
The Ocean Russland Tour 2012 Teil 1
St. Petersburg - Jekatarinenburg
Live in Moscow / "She was the Universe":
http://youtu.be/DUcp_ol6ON0
U.S. Tourblog:
http://youtu.be/7FKT5bP9aA8
Live at Summerbreeze 2011:
http://youtu.be/A-t9c_iAwE4
Song:
Location: Club "Era", Krasnoyarsk, Siberia (Russia)
Date: 03.02.2012
The Ocean performs "The Origin of God" from the album "Heliocentric" at the Summer Breeze festival in Germany in 2011.
Peter says Denim Tour w/ BTBAM,JFAC


