
Artist
The Ocean
The Ocean is a musical artist formed in 2000. 34 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
- 34
- Releases
- 2005–2026
- Active years
- 2000
- Formed

Artist
The Ocean is a musical artist formed in 2000. 34 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

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Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic
2020

Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic
2018

Pelagial
2013

Holocene
2023

Heliocentric
2010

Anthropocentric
2010

Precambrian
2007

Aeolian
2006

Fluxion
2005

Holocene Instrumental
2023

Phanerozoic Live
2021

Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic (Instrumental Version)
2018

Heliocentric (Instrumental Version)
2010

Anthropocentric (Instrumental Version)
2010

Fogdiver
EP · 2005

Light Pollution
Single · 2026

Boreal (Sierra Rework)
Single · 2024

Preboreal (Nathan Fake Rework)
Single · 2024

Parabiosis
Single · 2023

Preboreal
Single · 2023

Sea of Reeds
Single · 2023

Subatlantic
Single · 2023

Primal (State of Being)
EP · 2022

Devonian: Nascent (Live in Bremen)
EP · 2021

Eocene (Live at Roadburn Redux)
Single · 2021

Jurassic | Cretaceous (Live at Roadburn Redux)
EP · 2021

Pleistocene
Single · 2020

Jurassic | Cretaceous
EP · 2020

Oligocene
Single · 2020

Permian: The Great Dying
Single · 2018

Cambrian II: Eternal Recurrence
Single · 2018

Rhyacian: Untimely Meditations (2017 Version)
Single · 2018

Devonian: Nascent
EP · 2018

The Grand Inquisitor IV - Exclusion from Redemption
Single · 2017
The Ocean was founded in 2000 by guitarist and songwriter Robin Staps. During the following two years, about 40 musicians joined and left the band until a stable line-up was established. July 2002 saw The Ocean play their first concert at Berlin's now defunct semi-legal Eimer Club. Shortly after, the band released their eponymous debut album featuring Islands/Tides, a 30-minute-long song that also constituted the substance of their early live shows. After a brief tour with Swedish crust punk outfit Coma in early 2003, the band signed to Make My Day Records, which then released Fogdiver, an EP consisting of five instrumental songs-despite the fact that on stage, at least two singers could be found. Unlike its predecessor, this recording received considerable acclaim from critics throughout a variety of genres. During winter and spring 2004, The Ocean recorded what was to become the material for their two following albums. The calmer and more atmospheric half of this recording session was released as Fluxion in August 2004; a joint effort of Make My Day and Throne Records. While the fact that the band now used vocals on their recordings seemed to make the music more accessible to s…