A raw one-off hip-hop track. Produced from start to finish in one day in Treaty 6 territory.

Step By Step

Sometimes inspiration hits and all you can do is ride the wave until it's gone. That's what happened this last Saturday when I woke up at 6 AM and sat down with an idea and a fresh drum beat. 

What came out is an exercise in minimalism, using only what is essential to create this message of action. 

Many thanks to Verena (@follow_my_gaze) for the excellent source material for my cover art. Her keen eye for aesthetics helped supercharge my vision and create this song in a matter of hours.

Seize The Day

A brand new track to bring on the end of autumn with hope for a new spring in the upcoming year. With lyrics inspired by the Jiching, an ancient Chinese Oracle, and music borrowing from the synth-laden 80s, I set out to capture a moment of renewed resilience and new beginnings. 
Thanks again to Verena (@follow_my_gaze), whose keen eye for aesthetics provided me with an excellent snapshot of the Paris of the Prairies on October day.
And many thanks to all of mi gente who are along with me on this everchanging journey that we call life. Keep fighting the good fight!

The End Of October

Alternative Rock, Beatmaking, and Hip Hop come together in this latest track by The Ocean Inside. "Outta the Haze" is a song about stepping up to make much-needed changes and letting go of the difficulties of the past to make room for the future. Stay safe, stay healthy, and stay sane. This is your friend the Ocean Inside, stepping out of the haze. Hope you enjoy it!

Outta The Haze

Backwards From My Doom

Sunlight after Rain

A spaced-out, ambient jam serving as a tribute to Carl Sagan. May we continue to reach to the stars above, and the stars within.

Sagan

The two tracks on this release are a snapshot of how I made music years ago. These days I focus most of my attention on recording my instruments and manipulating sounds from there, but once upon a time, I created everything from a purely programmed standpoint.

I found myself coming back to the songs on this release as I would listen to past tracks and decided to bring them into the current Ocean Inside era, one of proper artwork and production values.

Lastly, many thanks to my friend Matt AKA the 4th Degree for mastering the release. The tracks wouldn't sound the way the do without his work.

Living Again

Coming Home

A dubbed funk jam drawing influences from jazz, blues, reggae, and Latin music.

Under a Western Sky

Betrayed By Their Breath

The first gaze at the stars under a new sky. Breathing air never before breather by a human. In this valley where I lay myself to rest for the night, the new night, I see it. Colors like nothing I knew before. Like nothing I knew on Earth. Everything is so alien here, and yet... So familiar. Maybe it's time to put the Skepticism to rest, and see what this new place has in store for me. Let this be a message to all those on Earth, the world that revolves Alpha Centuari is a living one, and I am the first human to set foot upon it. If you are listening to this message, come and come soon. 

Midnight Under An Eldritch Sky

We stand in a place unknown by human terms. With rubies for grains of sand at our feet, we gaze out at a new sunset. And below this is dying of day, the waters shimmer and shine in tones never seen before. This is the first ocean we have seen on Centauri, and it is a sight so grand. It is so clear that it could be glass and the blue in these waters is a blue not unlike that of cobalt. However, that is the only reference to Our Land Before to be found upon this new earth. 
Before us, They're standing on the ocean's surface. Those Who Called Us Here, and they appear as nothing but shadows, reflections from a dimension we do not yet know. Beside me, is Conscious Sapient Knowing, Second Channel to Those Afar, and his aura is ever-strengthening. 
We raise our hands to greet them, or to at least try, and hear a sound getting nearer from the distance. Surely this must be their own greeting. Otherwise, I do not know what hope we have of seeing the nest sun rise anew. But whatever the case may be, we rest easy knowing that there is a new ocean before our eyes.


This is the Ocean Inside, 
Drifting away.


Special thanks to CSK for his contributions to the Pact, his ethereal strings shimmer even at this distance from Earth.

New Oceans Before Our Eyes (feat. CSK)

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Many thanks to the very talented chillin evans for his work on this track.

north pole chillin (feat. chillin evans)

A DIY musical experience that began 15 years ago in Durango, Mexico. Proudly operating on Treaty 6 territory.

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