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@oceanographer.music

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est'd 2002 a New York City musical artist https://oceanographer.music/ #MusicianSky #MusicSky On Apple Music: https://tinyurl.com/2msydmem On Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/3k5vjk25 On Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/44mwdcj9

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Oceanographer® @oceanographer.music · Dec 4

After more than two decades (twenty-three and a half years, now!) with our home base at oceanographermusic.com, we have relocated to oceanographer.music

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New domain, who this? – Oceanographer™

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Oceanographer® @oceanographer.music · 2d

Silver Apples in Stereo

I Heart Noise @iheartnoise.bsky.social · 2d

Jesus Lizard Jones

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 3d

Mash up bands:

Guns 'N Oates

Oceanographer® @oceanographer.music · 6d

It's called a Waterphone!

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(A good chunk of the sound in this video is thanks to some Chase Bliss pedals and a number of other effects in the signal chain, plus a nice vintage Music Man amp.)

Waterphone - Wikipedia

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Oceanographer® @oceanographer.music · 6d

@pwrmnstr.bsky.social and I went to see The Haters play in February, and I bought a contact mic glued to a magnet from @cranksturgeon.bsky.social at the merch booth.

Gave it to Eric at our last rehearsal and he did this.

(No, we're not turning Oceanographer® into a noise project. ...yet.)

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Oceanographer® @oceanographer.music · 7d

... or hold a full-time job doing something you hate just so you can have health insurance.

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Oceanographer® @oceanographer.music · Sep 2

Some shots of us playing at last weekend's barn party (no, not Labor Day weekend, the weekend *before* Labor Day)

Two people playing music in a barn with paintings hanging on the back wall

Two people playing music in a barn with paintings hanging on the back wall, and two children seated on the ground in front of them

Two people playing music in a barn with paintings hanging on the back wall, and a child climbing a ladder into the barn loft

Oceanographer® @oceanographer.music · Aug 25

If this is an actual studio photo of one of the recordings you frequently play, then it would go a long way toward explaining a lot of things.

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Oceanographer® @oceanographer.music · Aug 25

This last weekend's event in the Catskills was just beyond incredible, and we're so stoked that Oceanographer could play a part in it.

Looking forward to doing it again in August of 2026!

Oceanographer® @oceanographer.music · Aug 21

…it’s this weekend, y’all.

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · Aug 15

This is due to the Yocum/Yoakam connection.

I’m greatly pleased by this outcome.

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Oceanographer® @oceanographer.music · Aug 12

More gigs coming soon!

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · Aug 12

"Composer Gavin Bryars looped and layered a recording of a rough sleeper to create something hypnotic."

Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet — how a homeless man’s singing became a contemporary classic:

Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet — how a homeless man’s singing became a contemporary classic

Composer Gavin Bryars looped and layered a recording of a rough sleeper to create something hypnotic

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Oceanographer® @oceanographer.music · Aug 11

Ric Ocasek liking Suicide makes sense, but I would not have placed any kind of bet that fans of The Cars would like Suicide.

Like... I love Merzbow, but that doesn't mean I think a Merzbow/Oceanographer bill would make any sense at all lol

Oceanographer® @oceanographer.music · Aug 11

But I gotta wonder... who thought Suicide opening for The Cars was a good idea?

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Oceanographer® @oceanographer.music · Aug 11

Great news! Oceanographer® is playing a show in a couple weeks.

Unfortunately, there’s a catch: It’s a private and invite-only affair. So all we can do is tease you with this flyer.

Read more at: oceanographer.music/2025/08/11/s...

JOIN US FOR THE 2ND ANNUAL
HIDDEN HILL HOOTENANNY
A WEEKEND OF LIVE MUSIC.
FOOD & REVELRY

PLAYERS:
GREG MCMULLEN FIASCO
TATTOO MUSTACHE
OCEANOGRAPHER
THE BOTTOMS OF OUR HEARTS
DIRTY CHURCHES
JARED BARRON
DJ KARL MARX
...AND YOU!!!

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Oceanographer® @oceanographer.music · Aug 10

Fire fashion as always from WFMU

WFMU @wfmu.bsky.social · Aug 10

Be cool around the pool in some new WFMU summer swag! We have several new designs exclusive to the store, including the Unwound T in men’s and women’s sizes, the Shirt Music T, the Gold Blob cap in two logo colors, and a whole bunch of other swag that has never before been in the store. wfmu.store

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WFMU @wfmu.bsky.social · Aug 10

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Oceanographer® @oceanographer.music · Aug 7

Give a listen to this guy’s composition “Vexations” (if you’ve got a spare 36 hours to do so).

London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Aug 7

‘Erik Satie is the progenitor of torch songs and lounge music, systems music and minimalism, even (with his later innovation, “musique d’ameublement”) muzak and ambient music. Mahler’s influence, by comparison, has been non-existent.’

Jonathan Coe on the composer:

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Jonathan Coe · Don’t we all want to be happy? Satie against Solemnity

Erik Satie is the progenitor of torch songs and lounge music, systems music and minimalism, even (with his later...

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Jubilee ❣️ @16pxl.bsky.social · Aug 5

inspired by hiking thru wildflowers 🌷🌾🌻🌼✨

#pixelart

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Oceanographer® @oceanographer.music · Aug 5

We like this one in particular.

Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · Aug 5

oceanographer

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Jon Carling @joncarling.bsky.social · Jul 30

A wonderful school
#joncarling #drawing #art

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · Jul 21

Next time I'm stoned and rambling crazy bullshit, I need to remember to say "The hypothesis is an interesting exercise in its own right, and is fun to explore, irrespective of its likely validity."

From a piece on how the comet 3I/ATLAS might be alien spacecraft: avi-loeb.medium.com/is-the-inter...

Is the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Alien Technology?

Today I co-authored an intriguing new paper with the brilliant collaborators Adam Hibberd and Adam Crowl from the Initiative for…

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Oceanographer® @oceanographer.music · Jul 21

Aww man I used to hang out with Torsten Meyer from (((unartig))) at a bar I used to work at on the Lower East Side in the late aughts. He came in often for Saturday happy hours. That guy's got some great live show footage going back decades.

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Oceanographer® @oceanographer.music · Jul 21

Seems like a fun gig — where's my time machine?

I saw Crank play with The Haters here in New York a few months back, and that was a real great set. Chatted with him in the merch booth & bought a contact mic from him to use during Oceanographer shows (it's on our "gear integration to-do list").

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Solivagant @wanderingsag.bsky.social · Jul 12

its your responsibility to make the world more mystical

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Oceanographer® @oceanographer.music · Jul 8

...we know him as Snaf Ballinger.

If you know you know.