Ocean is a solo album by German composer and multi-instrumentalist Stephan Micus recorded in 1986 and released on the ECM label. Reception The Allmusic review by Jim Brenholts awarded the album 4 stars stating "Ocean is a set of acoustic ambient performances from Stephan Micus. He uses exotic instruments and techniques that give this disc electronic timbre... The natural sonorities of these devices create vast atmospheres with organic timbres. The soundscapes penetrate and enhance brainwave activity. This great CD will appeal to fans of Robert Rich, Klaus Wiese, and Riley Lee". Track listing All compositions by Stephan Micus "Part I: Voice, 6 Hammered Dulcimers, Nay" - 8:13 "Part II: 4 Sho, Shakuhachi, 3 Bavarian Zithers, 2 Hammered Dulcimers" - 19:20 "Part III: 3 Hammered Dulcimers, Shakuhachi" - 15:46 "Part IV: Sho Solo" - 7:13 Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, West Germany in January 1986 Personnel Stephan Micus — voice, sho, nay, shakuhachi, Bavarian zither, hammered dulcimer

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Notable quotes

“You know, the ocean’s the biggest damned snowflake ever? It rolls and swells a thousand shapes and colors, no two alike.”
— Ray Bradbury, The Fog Horn (1951).
“You cannot write the bloody laws of slavery on those restless billows. The ocean, if not the land, is free.”
— Madison Washington in by Frederick Douglass, published in Autographs for Freedom, edited by , Cleveland: , 1853
“But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean.”
— H.P. Lovecraft, "The White Ship"
“It's just hard, all right, because I'm a little fish in a big pond. A really big pond. The ocean.”
— Oscar the Sharkslayer (Will Smith), Shark Tale (2004)
“The ocean and the wind and the stars and the moon will all teach you many things.”
— Jane Roberts, Emir's Education In The Proper Use of Magical Powers (1979) p. 10.
“A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.”
— Zhuangzi (c. 369-286 BC) : Of a person who has limited life experience and hence world view

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Overview

Ocean is a solo album by German composer and multi-instrumentalist Stephan Micus recorded in 1986 and released on the ECM label. Reception The Allmusic review by Jim Brenholts awarded the album 4 stars stating "Ocean is a set of acoustic ambient performances from Stephan Micus. He uses exotic instruments and techniques that give this disc electronic timbre... The natural sonorities of these devices create vast atmospheres with organic timbres. The soundscapes penetrate and enhance brainwave activity. This great CD will appeal to fans of Robert Rich, Klaus Wiese, and Riley Lee". Track listing All compositions by Stephan Micus "Part I: Voice, 6 Hammered Dulcimers, Nay" - 8:13 "Part II: 4 Sho, Shakuhachi, 3 Bavarian Zithers, 2 Hammered Dulcimers" - 19:20 "Part III: 3 Hammered Dulcimers, Shakuhachi" - 15:46 "Part IV: Sho Solo" - 7:13 Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, West Germany in January 1986 Personnel Stephan Micus — voice, sho, nay, shakuhachi, Bavarian zither, hammered dulcimer

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Ocean is a solo album by German composer and multi-instrumentalist Stephan Micus recorded in 1986 and released on the ECM label.

Notable quotes

“You know, the ocean’s the biggest damned snowflake ever? It rolls and swells a thousand shapes and colors, no two alike.”
— Ray Bradbury, The Fog Horn (1951).
“You cannot write the bloody laws of slavery on those restless billows. The ocean, if not the land, is free.”
— Madison Washington in by Frederick Douglass, published in Autographs for Freedom, edited by , Cleveland: , 1853
“But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean.”
— H.P. Lovecraft, "The White Ship"
“It's just hard, all right, because I'm a little fish in a big pond. A really big pond. The ocean.”
— Oscar the Sharkslayer (Will Smith), Shark Tale (2004)
“The ocean and the wind and the stars and the moon will all teach you many things.”
— Jane Roberts, Emir's Education In The Proper Use of Magical Powers (1979) p. 10.
“A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.”
— Zhuangzi (c. 369-286 BC) : Of a person who has limited life experience and hence world view