Oceanic (Canada) for Avant Prog

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OCEANIC are a progressive rock band from Newfoundland living in Halifax, Nova Scotia, formed in February 2003. A former name of the band was "Codon".
"Drawing influence from all the great Progressive Rock, Math Rock, and Experimental Metal artists, the direction of their work is with conversation of instruments as a voice to engage their listeners in a way where words often fall short". 
members:
Cameron Lawrence - drums, percussion 
 Glen O'Keefe - guitar
 Mike McPhee - bass

http://oceanicmuzak.bandcamp.com/album/origin

CD
 Includes unlimited streaming of Origin via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. 
ships out within 5 days

released 01 August 2014 

Guitar: Glen O'Keefe 
 Bass: Mike McPhee 
 Drums / Percussion: Cameron Lawrence 

 Additional Instrumentation: 

 Saxophone: Andrew MacKelvie 
 Keys / synth: Cameron Lawrence 

 Engineered, mixed, mastered and produced by Cameron Lawrence and assisted by Glen O'Keefe at Oceanic's rehearsal space and studio in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia between 2012 and 2014.

https://www.facebook.com/oceanicmuzak 
https://soundcloud.com/oceanicmuzak
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oceanic12
https://www.youtube.com/user/oceanicmuzak

Edited by Svetonio - August 11 2014 at 06:39

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Svetonio Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 20 2010 Location: Serbia Status: Offline Points: 10213	Topic: Oceanic (Canada) for Avant Prog Posted: August 11 2014 at 05:51
	OCEANIC are a progressive rock band from Newfoundland living in Halifax, Nova Scotia, formed in February 2003. A former name of the band was "Codon". "Drawing influence from all the great Progressive Rock, Math Rock, and Experimental Metal artists, the direction of their work is with conversation of instruments as a voice to engage their listeners in a way where words often fall short". members: Cameron Lawrence - drums, percussion Glen O'Keefe - guitar Mike McPhee - bass http://oceanicmuzak.bandcamp.com/album/origin CD Includes unlimited streaming of Origin via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. ships out within 5 days released 01 August 2014 Guitar: Glen O'Keefe Bass: Mike McPhee Drums / Percussion: Cameron Lawrence Additional Instrumentation: Saxophone: Andrew MacKelvie Keys / synth: Cameron Lawrence Engineered, mixed, mastered and produced by Cameron Lawrence and assisted by Glen O'Keefe at Oceanic's rehearsal space and studio in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia between 2012 and 2014. https://www.facebook.com/oceanicmuzak https://soundcloud.com/oceanicmuzak http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oceanic12 https://www.youtube.com/user/oceanicmuzak Edited by Svetonio - August 11 2014 at 06:39

yam yam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 16 2011 Location: Kerberos Status: Offline Points: 5820	Posted: August 14 2014 at 05:53
	Good stuff! Not sure about Avant Prog though - maybe more in line with Math Rock..? Not really my field of expertise though, so let's wait for someone more knowledgeable on these two subs to comment. Anyhow - it definitely belongs on here somewhere, so let's have a read of a more detailed bio from cdbaby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oceanic12. "Hailing from along the remote west coast of Newfoundland, Oceanic formed in 2006 as a progressive musical outlet between Corner Brook musician Cameron Lawrence and Port Saunders-raised guitarist Glen O'Keefe. The pair shared a passion for their craft and promptly developed a strong musical rapport, ultimately shaping a unique blend of progressive rock and jazz inspired complexities that both captivates and excites the listener. Oceanic made the move across the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the province of Nova Scotia in 2010. Based out of Halifax, Cameron and Glen began to compile their material in preparation for their first full length album, bringing Parrsboro-raised Michael McPhee into the band as their bassist. After a tumultuous 2 year period from its inital recording in the winter of 2011 until the summer of 2014, Oceanic completed 'Origin', a six song chronicle of their best songs from over the last 8 years. By drawing influences from a great swathe of both the local and international musical landscape, Oceanic's compositions from this album invite the audience to entertain a euphonic concept in which harmony is attained between jarring polyrhythms and refreshing musical excursions. Equally as entrancing are Oceanic's live performances. The band has developed an immersive experience for their audiences, aided heavily by the larger-than-life guitar arrangements and explosive drum epics. People attending an Oceanic show can expect in-your-face guitar riffs soaring above enchanting bass grooves, all the while revolving around thematic drum passages. As an instrumental three piece, the band uses their instruments as their voice to engage their listeners in a way where words often fall short." Edit: A pretty accurate and quite detailed review of the album can be read here: http://feckingbahamas.com/oceanic-origin-2014. Someone must already have suggested this artist in the collab zone though, since zravkapt hs already added them to progfreak for evaluation in Post Rock: http://progfreak.com/Oceanic-159523.html?path=pa/recent. Edited by yam yam - August 14 2014 at 06:24