Salt Memory
One long tide turning. A slow swell over a low drone built on open fifths.
Sunlight zone, 0 m
Ocean
Fox
Sound from below the surface. Surf, reefs and whales, made live in your browser, and a dive all the way to the seafloor.
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Kelp forest, 60 m
Build your own sea
Three layers, all synthesized as you listen. Nothing is recorded or streamed, so no two minutes ever sound the same. Mix them however you like.
Surf
Filtered noise breathing on a slow swell, like waves rolling over sand.
Reef
The crackle of snapping shrimp, with the odd grunting fish passing through.
Whale
Long rising and falling calls in deep reverb. An impression of song, not a recording.
Twilight zone, 200 m
Releases
Every release has a living preview: a short piece generated on the spot from the same ideas as the record.
Kelp Cathedral
Slow chords that swell and fade like light moving through a kelp canopy.
Tracklist
- Holdfast 5:12
- Canopy 6:03
- Urchin Barrens 4:47
- Sea Otter Weather 5:08
Tidal Lines
Melodies that rise and fall like water, never quite repeating.
Tracklist
- Spring Tide 6:40
- Brackish 5:55
- Rip 4:18
- Slack Water 7:22
- Upwelling 6:31
- Neap 7:14
Streaming links arrive with the next release.
Midnight zone, 1,000 m
Night swim
No sunlight reaches this deep. The only light is made by living things. Drag through the water below: like dinoflagellates on a summer night, it flashes blue when disturbed. If sound is on, it sings back.
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Abyssal zone, 4,000 m
Ping the seafloor
Sound travels about 1,500 meters a second in seawater, more than four times faster than in air. Send a ping from your current depth and time the echo off the abyssal plain.
Seafloor below: about 4,800 m.
Get in touch
Listening sessions, sound for film and exhibitions, and collaborations with people who work on or under the water.
- General hello@oceanafox.com
- Licensing hello@oceanafox.com
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Field notes and everything else: oceanfox.me