Planet Ocean
by Chris Watson
- Type: Album
- Released: 2 January 2026
- Label: Dark Companion
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:00:51
- Community rating: 3.1/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Planet Ocean' is a work of hydrophone field recordings celebrating the sounds, rhythms, and textures of the world's oceans. The album presents a collection of tidal voices captured from above and below the water's surface, aiming to immerse the listener in the planet's most sound-rich habitat. Inspired by the first color photographs of Earth from space, the composition serves as an auditory reminder of the ancient and ongoing relationship between humanity and the marine environments that support all life.
Genres
Descriptors: conceptual, atmospheric, ambient, nature, experimental, minimal
Tracklist
- Aldeburgh Beach, Suffolk, England (4:03)
- Arnastapi Boulder Beach, Iceland (3:48)
- Berwick Upon Tweed Lighthouse Pier, Creaking Underwater Sea Ladder, England (3:01)
- Blyth Beach, Northumberland, England (4:02)
- Coral Reef, South China Sea (3:07)
- Darwin Bay, Isla Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (3:42)
- Dj煤pal贸nssandur Lava Beach, Iceland (4:24)
- Great Courland Bay, Tobago (3:38)
- Ice Beach, Cape Evans, Ross Island, Antarctica (3:40)
- Lindisfarne Island Tidal Causeway, Northumberland, England (3:49)
- Pancake Ice Forming Under the Surface of the Arctic Ocean (4:20)
- Shallow Sand Bar off the Turks & Caicos Islands, Caribbean Sea (3:17)
- Submerged Stony Beach, Orford Ness, Suffolk, England (2:48)
- Turtle Beach, Seligan Island, Borneo (3:59)
- Underwater Kelp Forest, Eynhallow Sound, Orkney Islands, Scotland (2:33)
- Varadero Beach, Cuba (2:56)
- Zuma Beach, California, USA (3:44)
Credits
- Chris Watson - sound recordings, composer, primary artist, recorded by, photography by
- Simon Scott - mastered by
- Jon Wozencroft - photography by