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Nectar

by Oceanographer

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    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    CD showcasing the beautiful artwork of Jo Aylward.

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    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    We are thrilled to bring you this stunning deluxe edition of Nectar. The box contains:

    CD copy of Nectar, housed in a hexagonal, hand painted wooden box, finished with two wax stampers and stencilled graphics
    Hexagonal two-sided info sheet
    3x Nectar collector cards
    3x Nectar stickers
    Nectar rectangular pin

    Strictly limited edition of 25, limited to one per customer.

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Sightings 06:36

about

Every once in a while, an artist or album comes along that makes you stop what you are doing, whatever that is, and makes you want to do nothing else but take the music in with no distractions. A headsnapper. Stops you dead in your tracks.

Nectar, the new LP from Missouri producer Oceanographer aka Ryan Howell, does exactly that. It commands your attention.

Right from the get go, you get the sense that this is no ordinary ambient album. The detail and constantly evolving beauty in the first track, Meeting of Hearts, is the first evidence that something special is unfolding. Nectar is a beguiling listen from beginning to end, with Ryan's innate ability to use non-standard chord voicings and patterns.

There's a refreshing songcraft to tracks such as Cloud King and Kettle Dance, which are both like listening to an ambient Kate Bush (you'll get it when you hear it). With more layers of sound (including often neglected and most welcome lower-than-low end)to envelop you than most contemporary beatless electronic artists, especially on the epic 'After the Rain, Before the Rainbow', you get the sense that Oceanographer is operating on a different level than most.

Nectar is the sound of a producer at the peak of his creativity. it's an inspirational and endlessly creative LP that just keeps revealing parts of itself to you beyond the 10th listen.

credits

released September 30, 2021

This album represents the journey searching for the nectar of life, whatever that may be for you.

Special thanks to my daughter Nicole for lending me her lovely voice on the final song.

Written, produced and mastered by Ryan Howell.
Cover painting by Jo Aylward.
Design by BMH Arthouse.

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Oceanographer Springfield, Missouri

Ryan Howell aka Oceanographer // Creator of electronic voyages

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