Thomas. As a person who has traveled, I would never begrudge a Man who goes home again. I do hope you remember some good folk on this side of the Pond.
Oceanea is a truly beautiful track. Thomas' soft side always creates some of his best music. Catherine's artwork makes the old tank traps at Sizewell look beautiful too. Like magical ice cubes made from the stuff of Shingle Street.
I'm, so glad to see all the people loving Thomas Dolby. This song is my favorite of his new music Map of the floating city. I love this guy!!! Sooooooo creative in a field of ice.....he for sure lives in a suitcase!!!
Mom, I'm listening to this beautiful song, and thinking of all of the wonderful times we had together, the silly jokes, the singing and laughing. All of the special things you said to me throughout my life, and you filled my life with love! Hopefully, I will join you and Dad in heaven when my time on earth is done. I love you with all of my heart, and I always will love you! Dad, you are also often in my hearts and my love is deep and true for you as well! Joel
Er... not being pedantic... but... isn't that word pronounced Oh Shee Arn Ee A. rather than Ocean E ar....i'm a big fan of Mr D. so I priomise you I'm not taking the piss here. Unless theres some great artistic statement that i'm missing...
I am seriously choked by the beauty of this track. Not many so-called artists can evoke such a deep response with their orchestration. Thomas Dolby's love of music and genius is inspiring.
Happy belated birthday @ThomasDolby! The Frozen River tribe members enjoyed your visit to the Triple Door! (Seattle thanks you~) I'm enjoying your new CD, Map of the Floating City, the songs are haunting & so lovely! Thank you
Just when you thought Thomas Dolby may have been a youthful indulgence, you find him here in the now. This track is about what two years old now? Those of you not familar with this artist need only to familarize yourself with his earler work in the 80's and you will hear that it is just as relevant then as it is now and beyond......;)
this new stuff has the same richeness of sound and meaning that I could find in Golden Agen of Wireless, though naturally more mature, as you would expect from different branches growing from the same tree with a few decades between them
Some acts from the 80's were just that ... "acts". A long time ago Thomas Dolby drew a line in the sand which separated the acts from the artists. Beautiful!!!
Mr. Dolby's artistry continues to leave me somewhat breathless. It makes me recall the days of listening to The Golden Age of Wireless and gaining inspiration enough to become an engineer so I could understand the bygone era of then and the future of tomorrow.
Thank you Mr Dolby for continuing to inspire with your art.
Big fan of Mr Dolby. I am sorry to say i absolutely hate the vocal tuning that everyone is talking about . I would hope that you release a mix of the song without it. I think it is unnecessary and gimmicky . Please dont take this as anything but my opinion on the matter .
@BillSing I think it's tastefully done here, tho, and he does show off his vocal talents later on. I think he uses it the way it should be done, as merely another instrument, a piece of the whole. It's far from gimmicky.
.....WWWWOWWWWW.......!!!! I'm a massive Dolby fan...always have been...but even by Thomas's standards...this is absolutley stunning work...sits right alongside the genius of flat earth, screen kiss..etc... Beautiful, atmospheric, moody and life affirming. I love you TD...your a massive inspiration..THANKS..
Thomas Dolby once said that the mont moment he knew he'd be envolved in the nusic business was from seeing Eno on Gray Whistle Test. I had that same moment in 94' when someone loaned me a copy of the Europa video. Brilliant song, and thank you for being the inspration that got me started.
Thomas its been a long time coming but brilliant i hope there is more like this on the new album, dont like the toad licker stuff so lets get of the american coutry stuff and back onto more like this.
Karlos,
Saw you in 85 @ the asylum Nottingham brill show will never forget.
that Thomas Dolby he maka me cry, his music so beautiful. and to the person crying about autotune, listen to the song again. it is there to serve the song, not the other way around.
The song and the sound makes me cry... - amazing and so touching! Thank you Thomas Dolby for your wonderful songs during the 80's, 90's... - till yet!
@GranulatedStuff That's not autotune. Dolby has used voice treatments since he began his career, before autotune was even conceived. From "One of Our Submarines" to "She Blinded Me With Science" he would filter his voice through a synthesizer to make it sound interesting. He's just continuing this with "Oceanea". Autotune is used for the talentless to seem talented.
I just watched Dolby's vlog where he denies using it (and then winks at the camera)
Well ok..so he didn't use Antares Autotune. He just used some kind of Vocoder-like apparatus or software and ended up sounding EXACTLY like he used autotune. I'm glad you like the resulting effect. (for the record I have cubase and autotune and know what kind of results it can produce. I've also been a fan since 1981)
@GranulatedStuff Oh, yes. The Vocoder. I used one back in 79 and it was such a wonderful thing. Then there's that device Peter Frampton used (I forget the name). Can you tell me the difference between the Vocoder and Autotune in modulating the voice? Someone told me they're not much different.
@spacecowboy5000 Frampton: used the Heil TalkBox--a minimal wattage guitar amp and speaker sent up a tube to the performer's mouth where his stage microphone picks up the guitar-filtered-by-oral cavity sound.
Vocoder: keyboard (synth) modulated voice with extensive filtering options.
Autotune: computer plugin for redrawing pitches by hand or by automation, according to a key center or chromatic steps.
Compressor: not a tuner effect at all. Just a dynamic leveler. TD used this and EQ.
@GranulatedStuff I saw the same video. He admitted to using it on a couple notes that needed it, but not just sending the track through the stuff to do the usual pop music hatchet job that we all love to hate now. There is a difference in tuning some notes vs. making Auto tune the default plugin for a track.
And lest the haters come out at that revelation, remember that nearly all recording done this side of 1950 uses some trick that doesn't amount to a pure live performance.
@tapkae Thomas Dolby is a pioneer. Any nay-sayers are obviously not fans of pure musical genius. If he chose to use autotune for any or ALL of his music,I would be no less impressed by his orchestration,timing and devotion to his beautiful work.
I just love that song. Takes me to my own Oceanea. Good to hear new music from you. Makes me want to listen to your other Albums in my Collection. Thnx.
This is my new favorite song that I'll be playing over and over like a mental patient till something else comes along. So nice to hear TMDR making great music again, and the photos are incredible!!
I'm a big Thomas fan from way back at the start, remember Cinderella's in Hickstead?, many moons ago...
This is a brilliant piece of work...., exceptional...
Having said that I'm very lost with The Toadlickers stuff..., what on earth is going on there...?, a massive step backwards..., as a long time fan I just dont get it..., but Oceanea is brilliant....
gosh it's gorgeous!!! i am so excited about this music....gathering in, gently holding, ushering, preparing the way...perfect soundtrack for this beautiful life/time unfolding. lovely. gracias.
thomas dolby has immortalized himself in the world of music. truly talented man.
lazorlasso 2 weeks ago
Thomas. As a person who has traveled, I would never begrudge a Man who goes home again. I do hope you remember some good folk on this side of the Pond.
Corsair092 2 weeks ago
too much...
twotails1967 3 weeks ago
Dolby is one of the most talented song writers alive. Vastly underrated.
jwccornock 1 month ago
Beautiful work, TD. Thanks for all of the music you've given to us over the years.
FiveCentsPlease 1 month ago
Oceanea is a truly beautiful track. Thomas' soft side always creates some of his best music. Catherine's artwork makes the old tank traps at Sizewell look beautiful too. Like magical ice cubes made from the stuff of Shingle Street.
hdprice 2 months ago
a beautiful,haunting song....
Asburyfun 2 months ago
Wow .. i didnt know Thomas Dolby has a new album out. News to me. Awesome. Though i have all his 12" singles on wax, this is soothing.
MrMykl71 2 months ago
I'm, so glad to see all the people loving Thomas Dolby. This song is my favorite of his new music Map of the floating city. I love this guy!!! Sooooooo creative in a field of ice.....he for sure lives in a suitcase!!!
FusionHowie 2 months ago
I'm just smoking weed, counting the smoke rings in this song
turtle61071 3 months ago
Learning how to shed my skin, renewed by this song. I imagine stumbling home to finally rest there in the heart of comfort.
vrilian 3 months ago
Stunning song,really stunning.
Love the way the piano motif "stumbles" in too...
Mr.Dolby is a genius,no doubts at all.
MrPablobass 3 months ago
I'm here because I like Thomas Dolby
themachman19691 3 months ago 4
There's a hidden message in morse code near the end.
va7mn 3 months ago
one of the more beautiful songs I have heard.....
ever.
thank you dolby, its gotten me through a rough patch
ATACTA 4 months ago
i stumble home to oceanea
lazorlasso 4 months ago
Sublime.
winter22mute 4 months ago
this song inspires me. it inspires me to explore
lazorlasso 4 months ago
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Like some wonderful songs (Flat Earth and more..) from you, Oceanea is now part of the soundtrack of my life.
Thank you, Mr. Thomas Dolby.
Best regards from Portugal! A concert here would be awesome.....
António Bento
Abentos 4 months ago
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Abentos 4 months ago
Mom, I'm listening to this beautiful song, and thinking of all of the wonderful times we had together, the silly jokes, the singing and laughing. All of the special things you said to me throughout my life, and you filled my life with love! Hopefully, I will join you and Dad in heaven when my time on earth is done. I love you with all of my heart, and I always will love you! Dad, you are also often in my hearts and my love is deep and true for you as well! Joel
JoelDionysus 4 months ago
Wow. This song is absolutely beautiful. So glad Thomas Dolby is still being true to the awesome human being he is. WOW...so beautiful.....
panthervoodoo 4 months ago
Er... not being pedantic... but... isn't that word pronounced Oh Shee Arn Ee A. rather than Ocean E ar....i'm a big fan of Mr D. so I priomise you I'm not taking the piss here. Unless theres some great artistic statement that i'm missing...
brereton1113 4 months ago
@brereton1113 The continent is usually spelled Oceania so maybe he's changed it delberately :-). Otherwise I agree- call it poetic licence, I guess!
Lorrico14 4 months ago
It's so beautiful...I heard about this on NPR and fell in love...
akatsukibabe123 4 months ago in playlist Music vids
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templarseries 4 months ago
Lovely stuff -like Flat earth...great.
templarseries 4 months ago
@templarseries
I am seriously choked by the beauty of this track. Not many so-called artists can evoke such a deep response with their orchestration. Thomas Dolby's love of music and genius is inspiring.
panthervoodoo 4 months ago
Thank you for the beautiful and fitting visuals with this sublime track. Very well done.
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899Ninjas 4 months ago
Happy belated birthday @ThomasDolby! The Frozen River tribe members enjoyed your visit to the Triple Door! (Seattle thanks you~) I'm enjoying your new CD, Map of the Floating City, the songs are haunting & so lovely! Thank you
899Ninjas 4 months ago 2
Just when you thought Thomas Dolby may have been a youthful indulgence, you find him here in the now. This track is about what two years old now? Those of you not familar with this artist need only to familarize yourself with his earler work in the 80's and you will hear that it is just as relevant then as it is now and beyond......;)
SnakemanisJeff 4 months ago 2
Happy Birthday, Mister Dolby!
PrivateEyeMusic 4 months ago
What a beautiful new track!
CHESEABUN 4 months ago
Melts my heart. Thanks.
tapkae 5 months ago
Eddi Reader's 'answer' back on this is gorgeous. A lovely, lovely song. I really want to do something visual with this myself, it's inspiring.
SeventiesMania 5 months ago
this new stuff has the same richeness of sound and meaning that I could find in Golden Agen of Wireless, though naturally more mature, as you would expect from different branches growing from the same tree with a few decades between them
bazookagardener 5 months ago
Some acts from the 80's were just that ... "acts". A long time ago Thomas Dolby drew a line in the sand which separated the acts from the artists. Beautiful!!!
murrantmedia 5 months ago
What is this, the autotune version of 'screen kiss'? Lol jk. This is great.
JohnnyLovely2 5 months ago
Mr. Dolby's artistry continues to leave me somewhat breathless. It makes me recall the days of listening to The Golden Age of Wireless and gaining inspiration enough to become an engineer so I could understand the bygone era of then and the future of tomorrow.
Thank you Mr Dolby for continuing to inspire with your art.
Utopianx8x 5 months ago
Big fan of Mr Dolby. I am sorry to say i absolutely hate the vocal tuning that everyone is talking about . I would hope that you release a mix of the song without it. I think it is unnecessary and gimmicky . Please dont take this as anything but my opinion on the matter .
BillSing 5 months ago
@BillSing I think it's tastefully done here, tho, and he does show off his vocal talents later on. I think he uses it the way it should be done, as merely another instrument, a piece of the whole. It's far from gimmicky.
ZiddersRooFurry 5 months ago
What a FANTASTIC, a VERY HUGE MUSICIAN, SINGER AND ARTIST !!!
In the same vein than David SYLVIAN, Ryuichi SAKAMOTO, Brian ENO, Robert FRIPP, Hector ZAZOU...etc...etc...etc..
thanks again, and very long life to you '' Sir Thomas DOLBY ''...
corcovado33 6 months ago
I had 'Hyperactive!' playing on a other tab, singing, crying and head-bobbing isn't the most beautiful situation.
Xoxosephiroth 6 months ago
I think the effect he uses on his voice is a plugin called Melodyne. Still a great artist after all these years.
stevebenfleet 6 months ago
There are very few songs that make me cry listening to them, and now I have to add this song to that small list. CURSE YOU. >|
Mythercaria 6 months ago
.....WWWWOWWWWW.......!!!! I'm a massive Dolby fan...always have been...but even by Thomas's standards...this is absolutley stunning work...sits right alongside the genius of flat earth, screen kiss..etc... Beautiful, atmospheric, moody and life affirming. I love you TD...your a massive inspiration..THANKS..
divinematrix1 6 months ago
thank you for posting.
FunnyHaHaFunnyHaHa 6 months ago
perfect thomas
rajko453 6 months ago
Thomas Dolby once said that the mont moment he knew he'd be envolved in the nusic business was from seeing Eno on Gray Whistle Test. I had that same moment in 94' when someone loaned me a copy of the Europa video. Brilliant song, and thank you for being the inspration that got me started.
Fieldson1977 7 months ago
Thomas its been a long time coming but brilliant i hope there is more like this on the new album, dont like the toad licker stuff so lets get of the american coutry stuff and back onto more like this.
Karlos,
Saw you in 85 @ the asylum Nottingham brill show will never forget.
jkp123ism 7 months ago
So beautiful... makes me think of lost loves and makes me shed tears...
hoser83 7 months ago 4
Which of the great gods in the sky do I thank for sending me the music of Thomas Dolby over these many years?
starbearry 7 months ago in playlist Thomas dolby and friends
that Thomas Dolby he maka me cry, his music so beautiful. and to the person crying about autotune, listen to the song again. it is there to serve the song, not the other way around.
lgcybernetics 7 months ago
I wish i had this instrumental so bad. hes got a great voice but the song is so great. I wish I had just the song as well.
outsp0k3nmime 7 months ago
The song and the sound makes me cry... - amazing and so touching! Thank you Thomas Dolby for your wonderful songs during the 80's, 90's... - till yet!
elevenstar 7 months ago 2
Beautiful...
JediPug1 7 months ago
hauntingly beautiful, can't stop listening to this whole ep. an extremely talented and creative individual
seasidegeorge 7 months ago
argh..autotune X(
GranulatedStuff 7 months ago
@GranulatedStuff No. This is Thomas Dolby not Justin Beiber. Have some respect, man.
spacecowboy5000 6 months ago
@spacecowboy5000
You can't hear it ? How bizarre.
GranulatedStuff 6 months ago
@GranulatedStuff That's not autotune. Dolby has used voice treatments since he began his career, before autotune was even conceived. From "One of Our Submarines" to "She Blinded Me With Science" he would filter his voice through a synthesizer to make it sound interesting. He's just continuing this with "Oceanea". Autotune is used for the talentless to seem talented.
spacecowboy5000 6 months ago
@spacecowboy5000
I just watched Dolby's vlog where he denies using it (and then winks at the camera)
Well ok..so he didn't use Antares Autotune. He just used some kind of Vocoder-like apparatus or software and ended up sounding EXACTLY like he used autotune. I'm glad you like the resulting effect. (for the record I have cubase and autotune and know what kind of results it can produce. I've also been a fan since 1981)
GranulatedStuff 6 months ago
@GranulatedStuff Oh, yes. The Vocoder. I used one back in 79 and it was such a wonderful thing. Then there's that device Peter Frampton used (I forget the name). Can you tell me the difference between the Vocoder and Autotune in modulating the voice? Someone told me they're not much different.
spacecowboy5000 6 months ago
@spacecowboy5000
Autotune is kinda using a phase vocoding method to split up the source sound and then apply pitch shifting/time-stretching correction algorithms.
GranulatedStuff 6 months ago
@GranulatedStuff Thanks.
spacecowboy5000 6 months ago
@spacecowboy5000 Frampton: used the Heil TalkBox--a minimal wattage guitar amp and speaker sent up a tube to the performer's mouth where his stage microphone picks up the guitar-filtered-by-oral cavity sound.
Vocoder: keyboard (synth) modulated voice with extensive filtering options.
Autotune: computer plugin for redrawing pitches by hand or by automation, according to a key center or chromatic steps.
Compressor: not a tuner effect at all. Just a dynamic leveler. TD used this and EQ.
tapkae 4 months ago
@GranulatedStuff I saw the same video. He admitted to using it on a couple notes that needed it, but not just sending the track through the stuff to do the usual pop music hatchet job that we all love to hate now. There is a difference in tuning some notes vs. making Auto tune the default plugin for a track.
And lest the haters come out at that revelation, remember that nearly all recording done this side of 1950 uses some trick that doesn't amount to a pure live performance.
tapkae 4 months ago
@tapkae I thought I heard autotune - however - it adds to the track.
templarseries 4 months ago
@tapkae Thomas Dolby is a pioneer. Any nay-sayers are obviously not fans of pure musical genius. If he chose to use autotune for any or ALL of his music,I would be no less impressed by his orchestration,timing and devotion to his beautiful work.
panthervoodoo 4 months ago
It's such a beautiful song. I remember the first time I listened to it I couldn't stop! Great job Thomas.
SylviaLovesMJ1996 8 months ago
No Frickin way ! Still a MAJOR talent !!!!!!! LOVELY ~ I love you Thomas ~ Brian
boxsands 8 months ago
no words to explain how this song make u feel , lovely , perfect.!!!
chixamaro1 8 months ago
Here is something you don't see much of any more.
A real artist creating brilliant work.
LorinTone 9 months ago
This is such a touching song.
KRPjazz 9 months ago
I saw Eric's Tweet and am here because of it. Great song!
zaitht 9 months ago
Thumbs up if you're here because of Eric Whitacre's tweet.
jonnyb728 9 months ago 11
@jonnyb728 NO But Eric has GOOD taste and YES I could see a 3.0????? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! (Alto 1)
Jtronique 6 months ago
Dreamy.
therealraybaby 9 months ago
This is just beautiful... Could be the best thing he's ever written. Very unexpected and incredibly inspiring.
lonedrone 10 months ago
I have been an admirer of your work since you first began sharing your music. Thank you.
johnwinstondarby 10 months ago
I just love that song. Takes me to my own Oceanea. Good to hear new music from you. Makes me want to listen to your other Albums in my Collection. Thnx.
birdwatchman 10 months ago
Clean, complex, beautiful. Thank you for yet another "quantum" leap.
naughtomaton 10 months ago
really really good! Cheers
Chanttojah1 10 months ago
This is my new favorite song that I'll be playing over and over like a mental patient till something else comes along. So nice to hear TMDR making great music again, and the photos are incredible!!
blackadder3 10 months ago
This is fantastic. Right across the board solid.
WTFJAYCHANNEL 10 months ago
This is just superb. Big fan of Mr Dolbys, saw him live last year at The Union Chapel gig. Hope he does a UK tour with the new stuff.
SuperSumo68 10 months ago
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SuperSumo68 10 months ago
A long way from his 80s stuff... heard this on a college station late at night a few days ago... I'm sold ! Beautiful!
redpandagal 10 months ago
I'm speechless... simply beautiful...
alienmachine 11 months ago
Mr Dolby plus the glorious Ms Reader.
I think I've died and gone to Heaven.
Sublime, simply sublime music.
Petemattable 11 months ago
I sooooo wish the world of Thomas Dolby was a real planet ...............I would move there today
pauldazeley 11 months ago
I'm a big Thomas fan from way back at the start, remember Cinderella's in Hickstead?, many moons ago...
This is a brilliant piece of work...., exceptional...
Having said that I'm very lost with The Toadlickers stuff..., what on earth is going on there...?, a massive step backwards..., as a long time fan I just dont get it..., but Oceanea is brilliant....
albrigcp 11 months ago
Evocative, inspiring, magical. Reminiscent of early TMDR for sure. Well done sir! Loving the visuals too.
polartech 11 months ago
Mr. Dolby, you know how much I love this song! (and all your music for that matter) Just beautiful.
doughammermusic 11 months ago
Very moving. Fantastic, looking forward to the album.
mrventon 11 months ago
Very nice indeed. More, please!
vantasties 11 months ago
life is art
mina7560 11 months ago
Beautiful...Reminds me of some of Thomas' most evocative early work.
rosebud10000 11 months ago
I want to go to ocenea and make my new record in a lifeboat... please?
SiselyTreasure 11 months ago
What joy.
Petemattable 11 months ago
so great to have angel thomas around me
love eddi
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
pige0n 11 months ago
so great to have angel thomas around me
pige0n 11 months ago
gosh it's gorgeous!!! i am so excited about this music....gathering in, gently holding, ushering, preparing the way...perfect soundtrack for this beautiful life/time unfolding. lovely. gracias.
rawyogajungle 11 months ago
Lovely Thomas tank traps have a wonderful structure to them layered like the song.
KTea88 11 months ago
Thats great stuff, still so Dolby but also different.
Great vocals - really great . Lovely match with Eddie Reader.
Would love to do an interview Thomas!
sonicstate 11 months ago
Stunning... Brilliant ....genius!
Masqueradetoronto 11 months ago
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sonicstate 11 months ago
Wow, fucking wow! Been a fan for 30 years!
vitaminfian 11 months ago
Beautiful Thomas!
mickydireland 11 months ago 5
Beautiful song Thomas and Eddie has never sounded better.
Who designed your Oceanea graphics? Nice styling.
One last question, what exactly are those concrete squares?! Defence against erosion of the coast or some remnant from WW2?
Good work fella.
daveaitch 11 months ago