The Ocean share new collaboration with darkwave artist Sierra; »Boreal / Traum« split 7″ out April 4th via Pelagic Records!

German post-metal collective The Ocean teamed up with darkwave artist Sierra for a split 7″, »Boreal / Traum«, which will be released on April 4th, 2025 via Pelagic Records.

Tracklist:
01. The Ocean – Boreal (Sierra Rework)
02. Sierra – Traum (The Ocean Rework)

Courtesy of Pelagic Records:

Berlin post-rock powerhouse The Ocean (Collective) have shared a pulsing remix of »Boreal«, taken from their ambitious 9th studio album »Holocene«, by the critically-acclaimed Parisian electro and darkwave producer Sierra.

The second of two collaborative, mutual remixes between The Ocean and Sierra, »Boreal (Sierra Remix)« follows The Ocean’s creative full-band reimagining based on the original stems of »Traum«, taken from Sierra’s 2023 album, »A Story Of Anger«.

Sierra’s response pushes the mighty sound of »Boreal« to deeper electronic depths as pounding drums herald a tidal wave of bit-crushed sub bass and glacial synthscapes before drifting unsettlingly into the dark.

Photo credit: Jovi Zhang

Both tracks are now available to preorder as a limited edition split 7″ exclusively through the direct webshop of The Ocean’s own Pelagic Records; charting an intriguing and promising trajectory for two acts at the cutting edge of two very different musical worlds.

Sierra on the collaboration project:

“I met The Ocean after one of my concerts in Berlin this year. We quickly discussed the idea of collaborating on mutual remixes of our tracks. I’m excited to finally get my remix of »Boreal« out in the world! On their side, The Ocean recorded a totally new version of »Traum«, which was originally an instrumental piece. I really appreciate the work they’ve done on the vocals, it’s a beautiful rework.”

Photo credit: Benoit Julliard

The Ocean’s Robin Staps on the collaboration project:

“We could see an Oceanic interpretation of »Traum« shape up in our minds straight away and we recorded it in a narrow time window between North American and Australian tours. It quickly turned into more than just a remix, becoming a full-fledged Ocean band-performance based on Sierra’s original stems: we tracked drums, guitars, bass and vocals and the outcome strays away quite far from the original, but sits in an interesting territory between Sierra’s latest album »A Story Of Anger« and our own latest album, »Holocene«.”

Listen / pre-order the split 7″ HERE

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well